Dan McClimon Workout document - any interest?

Post it, if you can, might be interesting. I met Dan in 1982 at the US v USSR meet. Extremely unfortunate loss...

http://www.nationalwclub.com/centerart.cfm?aid=72

Dan McClimon who passed away in 1983 was the Men’s Cross Country Coach from 1971-82 and the Men’s Track Coach from 1978-83. In 1978, 1981, 1982 he was voted NCAA Cross Country Coach of the Year. Dan coached his team to the NCAA Championship in 1982. When Dan coached cross country from 1971-82 the team appeared in 11 of 12 NCAA championships with seven top 10 finishes, were five-time Big Ten champions and NCAA Regions champs. He was five-time NCAA District coach of the Year and President of the NCAA Cross Country Coaches Association. He coached the US National track team vs. USSR in 1982. He coached 27 Big Ten individual champions and one individual NCAA champion (Randy Jackson – 1980 Steeplechase). His athletes earned 18 All-American honors. Dan was also active in the US Track Coaches Association.

I for one would be very interested. My club (Wisconsin Track Club) trains at the Dan McClimon track at UW.

Jim Reardon

PS Last weekend in Madison was the Syttende Mai 20-miler, the course record for which (c. 1:40) is still held by the previous poster.

post it please. he was a great man, excellent coach.

definitely an interest here.

Who was on the McClimon teams of note? Was it Easker, Stinzi, Hacker (he may have been later)... I saw a short film of his guys doing a rope climb in the gymnasium for weight training.... I was a big McClimon fan way back when and would definitely love to see that.

Thanks for putting the option out there.

Wisconsin Cross-country Training

Fall 1978

Hard Training week - actual recorded workouts

Sun, October 8 AM Long Session - 10-14 @ steady pace

PM Short Session - 2-4 @ very moderate pace

Mon, October 9 AM 4-8 miles

PM 2 ½ mile warmup

6 x quality 1200m in Arboretum (start @ 3:40 down to 3:20)

2 ½ mile cooldown

Tue, October 10 AM 4-8 miles

PM Moderate to steady 8-9 miles trying to stay on soft surface

Wed, October 11 AM 6-9 miles

PM Drive to Yahara Golf Course

5 mile warmup on golf course

2 x 2800m (1.- controlled 2. - hard)

10 x 80m strides

2 ½ mile cooldown

Thu, October 12 AM 3-6 miles

PM 5-6 miles

Upper body weights

Fri, October 13 AM 4-5 miles - moderate or rest (if needed)

PM 5-6 miles - steady pace

Sat, October 14 AM Wake up - team breakfast 6:30 AM

Proper warmup

Race @ 11:00 AM

Won Tom Jones Meet - 12 Teams (18 points - 1,2,3,4,8)

PM Easy 3-4 miles

thanks.

Sit tight - there is lots more. . .

I just need to re-type the whole thing - as the doc I have is a 25 year old copy

I had a friend-former teammate on that '78 team (he transferred to Wisco after our freshman year).

They had NCAAs in Madison that year, what a meet! It was about 20 degrees and snowing lightly. Multiple world record holder Rono fell early the race and jogged jogged the rest of the way. Salazar came from semi-obscurity to win. UTEP, with a host of great Kenyan (and a Tanzanian or two) won the meet, with Oregon 2nd, and Wisconsin 3rd.

That Wisconsin team would have had (to the best of my recollection)--

Steve Lacy (2 time Olympian)

Stinzi (can't remember which one! maybe Joe)

Randy Jackson (8:22 steepler)

Mark Randall

Jeff Randolph

jogged, not "jogged jogged"

Indoor Track

Actual recorded workouts: February 8-14, 1976

Dick Moss

Sunday Rest

Monday 4 mile warmup

1 x 800m (2:08.2 – sore muscle)

1 x 500m (1:06.8 – 54.0 at 400m)

weights

Tuesday 3 mile warmup

1 x 1600 (4:45)

3 x 400m (54.1, 53.8, 53.2) – 10 min recovery

3 x 60 dash from fly

Wednesday 4 mile warmup

3 x 200m (29.9, 29.5, 29.5) - 90 sec recovery

2 x 300m (43.8, 43.3) – 90 sec recovery

1 x 500m (1:14.3) – 90 sec recovery

2 x 300m (44.5, 44.3) – 90 sec recovery

3 x 200m (29.3, 28.3, 28.2) – 90 sec recovery

Thursday 5 miles

6 x 60m pickups

5 x 200m (28 – 29) – 60 sec recovery

6 x 60m pickups

jog down

weights

Friday 2 mile jog

Stretching

Saturday Meet (Wisconsin vs. Illinois)

Warmup

600 yd. (1:11.0 1st place)

anchor mile relay (split 48.4 1st place)

jog down

How come successful college programs run twice a day and unsuccessful Letsrun poster don't?

Whos your daddy? wrote:

How come successful college programs run twice a day and unsuccessful Letsrun poster don't?

EUREKA!!!

The Good Old Dayzzzzzzzz!!!! Thanks for wonderful memories as I still remember those runs in the arboretum!!

Time to go for a run.....what ever happened to Jim Brice?

any more workouts? this is intersting, but most college teams around the nation should and probably are doing.

Do you have any more XC workouts?

I don't have specifics, but my friend did mention a standard xc workout, with 2X2 mile and 1X1 mile (I don't recall the order in which they did these). He said that if your 2 mile reps were anything over 10 you'd have been left in the dust. Anyway, for years I did this workout to prep for 10k races, usually about 4 weeks out from a big race. A great strength workout and confidence builder.

very nice wrote:

any more workouts? this is intersting, but most college teams around the nation should and probably are doing.

Do you have any more XC workouts?

Thank you so much Mr. Whiskers for taking the time to type it up and share it with us! Keep it coming.

Mr. Whiskers,

Is there any chance you have a week leading into a championship meet? I recall those guys as great end of season performers and wondered what their last weeks looked like.

Thanks

Indoor Track

Actual recorded workouts: February 8-14, 1976

Steve Lacy

Sunday AM – 10 miles PM – 5 miles

Monday 4 mile warmup

9 x 400 (3 sets w/60 seconds rest between each – 6 min between sets)

(55.9, 55.8, 55.6) (62.3, 61.5, 59.7) (55.4, 56.6, 56.8)

Tuesday AM – 5 miles PM – 5 miles

11 x 200m w/45 sec rest

(5 @ 31 sec, 3 @ 30 sec, 2 @ 29 sec, 1 @ 26.5)

Cool down

Wednesday AM – 4 miles PM – 8 miles

Build up progressive pace

1 x 300m (44.0)

1 x 800m (2:00.4)

1 x 800m (2:02.4)

1 x 400m (58.1)

1 x 300m (40.2)

Variation recovery

Cool down

Thursday AM – Rest (not feeling well) PM – 5 miles

Stretching

Friday PM - 5 miles

Stretching

Strides

Saturday Meet (Wisconsin vs. Illinois)

Warmup

Mile (4:03.0 1st place)

800m (1:54.2 3rd place)

jog down

No Championship meet week info. . .Sorry!

More coming soon!

Mr Whiskers wrote:

Wednesday AM – 4 miles PM – 8 miles

Build up progressive pace

1 x 300m (44.0)

1 x 800m (2:00.4)

1 x 800m (2:02.4)

1 x 400m (58.1)

1 x 300m (40.2)

Variation recovery

Cool down

Interesting, from my logs 8/3/82

AM 4 miles easy

PM (with Bruce Bickford)

3 miles easy warmup,

1 x 300 (44.1)

1 x 800 (2:00.4)

1 x 800 (1:59.8)

1 x 400 (57.1)

1 x 300 (42.0)

4 mile warmdown