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ABOUT COACH, RUN, WIN and Coaching Distance Runners
Coach, Run, Win is about many things. It is certainly about how to coach distance runners. It is definitely about running and how to excel at it. The winning part is about helping coaches, teams, and individuals through developing positive attitudes. Additonally, technical training data are used to accomplish their goals. That can be winning state championships or improving from a walk to a shuffle to competing in a race for the first time.
My book, Coach, Run, Win, is not an overly technical book, especially in the sections on training. The book was written from my trials, errors, and experiments over the years. It focuses on the methods that worked best for my teams. Hopefully, I have saved you as a coach or runner from a lot of work and experimentation.
When I began Coach, Run, Win, my original goal was to create a roadmap for coaches to navigate an entire high school Cross Country season from start to finish. I believe that this book does that in a comprehensive, yet concise way. Yet the book has much more to offer than just a guide for coaches of distance runners.
Organization of the book
The first part of the book is focused on how to run fast. I provide details of training methods, and workouts that I used to help individuals, and teams to achieve nationwide success. This includes details on the workouts that one runner executed to become a California State Champion. The information can be used by any runner, regardless of age, gender, or school affiliation. The advice about cross training, weightlifting, injury prevention and the mental approaches to better racing are essential for success in running for everyone.
I have provided several case studies about specific athletes to provide inspiration to all runners. These stories of athletes starting from non-running backgrounds, or overcoming race day anxiety, and the challenges of health conditions, all have universal appeal and application. I believe these case studies can provide direction when coaching distance runners.
The second part of the book takes a coach through the details of the organization and implementation of a championship program for a school or organization. Subjects included are; how to get potential runners to participate, organize parent and community support and how to best work with school administrators. The challenges of establishing a summer program and executing an elite training camp are also addressed. The all-important end of season awards and banquets are deconstructed.
Additional material: courses and virtual coaching
Since most coaches, and many parents have to be involved in designing and setting up racecourses and managing races, I have a chapter on that. I conclude with chapters on transitioning from Cross Country to Track and Field, as well as a chapter on virtual coaching. The chapter on virtual coaching has some helpful website resources listed, see them here.
Coach, Run, Win is about many things. It is certainly about coaching distance runners. It is definitely about running and how to excel at it. The winning part is about helping coaches, teams and individuals through developing positive attitudes and technical training data in order to accomplish their goals whether they are winning state championships or improving from a walk to a shuffle to competing in a race for the first time.
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Ken's Bio
Ken Sayles has spent over 30 years coaching high school cross country and track athletes. The 2014 Southern California and Orange County Coach of the Year has coached over 50 individual league and county champions. His runners won numerous regional individual champions and took his cross-country teams to six straight California State Championships. His 2017 State Champion just won the PAC-12 conference cross country championship as an individual. Ken resides in Laguna Niguel, California.
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Between 2012 and 2017, Capistrano Valley made the California State Meet six years in a row, a feat achieved by very few schools in California State Meet history. CVHS won the Orange County title twice and finished in the top three, six years in a row. During his tenure, Coach Sayles coached one individual State Cross Country Champion and multiple Southern Section Individual Champions. In all, Coach Sayles coached over 50 individual South Coast League and Orange County Champions at Cross Country and Track and Field. In 2017 he had the unique distinction of having a female athlete qualify for Nike Cross Nationals (NXN) and a separate female athlete qualify for Foot Locker finals. In 2019 Coach Sayles helped a third female athlete compete at Foot Locker finals. As of this writing he has four girls on Division 1 scholarships at universities in the Pac-12 conference, toughest in the nation.
The first cross country and track coach to be honored with the prestigious Southern Section of California, “Coaching with Character Award”, Coach Sayles was commended because of the “Victory with Honor” emphasis he demonstrated in his coaching career. He also served as head of the Southern California Cross Country Coaches Association and was a member of the CIF Southern Section Cross Country Advisory Committee.
Mr. Sayles taught in the Social Science department at Capistrano Valley High for 34 years. He taught Advanced Placement (AP) Government and International Baccalaureate (IB) History of the Americas. He was twice named “Teacher of the Year” and went on to win the Capistrano Unified School District “Teacher of the Year” in 1999. He retired from the classroom in 2014 and stepped down as full time Head Coach in 2018. He now mentors a former star runner who is the new Head Coach.
“Coach” lives in Laguna Niguel California with his wife Melisa, a retired Spanish teacher and former Assistant Coach and their Siberian Husky dog Luna. He serves as the volunteer Race Director for the BRAVE RACE 5k to benefit The Joyful Child Foundation; in memory of Samantha Runnion, which is a non-profit organization dedicated to the prevention of crimes against children.
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