Run, run, run,

When I was in high school my family moved from Washington state to Colorado. In the early/mid 70's Runner's World was barely circulated and there was one shoe company called "Blue Ribbon Sports" that soon became something called "Nike." I had no true track coach and no one outside of a running store the size of a bedroom who could give me advice on how to train. His name is Joe Arrazola and he turned me on to Fred Wilt's classic book Run, Run, Run and from Arrazola's help and Fred Wilt's book I managed to run sub 9:30 in the 2-mile and 4:16 in the mile(we ran in yards in those days) at altitude. With a scholarship to a small NAIA school closer to sea-level I stuck to the basics I learned in this great book and got to the U.S. Olympic Trials. In my mind, this is still the book that all other track and field distance training books rest on. It is still on the ground floor for any kid who wants to get good and know what they are doing in practice to get there. It is too bad that this book isn't reprinted and in wider circulation. I've gone through 2 copies over the years and need a third for my library of track texts. Jay Edwards

Excecllence was always the late Fred Wilt's middle name. This very early book was one of first to be published of it's kind.Mr. Wilt the writer was one of the most knowledgeable persons on developing runners and he was always a leader in the world at sharing that knowledge with runners and coaches alike. It was always his intentions to teach and pass on knowledge of track and field and running to whom ever seeked it.He always felt it was a crime to not share his knowledge, which was huge,to the world of track and field people.