Daniels' Running Formula

"During my tenure as editor of Runner's World, I named Jack Daniels the 'World's Best Running Coach,' and 20 years later that remains true. Amby Burfoot, 1968 Boston Marathon Winner and Former Editor of Runners World

Jack Daniels has been called the worlds best running coach. He has more than 55 years of experience coaching and mentoring some of worlds top distance runners at both the collegiate and postcollegiate levels, including Jim Ryun, Penny Werthner, Ken Martin, Jerry Lawson, Alicia Shay, Peter Gilmore, Lisa Martin, Magdalena Lewy-Boulet, Anthony Fam Famiglietti, and Janet Cherobon-Bawcom. An elite athlete himself, he won two Olympic medals and one world championship medal in the mens modern pentathlon. Daniels has decades of experience as a track and cross country coach at institutions such as Oklahoma City University, the University of Texas, Brevard College, and the State University of New York at Cortland. Under his guidance, Cortland runners won eight NCAA Division III team national championships, 30 individual national titles, and more than 130 All-America awards. He was named NCAA Division III Womens Cross Country Coach of the 20th Century. For a number of years, Daniels was the national running coach advisor for the Leukemia/Lymphoma Societys Team in Training program, which involved coaching thousands of marathon runners each year. He also enjoyed coaching members of the Nike Farm Team and the Chasquis, a group of Peruvian marathoners. Daniels has logged years of graduate study and research on distance running in both the United States and Sweden. He holds a doctoral degree in physical education and physiology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and he studied exercise science at the Royal Gymnastics Central Institute in Stockholm under renowned sport scientist Per-Olof strand. He was also an associate professor in the human movement program at A.T. Still University in Mesa, Arizona, in addition to coaching Olympic runners. Of all his accomplishments, Daniels is most proud of his two daughters and being married to his wife, Nancy.

Part I. Understanding the Formula for Training Chapter 1. Essentials of Running Success Chapter 2. Training Principles and Tips Chapter 3. Physiological and Personal Training Profiles Chapter 4. Types of Training and Intensities Chapter 5. VDOT System of Training Chapter 6. Environment- and Altitude-Specific Training Chapter 7. Treadmill Training Chapter 8. Fitness Training Chapter 9. Training Breaks and Supplemental Training Part II. Applying the Formula to Competitive Events Chapter 10. Season-Tailored Training Chapter 11. 800 Meters Chapter 12. 1,500 Meters to 2 Miles Chapter 13. 5K and 10K Chapter 14. Cross Country Chapter 15. 15K to 30K Chapter 16. Marathon Chapter 17. Ultradistance Chapter 18. Triathlon Appendix: Time and Pace Conversions