Better Runner
Student Running Clinic
Sign up for the Becoming a Better Runner Clinic
2023/ 2024 Sessions to be announced soon
Knowledge is Power
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Dream Big
We believe that educating the athlete gives them the power to know fact from fiction allowing them to transform hard work into major results. Athletes have big dreams we believe that when you know better, you do better. We put education in the hands of the athlete to create sustainable season long improvement.
The Better Runner clinic is about giving you the knowledge to train smart and take control of your training. -
Empower the Athlete
This full-day clinic teaches you how successful training programs are built. You will get an understanding of how runners adapt to specific types of training. You will understand how to better avoid burn out, injury, and fitness plateaus. This clinic covers mileage progressions, and specific workouts, where athletes can begin applying the tools the moment they leave the clinic.
Athletes will walk away learning how to build and maintain fitness, under the principles of Coach Simmons and Coach Schwartz methodologies.
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Power Profile
Tom Schwartz has spent his life in pursuit of understanding runners physiology. Athletes that attend the clinic will be able to participate in a same day fitness test. A report will be delivered after the clinic that will help you know what zones to train in all summer long. This helps you identify where you currently are, what needs your attention, and gives you a point to start from this summer.
Clinic attendees will receive discounts on training programs that apply the Power Profile system from Coach Tom Schwartz and Coach Andrew Simmons
The Better Runner Student Athlete Clinic
The Better Runner Student Athlete Clinic is built on the belief that HS Runners can get a major benefit from understanding their training in a more hands on fashion. Historically, coaches have gone to clinics to improve their knowledge so they can raise the ceiling of their team. We believe that we can raise the floor for middle and high school runners on proven principles that will help them progress faster, avoid training mistakes, and see the full potential of their fitness. Better Runner breaks down the complexities of training theory. This clinic will engage young athletes and encourage them to take a hands on approach to their training. We believe that better educated athletes can take ownership of their training and see their best performances later in the season. The curriculum of Better Runner is especially helpful for athletes who find themselves continuously plateauing in fitness and are looking to make a jump from good runner to great runner. Athletes will have the option to participate in a 1600m and 400m power profile test directly following the clinic.
Dr. Tom Schwartz
Tom “Tinman” Schwartz is a USATF Level 1 coach with over 27 years of experience coaching runners and other endurance athletes on how to improve their performance. Coach Schwartz is a lifelong student as well as an educator. He earned both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in exercise science, a master’s degree in business administration, and acheived his PhD in 2020. He added additional practical experience over years working as a Physical Education teacher at the high school level. Tom has coached athletes from High School Phenoms and Professionals to national, world championship, and olympic teams and titles.
Coach Andrew Simmons
Andrew Simmons is a USATF Level 2 coach with a decade of coaching experience coaching High School Runners, Amateurs, and Elites specializing in the 800m - 5K events for High School athletes, and from the 5K to Ultramarathons for adults. Coach Simmons has coached for Team USA for the U18 Mountain Running team, as well as coaching numerous runners to D1, D2, and D3 schools as the Head Coach at Peak Performance Running.
What’s Included:
This full-day clinic will give runners tools they can directly implement and walk away with structure for the next 8 weeks
includes a power profile analysis from Coach Tom Schwartz, form and mechanics overview from Coach Andrew Simmons
Athletes will have a chance to talk and work directly with Coach Andrew Simmons and Coach Tom Schwartz throughout the clinic
Great discounts on programming from Coach Simmons and Coach Schwartz
Partner Discounts from Final Surge, Skratch, and More!
What’s Covered:
The Better Runner Student Athlete Clinic empowers the athlete and brings them into the discussion with their training through education in 4 areas: fitness development, training plan design, how to apply training principles, and an in-depth look at form and mechanics. The clinic will be 6 hours of education through hands-on lecture before heading out to the track and taking part in a Power Profile fitness test protocol designed by Dr. Tom Schwartz. This protocol will be recorded on-site with a report delivered to each athlete that will give the athlete summer training zones. Dr. Schwartz Power Profile system also defines event inclination based on testing. Combined together, the information athletes receive in the Better Runner Clinic and Power Profile report will allow them to train more effectively, avoid overtraining, and succeed this fall.
Clinic Agenda:
What is fitness? How do we build it?
Aerobic. Anaerobic, Mechanical Systems
Building a bigger bucket
Understanding Load vs. Capacity
What are your training priorities this summer?
Volume, Intensity, Frequency
Lunch Break for Athletes -
Form, Mechanics, and Efficiency
Common Form Errors + Fixes
Power Profile System Explanation
Power Profile Off-Site
Power Profile Testing
Skills + Drills
Clinic Wrap Up
Q & A time with Coach Schwartz and Coach Simmons
