2025 Summer Mileage, July 31, 2025, Week 4, Day 4, A good hill run, and some thoughts on coaching

2025 Summer Mileage, July 31, 2025, Week 4, Day 4,a good hill run on Thursday, and some thoughts on the art of coaching!

Thursday, July 31, 2025, warm up, 60 minute run with 4 x 5 minutes of hills, cooldown

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Some thoughts on Coaching

At the memorial for Bill Dellinger on Wednesday, Rudy Chapa, one of Coach Dellingers athletes (1976-1980) was one of the speakers. Rudy was an NCAA champion at 5,000 meters. It is said that Coach Dellinger consider Rudy Chapa as his most talented athlete that ever coached.!

Rudy Chapa told the assembled crowd that Coach Dellinger was happiest when his former athletes visited him.

A long feature by Scott M. Reid for the Eugene Register Guard gives the reader a wonderful view of the late Bill Dellinger. In the story, Matt Centrowitz, Sr, an athlete coached by Dellinger called Bill just after his son, Matthew Centrowitz, Jr. became the first American to win the Olympic 1,500m since 1908! “That gold is much better than your bronze,” Matt Sr quipped with Bill. Dellinger, tears, in his eyes, so proud of his athlete’s son, continued the joke.

Rudy Chapa, an athlete coached by Dellinger told a story about how he was devestated when he ran a poor 10,000m early in his college career. Matt Centrowitz Sr had run a terrible 1,500m. In both instances, Coach Dellinger gently nudged them both, encouraging them to dust that bad races off and move on, while learning from the experience.

Coaches are so integral to our success. Make sure that you appreciate your coach.

Steve Prefontaine, post workout with Coach Bill Dellinger, photo courtesy of The Eugene Register-Guard

In his sophomore year of track, Steve Prefontaine did not make the state meet. He was embarrassed and upset with himself. That summer, he planned, with his coaches, a ruthless series of training runs over the summer. He not only did mileage, he made himself stronger. He made himself tougher. That fall, Steve Prefontaine was ready for his junior season of high school cross country.

Steve Prefontaine, during summer of his sophomore year in high school, photo courtesy of Marshfield High School/TFN News

Will. you be ready? Follow our daily training suggestions, and daily athlete stories and you will be ready to race in the fall!

One of the shoes we are liking in Summer 2025 is the Vomero 18! Check it out at #NIKERunning

The Nike Pegasus PLUS is a great entry shoe for high school cross country. You should consider it, and learn more about it at nike.com. It is light, cushioned, a good summer mileage shoe. If you need a little more cushioning, try the Vomero 18. The Vomero 18 has more cushioning that the Pegasus PLUS. If you like NIKE, I would suggest high schoolers use the NIKE Pegasus PLUS for Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. I would suggest the Vomero 18 for Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I always suggest two pairs of training shoes. Why on Vomero 18? It is a cushioned shoe that feels great and is good on the roads and trails.

Do you want to be a better cross country runner than you were in the past? Focus and follow our training. It is all about the consistency.

For Great Summer reading! Self Made Olympian by Ron Daws, A Clean Pair of Heels by Murray Halberg, Pre! by Tom Jordan, Quicksilver, The Mercurial Emil Zatopek, by Pat Butcher, The Destiny of Alain Mimoun, by Pat Butcher (a monograph)

Remember, one day at a time!!!! #SummerMileage, #CrossCountry,

Author

Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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