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20x40m workout for high schoolers

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  • Another Idiot Parent?

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 03/16/2016 10:29am EDT

    To introduce speed work and work on form, I have my freshmen do 20 x 40m striders within a medium-length run. I am not as interested in speed as I am in good form.

    I had this crazy parent call my athletic director, trying to get me fired. This parent has never come to practice, and has shown zero interest in the extra curricular (or curricular, for that matter) activities of his daughter. He has never spoken to me about practice. He missed the introductory parent meeting, and has never responded to any of the weekly emails I send out. Our first interaction was him going over my head, straight to the AD, going after my job.

    Come to find out, in the meantime, he has actually told his daughter to ignore my instructions to work on form, and to just "run them around 10k pace to try to limit the damage".

    Is her dad just an idiot or has anyone heard of something like this for high school parenting?

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    GaryOak

    Member since 03/19/2013.

    161 posts. Last post 1 year ago.
    9 years ago 03/16/2016 11:49am EDT
    re: Another Idiot Parent?

    20x40m is dumb. Do 8x100m strides like the rest of us.

  • You got trolled

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 03/16/2016 12:13pm EDT
    re: GaryOak

    GaryOak wrote:

    20x40m is dumb. Do 8x100m strides like the rest of us.

    Lol...pretty sure he is referencing this thread:

    http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=7110904

    Pretty well, I might add.

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    Jeremy Mattern

    Member since 04/24/2013.

    18 posts. Last post 7 years ago.
    9 years ago 03/16/2016 12:16pm EDT
    re: Another Idiot Parent?

    Another Idiot Parent? wrote:

    To introduce speed work and work on form, I have my freshmen do 20 x 40m striders within a medium-length run. I am not as interested in speed as I am in good form.

    I had this crazy parent call my athletic director, trying to get me fired. This parent has never come to practice, and has shown zero interest in the extra curricular (or curricular, for that matter) activities of his daughter. He has never spoken to me about practice. He missed the introductory parent meeting, and has never responded to any of the weekly emails I send out. Our first interaction was him going over my head, straight to the AD, going after my job.

    Come to find out, in the meantime, he has actually told his daughter to ignore my instructions to work on form, and to just "run them around 10k pace to try to limit the damage".

    Is her dad just an idiot or has anyone heard of something like this for high school parenting?

    As a coach and parent, I thank you. It seems more and more parents have the "my child's high school coach is an idiot" mentality. It would be nice if more parents took a thoughtful approach before condemning. While I know I can improve, I work pretty darn hard to further my coaching knowledge and to consider the varying needs of athletes. If I thought additional "magic" speed work or weightlifting or whatever was necessary, or the training plan was not sound, I'd make informed changes. I understand some questioning, because that's the world of parenting in the 21st century, but there is a way to do it. If a parent thinks the program is terrible, remove your child.

  • Helicopter Parents Suck

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 03/16/2016 12:18pm EDT
    re: Jeremy Mattern

    10/10

    I lol'ed

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    Jeremy Mattern

    Member since 04/24/2013.

    18 posts. Last post 7 years ago.
    9 years ago 03/16/2016 1:05pm EDT
    re: Jeremy Mattern

    10/10. And, for the record, I did read the alluded-to thread. Love your parody.

  • Another Idiot Parent?

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 03/16/2016 2:20pm EDT
    re: Jeremy Mattern

    Thanks. I worried that my work would only be appreciated posthumously :-)

  • Farah believer

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 03/17/2016 7:35pm EDT
    re: Another Idiot Parent?

    10/10 bravo. That has to be one of the more clever troll jobs I have seen on this website

  • f;alksdnfr

    Anonymous Poster

    9 years ago 03/17/2016 8:33pm EDT
    re: Another Idiot Parent?

    hes probably some letsrun junkie like you and will see this post

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