Coaching Philosophy Simplified

Consistent, uninterrupted, healthy training, over a long period of time at a variety of paces.

That pretty much does it right there. But I will supplement it any way, with: Understand the goal of every run, and seek to achieve that goal with as little stress on your body as possible.

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Consistent, uninterrupted, healthy training, over a long period of time at a variety of paces.

Consistent, uninterrupted, healthy training, over a long period of time at a variety of paces.

Yeah, it's hard to do better than that. If I was going to add anything, it would be, "You get the majority of your energy for middle distance and distance races from aerobic sources, so while you should train at a wide variety of paces (from recovery jogs to all-out sprints), never get too far away from the work that helps you develop aerobically."

Agreed. Agreed. Take your time and learn to enjoy the process.

Testing

JustGettingGoing wrote:

LetsRun brothers and sisters. I'm doing a little bit of a "survey" to compile some running wisdom/philosophy. For those that would, please post in one or two sentences (or words, if simple) what you think is the "most" important thing to teach/give an athlete starting out in running (regardless of their age, goals, etc.). What's that one thing, that one nugget of wisdom you'd give them? Imagine you only had like 30 seconds to share as you crossed paths in an airport, bus stop, etc. I'm sure there's been threads like these in the past, but I'm relatively new to LetsRun. So if there are other links you know of, please point me to them.

Thanks.

The most important: There are mainly 3 factors for the result in middle-longdistance running!

The most important: There are mainly 3 factors for the result in middle-longdistance running!

And they are?

Don't go there... He does this in every bloody thread. He'll ask you to contact him through Facebook for his 'magic' training paces that he uses to 'coach elite Kenyans' to international success.

JustGettingGoing wrote:

The most important: There are mainly 3 factors for the result in middle-longdistance running!

And they are?

1. Volume

2. Speed

3. Balls

Genetics

Gender

Grugs

Smoove wrote:

That pretty much does it right there.

But I will supplement it any way, with: Understand the goal of every run, and seek to achieve that goal with as little stress on your body as possible.

[bwrote:

Consistent, uninterrupted, healthy training, over a long period of time at a variety of paces.

How about be humble and don't pretend to have gained utmost self-knowledge?

Find what works for you and stick to it.

If at first you don't succeed then buy a truck load of EPO.

Run, Rest, Repeat. Not sure if that is the best, but it just popped into my head.

Intervals, intervals, and INTERVALS!!!

Know why you do things and stay healthy.

Run as much as you can handle, then try to run more after you figure that out.

Pain is an artificial barrier...unless your leg has been mauled off.

belial wrote:

Pain is an artificial barrier...unless your leg has been mauled off.

Been or being.