With the closing of the The High Altitude Training Center in Flagstaff, I thought to give Jack Daniels some shameless promotion for his book and DVD, though I really don’t think he needs it. This man dedicated his entire life to running, and his passion for the sport spills out in interviews and DVDs.
Daniels’ Running Formula
Dr. Jack Daniels’ resume includes NCAA Cross Country Coach of the Century, National Coach of the Year, and Runner’s World “World’s Best Coach”.
His DVD offers you insights into training and racing your best. Jack Daniels – The Art and Science of Running DVD contains over an hour and a half of Dr. Daniels’ genius – guiding you through his principles of training, his ingredients of success and intelligent training design plus stories about Gerry Lindgren, Jim Ryun, Alberto Salazar, Joan Benoit, and more!
Jack Daniels – The Art and Science of Running DVD
Jack Daniels – The Art and Science of Running DVD is only available from the McmillanRunning.com website. It features:
Daniels’ Principles of Training:
- Training Load
- Limit Principle
- Specificity
- Law of Diminishing Returns
- Maintenance
Jack’s 5 Ingredients of Success:
- Ability
- Motivation
- Opportunity
- Direction
- Luck
Intelligent Training Design:
- Endurance Runs
- Marathon Pace Runs
- Threshold Workouts
- Interval Training
- Repetition Training
The Bonus Features include a Q&A with Dr. Daniels and Jack’s Personal Coaching Stories.
Jack Daniels’ sample video from DVD
You’ll probably have to watch it more than once, depending on your coaching and human physiology background.
There were some good “take home messages”.
The Broken Egg Theory
Why do some coaches insist on running athletes to the ground? Most inexperienced coaches overtrain their athletes which leads to injuries. Hence, the broken egg. What good is it now?
As a coach, you have one responsibility and that is not to mess up your athletes. You are their teacher and mentor, and the track is your classroom.
Adaptations to Training Stress
It takes 6 weeks for the body to adapt to a new training stress. Jack recommends waiting a minimum of 3-4 weeks before modifying the training program (hence the 4 week microcycle). I like to train 3 weeks hard followed by an easy week where we can do testing and time trials.
Here is a sample clip on YouTube video:
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