My track coach actually said

G.L. wrote:

I ran 40 miles per day in high school and and no one has yet broken my indoor 2 mile record. the way to get better is through long miles

Luxury! When we were kids we woke up 30 minutes before we went to bed. Had a cup of sulfuric acid for breakfast. Ran 25 miles in the snow to the mill and back, uphill both ways. Worked 22hours in the mill. Came home and father would thrash us within in an inch of lives.

60 MPW is great at your age. If you are getting faster, ignore the coach. You will easily beat other runners who are not training as thoroughly as you are.

Hey pal, why should I give a rival coach advice when his school refuses to hire the person, who works in their district, who taught me how to coach. They know that to be fact, yet he's not part of their good old boy network.And, in addition to that- when his runners and their parents come to me for advice, I give it to them.So, before being critical- get the facts.

Somas wrote:

runn wrote:

A local coach tells his runners they should not do ANY training over the winter. He does speed work on consecutive days and rus barely any mileage.

A parent who's a friend of mine (I coach at a neighboring school) asked me to give him some advice. I told her that I want him to keep doing exactly what he's doing.

They have double the students we have and can't come close to competing with us.

Good to see you helping the sport.

Hah! I ran my best times in high school after a winter where I averaged 80+ miles a week. If you AREN'T running 60 miles a week by the time you're 16, you are short-changing yourself.

...the 5K is like a Woman. If you get too greedy going for the goods, she will slap you in the face and make you pay. But if you go out in a steady rhythm and coax her a little bit, she will give it up in the end. Works every time. Boom.

As Coach Brother Colm said I've got 13 year old girls doing more than that - every day!

This is funny. runn, you're an idiot as outlined here by yourself:"A parent who's a friend of mine (I coach at a neighboring school) asked me to give him some advice. I told her that I want him to keep doing exactly what he's doing.""when his runners and their parents come to me for advice, I give it to them.So, before being critical- get the facts."

runn wrote:

Hey pal, why should I give a rival coach advice when his school refuses to hire the person, who works in their district, who taught me how to coach. They know that to be fact, yet he's not part of their good old boy network.

And, in addition to that- when his runners and their parents come to me for advice, I give it to them.

So, before being critical- get the facts.

Somas wrote:

Good to see you helping the sport.

"It's not often I run 16 miles a week. But when I do, I suck."

Most Interesting Man wrote:

"It's not often I run 16 miles a week. But when I do, I suck."

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