Bill Bowerman training Schedules

I, too, would love to hear from some of Bowerman's guys. Two points, both minor:

Though he had many sub-4:00 milers, at a time when that really meant something, Bowerman's only OG medalist (IIRC) was a 400m guy.

I find/found his use of "fartlek" to describe runs that were mostly steady-paced to be completely off base. Fartlek ("speed-play") sessions are better defined as "off-track intervals" and were/are characterized by multiple changes of pace (including *gasp* walking segments!), over a variety of terrain and for varying durations. Steady-paced runs, regardless of speed (with, at most, a short pickup every 5-15 minutes), do NOT qualify as fartlek.

It should be noted that Bill Bowerman did believed members of the Oregon team were students first and athletes second. He preferred to train athletes at a moderate level and make sure they had energy to study. Therefore, he didn't try to maximize his athletes talents while they were just 18-22 years of age. In Bill's mind, there was more to life than athletics.

I know the grammar police will notice the mistake, so please exclude the word "did" in the previous statement. Thank you.

jean wrote:

Though he had many sub-4:00 milers, at a time when that really meant something, Bowerman's only OG medalist (IIRC) was a 400m guy.

Really that's funny cause this guy named Dellinger won a OG bronze in the 5k, thought he was somehow associated with bowerman

Is this the real Tinman? I had to do a double take to see if this was an old thread or not when I saw your name listed because I haven't seen you on here in a very long time.

Welcome back and I hope you stay around for a while because I always enjoyed reading your posts back during the day.

nj wrote:

Really that's funny cause this guy named Dellinger won a OG bronze in the 5k, thought he was somehow associated with bowerman

Yep, I noticed that just about as soon as I posted! Somehow I let the "G" of "OG" stand in for gold--you're absolutely right about Dellinger and what I actually posted was wrong, period.

Nice catch.

"Is this the real Tinman? I had to do a double take to see if this was an old thread or not when I saw your name listed because I haven't seen you on here in a very long time.

Welcome back and I hope you stay around for a while because I always enjoyed reading your posts back during the day."

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