Colorado is really good this year, but isn't it more incredible that they're this good without Joe Bosshard and Ammar Moussa running anywhere near their best?
How are they doing it?
Colorado is really good this year, but isn't it more incredible that they're this good without Joe Bosshard and Ammar Moussa running anywhere near their best?
How are they doing it?
Because Mark Wetmore is just about everything that a college coach should be. He tries to be competitive every year but he doesn't take shortcuts to get there that will hurt him in the long run. He cultivates an environment of people who really buy into and believe in the program. His training is tough and beats up a lot of people but it does generally make them better each year. If you do a lot of these basic things right then you can get by without so many superstars.
I thought you were talking about the football team. They're having an amazing year as well.
yjhty wrote:
Because Mark Wetmore is just about everything that a college coach should be. He tries to be competitive every year but he doesn't take shortcuts to get there that will hurt him in the long run. He cultivates an environment of people who really buy into and believe in the program. His training is tough and beats up a lot of people but it does generally make them better each year. If you do a lot of these basic things right then you can get by without so many superstars.
Though I've heard the guy is weird as hell (not my words), he does seem to be possibly the best college coach in the country as I've never heard anyone who ran for him say negative things about his training methodology, and his teams are probably the most consistently good ones in the country as well. Seems to me it comes down to getting good and motivated runners and focusing on long term aerobic development, which really is "the secret" to great running. It's funny because there used to be a lot of talk about "how do they do it? What is their secret?," but it was quickly discovered they don't do anything special, just mileage, long runs, tempos, some mile repeats and hills and speed here and there (NOT overdone). Sometimes the more technical you try to get the less effective the training. The bread and butter of any distance man's training should be mileage, long runs, and tempos. This is tried and true and Wetmore's squads prove it year after year.