I had heard he was an assistant, but I guess I didn't really believe it until I saw this workout wednesday. I say, good for you Steve! I've always liked him. I hope he hasn't totally put his competitive days behind him. :(
I had heard he was an assistant, but I guess I didn't really believe it until I saw this workout wednesday. I say, good for you Steve! I've always liked him. I hope he hasn't totally put his competitive days behind him. :(
I always liked him too. It is a shame that he has gone to the darkside. Inhalers, and thyroid conditions for all plus clinical depression.
"If you ain't cheating, you aren't trying hard enough"
What is his coaching background?
He is, what, 25? One would think He still has a lot of running left in him
Clearing the bs up wrote:
He is, what, 25? One would think He still has a lot of running left in him
and...
Dear Nike,
PLEASE hire a "marathon" coach. It is sad that some of the best talent is being wasted when attempting the marathon.
If you have a male that runs 27:30 for 10k and they can't run 2:07 then they are beingcoached poorly. A female that runs 31 flat for 10k should be sub 2:22.
I am so tired of always blaming it on the athlete.
I'm a huge fan of Magness. I remember following his training blog and reading about him running 100 miles a week in Texas while in high school and running the 4:01 mile.
I've said this before, and I'll say it again.
Steve needs to just get back to basics.
All the science, medications, complicated theories, altitude tents, Nike bullshit. Throw that shit out and go back to just running 100 mile weeks doing the textbook workouts.
Go to his website and there are videos of him running slow motion and him analyzing every stride, essays on hydration, abs, etc. Turn your brain off and just run.
Again, not trying to bash him as I was inspired and a fan, but just my view on him.
A lot of that stuff on his blog is very interesting, the kind of thing an academic who was pursuing an advanced degree might be interested in exploring. (He was getting an MS during much of that time, right?)
sjc wrote:
What is his coaching background?
He coached some good High School guys. Most notably Univeristy of Texas frosh Ryan Dohner.
history lesson wrote:
Dear Nike,
PLEASE hire a "marathon" coach. It is sad that some of the best talent is being wasted when attempting the marathon.
If you have a male that runs 27:30 for 10k and they can't run 2:07 then they are beingcoached poorly. A female that runs 31 flat for 10k should be sub 2:22.
I am so tired of always blaming it on the athlete.
Alberto seems to be a pretty good marathon coach to me. The 10k and marathon aren't as closely related as you would think.
Is his hs blog still online somewhere? Link?
why was he carrying a measuring wheel?
f u ck ing love magness.
loved him every since his days as sjm 1368 on dyestat, back in '03-ish. very great guy.
She's just so cute I wanna eat her up.
marty mcfly wrote:
and...
are you illiterate or something
Guy knoWs his stuff.
In the end what did him in was he thought too much about training. If you know too much of the science behind the magic you put mental barriers on yourself.
he was great to have on the boards and I wished him well, but in my view what stopped him was that he thought he knew a good deal about physiology (and eventually he knew a lot about it) and he became uncoachable. Pablo Solares did pretty well under their coach at Rice but Magness wouldn't do the training the coach wanted. And to go to Rice in the first place, after running 4:01 in high school, was a big mistake. He should have gone to Arkansas where he would have had great training partners and a great, great coach. Even when he transferred from Rice, he was unwilling to do that, and that would have been the smart thing to do. He was running fine ten milers even back in high school. Right now he should be running sub 2:10 in the marathon, like Hall, and training with the OTC or with an equivalent training group.
history lesson wrote:
Dear Nike,
PLEASE hire a "marathon" coach. It is sad that some of the best talent is being wasted when attempting the marathon.
If you have a male that runs 27:30 for 10k and they can't run 2:07 then they are beingcoached poorly. A female that runs 31 flat for 10k should be sub 2:22.
I am so tired of always blaming it on the athlete.
Whatis your times?
His times are irrelevant because he is right. For example, I never broke 30 minutes and was able to run 2:17. I did, however, work with a coach who 'got' the marathon.
It gets old seeing these 27:30 guys crashing and burning at 2:11 pace.