They brought her in and now it's all about event 5ks... Train to run on the field of your favorite sports team. With a stroller division. They cancelled the marathon, but I bet they add a color run any day now.... Such a shame. Used to be a great org.
jjjjjj wrote:
she is world-class and she is a coach. so, by fallacy of composition, she is a world-class coach.
I know they tried to rename themselves during Tracey Russell's tenure.
Maybe they'll be the Atlanta Track Competitor Group.
Any updates on "recruits"?
All of this about Amy not being a good coach is complete nonsense.
Amy helped me out with my senior year of high school (near where she went to high school...) I made a ton gains to a lot of weak points I had and crushed the previous year's PR. I went from 9:5X to under 9:25 in the 3200. I also had a 60.XX second last lap in my last post-season race (very close to PR)....and I could never finish faster than 70.XX the year before. My kick was terrible and she helped me not embarrass myself on the last lap. I know I'm not "elite", but she just needs time. Her program works. It's not about talent, but the development of talent. Sooner or later she will get a genetic freak and show everyone she can do it.
On top of her coaching abilities, which are prevalent in my eyes, she is out to change the sport as we know it. Setting up running groups in communities everywhere (including helping me set up one in my community). She has a running camp she started, which is a tremendous running camp visited by many athletes. Distance Divas. She is on the board of TFAA.
I just don't think we are giving her credit for what she has done and is doing for the sport.
Give ATCs focus on the hobby jogger "event" races recently, I don't disagree that Amy can probably put together a better training program than a random volunteer who means well but may not have been running more than 5 years him/herself.
She's a talented runner and although I don't know her personally, I'm sure she's a great person.
I think the question is, ATC also said they wanted to get a member to the Olympics. Not the Trials, the freaking Olympics. And that's a pretty big hurdle. You have to a) recruit the talent or b)find elite talent locally.
Atlanta has a lot of great runners, but the closest ATC has gotten to the Olympics was was Janet Cherbon-Bawcom was an ATC member in the Houston marathon trials, and I don't think she got there thanks to the ATC coaching.
I don't know how someone with out a strong talent development resume is going to create a stable of recruits that will get to the Olympics. Maybe I'm underestimating and Amy is the person to do this.
We'll find out I guess.
It's threads like this one that define how very miserable and petty LRC posters can really be.