Looking for a private, distance coach in Maryland.

You probably know enough to do it- do you want someone else to do it just so you aren't in a dual role of dad and coach?

What about the HS XC coach? (I understand if that is not a good option)

Does it have to be a local coach who shows up at workouts?

6 days

1 longer

1 20 min tempo

1 6x200

3 easy runs

Add miles gradually to the long and easy runs.

No need for a coach.

Where in Maryland?

I have coached at high school and division 1 NCAA level. Also competed in high school NCAA division 1 and post collegiate level. If you are in Montgomery county area I can go into more detail

We're in Towson. I'd love to discuss offline.

He's a very driven kid and he's achieved a great level of early success despite a very light workout schedule (as prescribed by his HS coach).

slowoldman wrote:

We're in Towson. I'd love to discuss offline.

He's a very driven kid and he's achieved a great level of early success despite a very light workout schedule (as prescribed by his HS coach).

Seems to be doing well. Why not leave it alone and let his HS coach continue to develop him. Land your helicopter and slowly back away.

We don't know anything about the situation, so I think it is wrong to assume dad is a bad influence and a "helicopter".

What if kid was a violinist - doing well but untapped potential. Would we say that getting expert non-school input during the summer was wrong? No. same for math skills, acting, soccer skills, fine arts, etc.

slowoldman wrote:

My 15 year old ran a sub 4:40 mile and a 16:45 5k. Need a private coach to help design Summer workout.

Any recommendations?

lol you want to pay someone for training tips you can get for free?

High school kid in the summer? I'd scrap workouts all together.

Run easy and build mileage. Vary the distance and pace of the runs and do some strides and/or hill sprints after a run once or twice a week.

Positive Contribution wrote:

slowoldman wrote:

My 15 year old ran a sub 4:40 mile and a 16:45 5k. Need a private coach to help design Summer workout.

Any recommendations?

lol you want to pay someone for training tips you can get for free?

good point.

From now on, nobody should hire a coach.

Read the internet for your free training tips!

Positive Contribution wrote:

slowoldman wrote:

My 15 year old ran a sub 4:40 mile and a 16:45 5k. Need a private coach to help design Summer workout.

Any recommendations?

lol you want to pay someone for training tips you can get for free?

You should run backwards for a mile each day. Look, you didn't even have to pay for that!

registered name wrote:

High school kid in the summer? I'd scrap workouts all together.

Run easy and build mileage. Vary the distance and pace of the runs and do some strides and/or hill sprints after a run once or twice a week.

I agree

Summer is the time for recovery.

Don't need a specific or difficult regimen.

So you guys think when an old guy says "workout" that he is referring to the 1 or 2 hardest training days of the week. Let me translate for you: "workouts" means "training plan".

Star wrote:

registered name wrote:

High school kid in the summer? I'd scrap workouts all together.

Run easy and build mileage. Vary the distance and pace of the runs and do some strides and/or hill sprints after a run once or twice a week.

I agree

Summer is the time for recovery.

Don't need a specific or difficult regimen.

Generally a workout is a hard day or anything other than an easy steady run.

By that definition, I'd suggest no workouts.

If you say workout means training plan, then the plan would be to do easy runs all summer.

Maybe throw in a weekly long run in that workout starting in August.

I'm moving to Baltimore at the end of June. I ran D1 NCAA and as a post-collegiate qualified for the 2016 Olympic Trials marathon, self-coached. Feel free to shoot me an email.

Meant to include my email - click on the user name.