Clerici, Paul C. Born to Coach. Meyer & Meyer, 2020. Squires, Bill. Squires’ Money-back Guarantee Formula for Running Improvement. Robinson, 1976. Squires, Bill. Improving Women’s Running. Penguin, 1987. Squires, Bill, and Bruce Lehane. Speed with Endurance. Boston University, 2009. Squires, Bill, and Raymond Krise. Improving Your Running. The Stephen Greene Press, 1987.
There was a publication prior to these named S.W.I.P by Coach Squires which was only about 20 pages long and was the best of them. I have it hanging around here somewhere.
fada,
Can you provide more information on this booklet please? I would like to expand my bibliography to include this title and am struggling to details. Thanks!
I would read Rogdgers Autobiography "Marathon Man" and Squires Autobiography "Born to Coach" if you want to learn more about what made them special.
In a nutshell: plenty of mileage but keep it easy (6:30-7:00 pace was the norm for Rodgers but he wouldnt hesitate to run 8 minute pace or slower if he needed to or was running with a slower friend), some speed work but nothing crazy (Squires used to tell his guys they should be able to turn around and do the same workout again if they needed to), long runs, simulate aspects of the race in training (like running tge hills on the Boston course), training in groups of similar ability, good fun team atmosphere, plenty of racing but nothing crazy (Squires always thought Rodgers raced too much). Squires also thought Rodgers ran too much mileage but let it be because he enjoyed it and was still successful.
Rodgers also used to knock out some lunchtime 8 milers in 40 minutes.
Dick Beardsley's training log before Boston 1982 is the best presentation of Squires training that I know of.
There was a publication prior to these named S.W.I.P by Coach Squires which was only about 20 pages long and was the best of them. I have it hanging around here somewhere.
fada,
Can you provide more information on this booklet please? I would like to expand my bibliography to include this title and am struggling to details. Thanks!
The booklet was published sometime in the late '70's. Stress Workout Intensity Process S.W.I.P.
Had some schedules and how to advance through them. Mentioned some guys who were on the program. Rodgers, Vin Fleming, Dick Mahoney. There was a miler...Jack?...who used a modified version. Can't recall if Hodgie was mentioned.
I did a search and it is nowhere to be found online.
Rodgers ran a ton of miles. Day of a midwestern Pepsi 10K he ran the course before the race, ran a 29:04 to win the race, then ran the course again. And this was the day after the Bix 7 race he won, and less than a week before he won the Rio marathon.
If it's any help he did publish a book "Improve Your Running" by Bill Squires and Raymond Krise I think it was originally published in 1982 I own the 1987 version. Check Amazon used books.
Rodgers ran a ton of miles. Day of a midwestern Pepsi 10K he ran the course before the race, ran a 29:04 to win the race, then ran the course again. And this was the day after the Bix 7 race he won, and less than a week before he won the Rio marathon.
Squires told me that the really big mileage Rodgers did was BR's own idea, not his, Squires,' and that Squires didn't believe it was necessary to run as much as BR did.
Rodgers ran a ton of miles. Day of a midwestern Pepsi 10K he ran the course before the race, ran a 29:04 to win the race, then ran the course again. And this was the day after the Bix 7 race he won, and less than a week before he won the Rio marathon.
Rodgers did the same thing at the Diet Pepsi 10K in Denver one year. Sinclair's breakout race. on the roads.
William Henry Rodgers (born December 23, 1947) is an American runner, Olympian, and former record holder in the marathon. Rodgers is best known for his four victories in both the Boston Marathon, including three straight from...
If anyone is interested, here is an updated Squire's bibliography. As with fada tyme, I have yet to find complete information for S.W.I.P.
Krise, Raymond, and Bill Squires. Fast Tracks: The History of Distance Running. Stephen Greene Press, 1982.
Squires, Bill. A Guide to Middle and Long Distance Training Methods: Past, Present, Future. N.I.S. Publication, 1971.
Squires, Bill. World Class: Formula for Running Improvement: Training and Racing Systems for Middle and Long Distance Running. self, 1976.
Squires, Bill. Stress Workout Intensity Process.
Squires, Bill, and Raymond Krise. Improving Your Running: 52 Weekly Sessions: From Jogging to Fun Runs to 3-Mile to 6-Mile to Marathon Runs! Running Systems, 1979.
Squires, Bill, and Raymond Krise. Improving Women's Running: With Training Schedules for Jogging, Fun Runs, 10 and 15 K, and Marathon Races. Stephen Greene Press, 1983.
Squires, Billy. Distance Running Techniques Made Easy. 1962.
