Let's get him on here and ask him what he did to make so much improvement from high school to college and college to now. Wasn't he a 16 min 5ker in high school? Any interviews on him?
Let's get him on here and ask him what he did to make so much improvement from high school to college and college to now. Wasn't he a 16 min 5ker in high school? Any interviews on him?
VA Runner2 wrote:
Maybe he had an iffy college coach but now has a good coach and his abilities are finally starting to show...
No "iffy" in this Hall of Fame coach.
http://athletics.lynchburg.edu/information/directory/bios/jtomsDon't seem to be any recent interviews with this guy. I agree that it would be nice to see one and get some insight on his improvement from HS to college to now. I did find an old interview out there from back when he qualified for DIII Nats by running 14:40, a PR at the time, which shows how far he's come - http://www.mocorunning.com/article.php?article_id=76
Add Jed Christiansen of Calvin to the list. 2:18:31 today at Chicago.
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Maybe the kid just is running better than before because he hasn't been injured like many of his seasons in college. He has the time and has put in more miles than he ever could before because he's not hurt. He's talented and focused.
Scott Gall from Wabash College
LCXC 93 wrote:
VA Runner2 wrote:Maybe he had an iffy college coach but now has a good coach and his abilities are finally starting to show...
No "iffy" in this Hall of Fame coach.
http://athletics.lynchburg.edu/information/directory/bios/jtoms
Coach Toms had some pretty awesome teams and runners but was a low mileage coach and rarely gave any recovery days. They ran themselves into the ground day in and day out.
VA Runner2 wrote:
LCXC 93 wrote:No "iffy" in this Hall of Fame coach.
http://athletics.lynchburg.edu/information/directory/bios/jtomsCoach Toms had some pretty awesome teams and runners but was a low mileage coach and rarely gave any recovery days. They ran themselves into the ground day in and day out.
Do you mean hi mileage coach? Or low mileage high intensity?
Low mileage, high intensity. Ricky could actually be running mileage now and after having built up some decent foot speed is gaining massive amounts of strength.
He's undefeated in the Richmond area this year. I saw him run under 15:00 at a dinky local 5K ($200 prize) and he was the only white guy under 30:00 at the Monument 10K.
I would say that 'running your athletes into the ground day in and day out' is not the sign of a great college coach. Recovery is just as important as the days your legs want to fall off.
DIII women qualifying list for the marathon trials is lots shorter. Why is that?
-Esther Erb- Case Western
-Melissa Johnson-White- SUNY-Geneseo
-Nicole Cueno- Grinnell
Any others?
While were at it, what about D2 and NAIA?
NAIA:
Brian Ball (misspelled Bell on the list) - Biola
Fernando Cabada - Virginia Intermont
Any others?
I have no idea about D2...
greatworkkkk wrote:
DIII women qualifying list for the marathon trials is lots shorter. Why is that?
-Esther Erb- Case Western
-Melissa Johnson-White- SUNY-Geneseo
-Nicole Cueno- Grinnell
Any others?
Lisa Baumert
Allen Wagner - NAIA Dana College 2:17:49 @ NY
Emiley Humme Dickinson College
greatworkkkk wrote:
DIII women qualifying list for the marathon trials is lots shorter. Why is that?
-Esther Erb- Case Western
-Melissa Johnson-White- SUNY-Geneseo
-Nicole Cueno- Grinnell
Any others?
Kasie Enman - Middlebury
Lauren Philbrook - Williams
HammSandwich wrote:
I would say that 'running your athletes into the ground day in and day out' is not the sign of a great college coach. Recovery is just as important as the days your legs want to fall off.
That would explain why Lynchburg is rarely any good.
DIII women qualifying list for the marathon trials is lots shorter. Why is that?
-Esther Erb- Case Western
-Melissa Johnson-White- SUNY-Geneseo
-Nicole Cueno- Grinnell
Any others?[/quote]
Kasie Enman - Middlebury
Lauren Philbrook - Williams[/quote]
Jess Minty, Colby College