Comments on: “Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.”

By: songs of experience » a simple twist of fate?

songs of experience » a simple twist of fate? — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 17:18:14 +0000

[...] Remember the guy I wrote about who wore the weighted vest on all his runs? Well, by some cosmic turn of events (is a “twist of fate” ever really simple, Mr. Dylan?) Alex L’Hereaux has asked me to coach him. Over the years I have been approached by countless runners needing a coach. I have always said “no” because of time - and energy - constraints. Let’s face it, most elite (or even pretty good) runners are high-maintanence people. I have all I can handle maintaining the household and children, writing, running, coaching seejanerun and my group of Team Wednesday guys/John Hinton’s group. If anyone wants to jump in at the track with Hinton-dog, fine, but my taking on a runner who needs one-on-one time at the track or on the phone or over coffee is a thing of the past … at least I thought it was. [...]

By: runr53

runr53 — Thu, 17 Nov 2005 01:34:26 +0000

That might work if and only if he runs some runs without the weights otherwise he’ll be breaking the cardinal rule “run how you train, train how you run”! But hten what do I know?

By: Saint

Saint — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:47:03 +0000

I think I might just get a beer gut and then try to lose the weight real fast, is that the same? Although the jacket does seem like a good idea.

By: JOCKO

JOCKO — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 15:14:33 +0000

This is tough as nails.

I think that I am going to try it too.

-JOCKO