RE: Gerry Lindgren- Coach me!!

It probably is actually him. He posts some weird stuff.

You might want to look at Will Lindgren as your coach. Great guy who lives in Lincoln and coaches a lot of the good runners in that area. I think he and Gary are cousins.

Tony, if this guy is actually GL, good luck with the daily bucket of crazy you'll get. At least you'll get a good laugh regularly, that post was hilarious.

Also see the Lindgren response on txrunnergirl's junior high running thread.

Mr. Lindgren:

Good to see you still dropping by once in a while.

Interesting you mentioned that... I had a talk with one of the best and most successful Japanese marathon coach the other day. He said that he always tell his athletes to do good deeds so "the luck will roll into your life". Basically that means to be a good person. If you're good, for example, your PT would really try to help you out when you're injured. If not, PT would only do what he/she is paid for. He gave me a few examples--one athlete of his, a great talent and the time had proven that but hadn't quite made the mark. The other, a nicest person and won the World Championships medal. The late Nakamura used to say a very similar thing. I remember, when asked what quality he would look for in the athlete, Lydiard replied, without hesitation; "Sincerity."

Speaking of "the nicest person"... Have you talked to Coach Walters lately? How's he doing these days?

start off this week easy: 100 miles

next week we'll get you up to speed: 200 miles

then we'll hit the real work: 300 miles every week

during that 300 miles you will run a marathon at WR pace and several 50 milers.

you will also mow every lawn on the block when no one is looking.

You will also eat only the crab grass and dandelions growing in the empty lot next door for nutrition. This will reduce your ecological impact, and the karma will flow like a water fall.

I am certain he is gerry lindgren. He has his own website up giving advice and selling his book (which is out of stock). Email him once in a while. Even though his posts seem too bizarre I believe there is some truth into what one must do to become a good runner.

Interesting you bring up lydiard, Has he ever meet Gerry? He must of loved talking to Gerry about his mega mileage.

What is it that holds most of you back?

FEAR

You are afraid if you run too fast you will become tired. You fear that if you run too long you will be tired tomorrow. Yet what is it you have to do to run well? You have to INSTILL FEAR in the other runners. How do you instill fear? You run too fast for too long.

If you can follow that reasoning, try the next logical step (I hate logic):

How do you develop the ability to go out too fast for too long? You train to do it, yes? Hello??? Is anybody paying attention?

AS FOR YOUR POST THAT I POST "CRAZIES" I must plead guilty. I have always been pictured as 'weird' for as far back as I can remember. Any time you step out of the norm and do something other people are not doing you are indeed crazy. Do anything unusual and the world beats a rock against your head. Most people want us all to conform. But is your dream as a runner to be one of many? Did you join this sport to be mediocre? I hope not.

STEP OUT of the crowd. Be yourself instead of trying to do what everyone else is doing. Lead instead of following someone else' idea of how to run well. Your real competition is YOU. Fight your own weak body. Start hard. Go through oxygen debt and FORCE your body to do what you want it to do.

Then, when you race, you run against entire fields of runners who are still afraid to confront tiredness and stress. You did that on a daily basis in workouts. Races become fun.

Bawsness