Anyone know anything about Iona College and their distance program? Yeah, they've qualified for Nats a few times and I think they've had a few guys finish near the front of the NCAA 10k recently.
But I've also heard a lot of negative stuff about the coaching and training program there. Is it the usual message board crap or do they run guys into the ground?
Good team. Good Coach. Just like anywhere else, there are going to be guys who get injured and guys who don't fit into the program.
I took a visit to Iona this winter and couldn't say a bad thing about their coach. He is one of the most genuine, caring people I have ever met. He treats his runners with the utmost respect and cares about them more than any coach I have spoke with. The guys on the team are great too, all the bad things you've heard are not true.
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why didnt u go there if it was so great then? just wondering.
Hey man, I am generally a xc and 3000m runner from Canada and I actually just signed with Iona a couple months ago. The reason for my desicion was based on the fact that they are genuine and hard working. They have a great mix with the head Coach Mick Byrne and the assistant coach Jason Saretsky who have done wonders as of late with some of there younger runners. They also appear to be bringing in some great runners next year. I think it defintly is the kinda place that makes it easy to focus on your running and school work because it is in such a small city but the option of the big city( is just a 15 minute drive which is yet another plus). Well good luck with your descion man!
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