ANDY YOUNG
THE COACH OF LAURA MUIR OUTLINES HIS METHODS TO EMILY MOSS
COACH INSIGHT
COACHING
I TRY TO create a fun environment for training. I have a large group, encompassing sprinters and distance runners, but I put emphasis on a long warm-up all together, so that everyone feels involved and can benefit from the social side. Middle-distance running is hard, so it needs to be fun.
Laura Muir: set the British 1500m record this year under Andy Young’s expert guidance
MARK SHEARMAN
University-aged athletes don’t want to be running with 14-year-olds or with veterans. I have a big group that I have built up over the last 10 years, with over 60 athletes actively training. I feel it is important to provide athletes of each age group with a set-up that they like and want to be part of to keep them in the sport.
My group is divided into short sprinters, 400m runners and middledistance runners, with an elite group within it. I am a big advocate of the university championships and I have BUCS and Scottish champions within my group. Most are university athletes, but alongside this I have a more elite middle-distance group, which includes athletes such as England Athletics under-20 indoor 1500m champion Jemma Reekie.