“You can have twenty years of coaching experience or you can have one year of coaching experience twenty times.”- Joe Vigil
I want to discuss something from the Iowa Track and Field clinic that I thought about traveling while home.  At the end of the Threshold Running talk a coach stated that the Dainels Running Formula [...]

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http://www.athleticscoaching.ca/
It’s really, really good. You need to join their “media on demand” section to get their free podcasts, but trust me, it’s worth it. I’ve listened to a two part interview with Vince Anderson five or six times and every time I get something new out of it. Same with the two [...]

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Jim Gerweck, one of the editors at RunningTimes, emailed me the following question.
I’m writing a piece for the HS section on training for non-running athletes during the winter – i.e. Athletes who do XC & spring/outdoor track, but might play basketball, hockey, wrestle or swim during the winter. Maybe you could post something about what [...]

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I’m blessed that I’ve had a phone conversations and several email exchanges with someone who I believe is one of the best coaches in our country, Vern Gambetta.
I asked Vern to comment on Specific vs. General training and the balance between the two. He obliged with a post on his site (!!!) [...]

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Just one of the many gems in this interview with Greg Brock, coach of Maggie Vessey (interview conducted by Robert Johnson). Greg was 5th in 1972 US Marathon trials. I will add my thoughts in the comments as I’m getting over the flu still feel like crap. This interview is fantastic and [...]

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In USATF coaching education a graph is presented that shows volume and intensity that is similar to the graph below (from the American Journal of Sports Medicine).
I’m not sharing this graph to start a discussion about the graph itself and the theory of periodization that underlies the graph (though you are welcome to discuss the [...]

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There is a saying I came up with (or at least I think I did – if you’ve read this somewhere else please let me know…I have a friend who swears he came up with the term “going postal” and while we love him, his story detailing how he came up with the term is [...]

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Before we go into detail, let me reiterate two points. First, the reason that volume was a such a low priority when Renee and I started working together was that she was coming of an injury and she simply needed to stay healthy while running. I didn’t care about her volume week in [...]

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