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Men Of Oregon, I Invite You To Become Students Of Your Events. Running, One Might Say, Is Basically An Absurd Past-time Upon Which To Be Exhausting Ourselves. But If You Can Find Meaning, In The Kind Of Running You Have To Do To Stay On This Team, Chances Are You Will Be Able To Find Meaning In Another Absurd Past-time: Life.

Several Of My Critics Have Said, 'bowerman Just Tacks Up A Piece Of Paper In The Locker Room And Turns His Runners Loose.' They're Partially Right. I Do Give The Athletes A Relatively Free Rein And For Good Reason. One Of My Principles Is? 'don't Overcoach.'

A Teacher Is Never Too Smart To Learn From His Pupils. But While Runners Differ, Basic Principles Never Change. So It's A Matter Of Fitting Your Current Practices To Fit The Event And The Individual. See, What's Good For You Might Not Be Worth A Darn For The Next Guy.

I Still Bother With Runners I Call Hamburgers. They're Never Going To Run Any Record Times. But They Can Fulfill Their Own Potential.

I Think People Can Handle 150 To 200 Miles A Week. But Something Has To Give Somewhere. If He's A Student, How's He Going To Study? He May Be At The Age Of Chasing And Courtship, And That's An Important Form Of Sport And Recreation, Too.