?eman ym noitnem enoemos diD
?eman ym noitnem enoemos diD
I woul be shocked if he is improving.
Clearly a troll. 5:06 in 8th grade is excellent, not "showing some potential". And running coaches are rarely strange as you seem to imply.
cross country couch wrote:
there may be something to this, i have never seen a thai runner qualify for any olympic distance event
are your son's times improving?
sometimes coaches purposely do strange stuff like this on teams at the beginning of the year just to see who will listen and follow directions, and to instill camraderie in the team against the coomon enemy / loon
most schools you can't be the drill sergeant anymore but you can be a little goofy
your son's coach is brilliant, stay with him and your son will be the next adam goucher
Let's get a few things straight here - first off, Marshall Burt is a mad genius and his ongoing internet invasion through coaching metrics and unattainable goals is the stuff of legend. He's also got some sweet t-shirts made up to prove it.
Secondly the guy that always posts in individual sentences needs to get with the program. What's this obsession with the Enter-key? Can we all agree that paragraphs are a perfectly acceptable presentation for one's ideas? Seriously, what the hell man. What the hell.
For xc dad, you have an interesting problem that I have no answer for. Carry on.
wow this thread is hilarious. theres very little good info on this board anymore, but sometimes some good silly stuff. well played
Mayeroff absolutely loves to eat Thai....
Aww, he got himself a better password...
dangerous - big flags
Love this thread...
Louisville guy wrote:
Wow, I finally found a coach worse than Debra Moore!
Oh my goodness .. I bet money that I know who this is .... !!!!!!!!! But the question is ... do you know who this is???
Yesterday, my son's team had its first race of the season. I had a chance to talk to other parents about the coach.
Apparently, this is the coach's first year at the school. None of the parents know anything about him. The previous coach, who seemed very popular with the parents, retired last year.
The parents I talked to were also concerned about the new coach. For the most part, though, they were more interested in the Thai restaurant prohibition than the unorthodox training. One dad I talked to said that his family regularly goes out to eat at the Thai restaurant, and that he is not about to stop because of a crazy coach. His wife suggested that the parents ask for a meeting with the coach so that we can ask him to explain himself. I think it's a good idea; it will give us a chance to see if the guy is actually dangerous as opposed to just a little eccentric.
The coach seemed ok yesterday. He had them do a couple of backwards strides before the race, but nothing crazy. He also gave a speech before the varsity race that sounded like it was taken verbatim from one of Rocky's monologues in Rocky V. (He talked about how fear is a runner's best friend and how fear is like a burning fire.) I didn't really mind it, as I doubt he is the first coach to rip-off an inspirational speech from a Rocky movie.
I am completely OFFENDED that you would deride my qualifications and strategies on the world wide web "Cross Country Dad"! I actually have studied all of the famous running coaches for decades, ranging from Lydiard to Ilgoli to Ritz to Wetmore (Running w/ the bufallos). All of them, though this may not be common knowledge, ADVOCATED backwards running, and if possible this should be done barefoot. Combined with a steady diet of High-End Aeorbic Distance Jogs/Fartleks, one will have the necesary footspeed and endurance to dominate the 5 kilometer distance. Also, it was simply common sense to ban the Thai restaurant: It simply lacks the protein young distance runners require to run at the highest level. And lastly, how DARE you compare me to Mr. Constanza's dad, HOW DARE YOU!
And what crazy dad are you referring to, because if I know whose kid he is, he is SURELY NOT running in our next race. I force all my runners to abide in simple rules, and a complete paucity of following them results in tragedy, I know that. Thus, these will be enforced to the highest limit.
You have been warned.
P.S: I have installed secret hidden infenitesimal in size cameras at the Thai restaurant, so do NOT try anything sneaky.
I am watching.
I am extremely sorry for questioning your coaching tactics. Now that I evaluate my insidious actions, I find them inappropraite, disdainful, and most espcecially, disloayal. You are the coach. I am the parent. Once again, sorry, this will not happen again.
Just have your son transfer out of Great Oak hs and into another school like Murrieta.
720 to go ... wrote:
Clearly a troll. 5:06 in 8th grade is excellent, not "showing some potential". And running coaches are rarely strange as you seem to imply.
I wouldn't call 5:06 excellent for an 8th grader.