Quotes on training by Bill Aris

"What we do, it's not restrictive. It's not arm twisting, although some will see it that way. 'Oh my god. You can't eat whatever you want. You can't have that 15 pounds of fries in the cafeteria every day for your meal. You can't have five Snickers bars and six glasses of soda.' No, you can. You know you won't perform well, but you can do it. Alright. 'You guys don't drink or party at all?' Well, no, we choose not to, you know, and emphasize we."  

"It's sleep and nutrition, the first two priorities. And now as I've said it before, if you're not concentrating on that, then you're not gonna have the wherewithal, the foundation, for any kind of training to make any sense, because you just won't be able to sustain it."

- Bill Aris, coach of the six-time consecutive Nike Cross National team at Fayetteville-Manlius High School

This guy knows what he's talking about!

Sebastian Coe and Steve Prefontaine's Progression

Sebastian Coe went from 2:08.4 to sub-2 in a year!

Steve Prefontaine ran a 5:01 mile as a freshmen!

Sebastian Coe’s 800m/1500m progression:
14: 2:08.4 (800), 4:18.0 (1500)
15: 1:59.9 (800), 4:05.9 (1500)
16: 1:56.0 (800), 3:55.0 (1500), 8:34.6 (3000)
17: 1:55.1 (800)
18: 1:53.8 (800), 3:45.2 (1500), 8:14 (3000)
19: 1:47.7 (800), 3:42.6 (1500), 3:58.3 (mile)
20: 1:44.95 (800), 3:57.7 (mile)
21: 1:43.97 (800)
22: 1:42.33 (800 World Record), 3:32.03 (1500 World Record), 3:48.95 (mile World Record)

1981: 1:41.73 (800 World Record), 3:47.33 (mile World Record)

1986: 3:29.77 (1500)

Steve Prefontaine progression:

Year			800m	1500	Mile	3k	2 mile	3 mile	5k	10k
1966	15	Marshfield HS			5:01+		10:08.6
1967	16	Marshfield HS	2:03.6		4:32.0		9:42.1	13:57.0
1968	17	Marshfield HS	1:56.2		4:12.6		9:01.3
1969	18	Marshfield HS	1:54.3		4:06.0		8:41.5	13:43.0	13:52.8
1970	19	U. of Oregon		3:44.9	3:57.4		8:40.0	13:12.8	13:39.6
1971	20	U. of Oregon		3:40.5	3:57.4		8:33.2	12:58.6	13:30.4
1972	21	U. of Oregon		3:39.4	3:56.7	7:44.2	8:19.4	12:54.2	13:22.8
1973	22	U. of Oregon		3:38.1	3:54.6		8:24.6	12:53.4	13:22.4
1974	23	Oregon Track Club			3:58.3	7:42.6	8:18.4	12:51.4	13:21.9	27:43.6
1975	24	Oregon Track Club				7:58.2	8:36.4	12:58.8	13:23.8	28:09.4