A bit of moonlighting

Posted on April 20, 2010 by CoachJay

I thought I might as well share this LetsRun thread and this comment on Vern’s blog. New post tomorrow.

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  • CoachKedge

    “…I would argue that often the time we over train the athletes is following great workouts or great performances; we fail to allow the athlete to fully recover and we lack the proper restorative qualities in our training.”

    Well said my man! We all have the natural tendency to push for more when things are going well. too many races, and/or squeezing in too many hard workouts. As a coach is is one of our main roles – to know when to pull back on the reigns. Far too often we fell that the role of a coach is to crack the whip. If you're training a horse it is rare that you need to load it on or get `em fired up.

  • Matt

    +1

    Hard to imagine an attitude where you (or anyone) can bring your A game every single day to anything.

  • ScottJensen

    Bunch of knuckleheads on the LR forum. I appreciated so much what you are doing with this blog, Jay. All the information and videos you are willing to share have impacted my own training. After running for 20 years plagued with injury after injury I have learned that the ancillary work is more than just beneficial. It is necessary for someone like me. It has enabled me to run for nearly 3 years now without a running-related injury. Keep up the great work you are doing! I hope you are getting as much out of this blog as you are giving to the rest of us!

  • http://coachjayjohnson.com CoachJay

    Thanks for the kind words Scott and yes, I have no doubt I get more out of the blog than anyone else. A post should be done later today, though there is camp work to be done as well.

    Thanks again and glad to hear from a “real runner” that ancillary work works. In the work I do for NikeRunning.com I sometimes worry that the readership there misses that or thinks that I'm just pimping the videos because it's easy to use that in my answers. If all of us had done some sort of ancillary and/or GS work starting at, say, age 14, our running careers would no doubt have be more enjoyable.