Based on my experience; I would develop fast speed before anything else. Get your young runners so they can run and teach… — Gerry Lindgren Copy Share Image
There are champions in every neighborhood. Anyone can run to the very top. ANYONE! But you have to (a) start right, (b)… — Gerry Lindgren Copy Share Image
Ideally I would start by racing my athletes once every two weeks. But, such a program has to be flexible because some… — Gerry Lindgren Copy Share Image
Speedwork is terribly overrated! I remember talking to runners after distance races and someone is sure to say they were able to… — Gerry Lindgren Copy Share Image
When you hit a certain spot you Sprint no matter how you feel inside or what your co-runner thinks. You just go!… — Gerry Lindgren Copy Share Image
The 3-minute mile goal is to teach runners that the impossible is where goals should be set. — Gerry Lindgren Copy Share Image
The hard part is believing it can happen to you. Most likely, my runners will never achieve a 3-minute mile. I think… — Gerry Lindgren Copy Share Image
When I first came into international running, most runners did about 60-70 miles or running a week. I guess that is still… — Gerry Lindgren Copy Share Image
I always enjoyed the training more than I did the racing. There was a high level of anxiety in racing that I did not… — Gerry Lindgren Copy Share Image
We didn't keep track of how many miles we ran back then. We just ran. If you LOVE to run with the kind of… — Gerry Lindgren Copy Share Image
I started running in Junior High School. I was so slow and uncoordinated the coach set me up with a paper route so that… — Gerry Lindgren Copy Share Image
Wanting to win races is detrimental to courage. You tend to run too conservatively because you want to wait and sprint. If you are… — Gerry Lindgren Copy Share Image
Kids as young as twelve CAN run 90 minutes, and they can train hard to run fast, BUT they lose something in training hard… — Gerry Lindgren Copy Share Image
This life is made to change all reality. We are here for the benefit, happiness, and welfare of a new reality; a new direction. — Gerry Lindgren Copy Share Image
If you KNOW dehydration is a problem in long runs it becomes a problem in long runs. — Gerry Lindgren Copy Share Image
Set a new standard. Change reality. Break ground to something new and different. That achievement will live forever just because you WERE somebody special! — Gerry Lindgren Copy Share Image
COURAGE is not a quality you teach. Courage is the by-product of self-discipline. It is an ATTITUDE. — Gerry Lindgren Copy Share Image
When you hit a certain spot you Sprint no matter how you feel inside or what your co-runner thinks. You just go! In training… — Gerry Lindgren Copy Share Image
