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[training2run]

So, what are we, poets or runners? Poetical Runners, I guess. I like that. Mad Dog Mike www.fakefruit.com

[Paul]

Micah and Mad Dog Mike: Give this some consideration. I think that Gerry Lindgren was born way ahead of his time, that if he was 20 years younger he would be the premier Ultra runner around. Reading about some of his training at Washington State is unbelieveable.
Paul

[Dan]

There's a lot of disagreement as to whether Lindgren really ran the 300+ mile weeks he's famous for, but no one questions that he put in some mega mileage. Of course, he's also severely under-appreciated due to the relative lack of an enduring career beyond high school and maybe early college.

Dan

[Distance_Guru]

Lindgren has become a bit of a Bobby Fisher type character in the distance running community. With his crazy training habbits (if memory serves Jack Daniels had him putting in 235 miles a week) and reclusive personality. My college coach used to tell stories about how he droped off the radar screen and then every once in a while at a road race somewhere in the pacific northwest there would be a runner who nobody knew run an insanely fast time for his age division and everyone would say that it was Gerry Lindgren running under a fake name.

Of coarse I have no way to varify this and coach might have been just telling a story to get us motivated before 10 miles of increasing pace over hilly terrain at altitude too.
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[training2run]

You mean to tell me there are actually people out there who will pull your leg? I, of course, would never do such a thing. Mad Dog Mike www.training2run.com

[Paul]

I like the Bobby Fischer analogy. Most of my info came from "Run With the Champions" by Marc Bloom. It is a recent book but I don't know how accurate it is, although he talked to most of these people. Apparently after dropping out of society, he has resurfaced in Hawaii.
Paul

[Distance_Guru]

Bob DeVries, my college coach, like most coaches I know will say or do just about anything if they think it will result in a better performance out of their athlete.
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[Distance_Guru]

Bob DeVries, my college coach, like most coaches I know will say or do just about anything if they think it will result in a better performance out of their athlete.
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[training2run]

I guess I pretty much agree with that philosophy: keep the athletes pumped up and enthusiastic!

I truly believe that it's 90% mental and 10% physical. I'm not poo-pooing the physical (far from it), but while you're putting in the miles, your thoughts must be positive, and while you're resting or doing other things, mental images still must be geared toward success....never the possibility of failure. Mad Dog Mike www.training2run.com

[Distance_Guru]

I don't know if I'd go 90% mental - 10% physical. But the mental aspect is very important. If I was putting a number on it I'd say 70% physical 30% mental. Because no matter how positive you are if your only in shape to run 25 minutes for a 5k then 25 minutes is what you'll run.
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[Dan]

As cliched as it sounds, I would lean toward 100% physical and 10% mental. The point being that you can't have one without the other (for success) and there's really no way to say one is less than the whole...

Dan

[training2run]

I've re-thought the percentages. I guess I really believe it's 100% mental and 100% physical!!!! Full bore all the way, and take no prisoners. Mad Dog Mike www.training2run.com

[Micah Ward]

To paraphase Yogi Berra. "Half of this sport is 50% mental, so if you come to a fork in the road take it because the race ain't over 'til it's over."

[Distance_Guru]

You've gotta love a good Yogi-ism. Even if they can make your head hurt.
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[training2run]

Winning or losing aint an option. Mad Dog Mike www.training2run.com