“A Lot of Coaching Is Lying About the Splits”

Track All-Access’s YouTube channel dropped another excellent NAU workout video. This time, the Lumberjack women are put through the paces.

Coach Mike Smith had part of his women’s distance group complete a workout that included two 1,600s, four 400s, and one exhaustive 800. Part of the fun of watching the video is Smith’s wry, almost deadpan, comments.

Before the women lined up for the 800, Smith nodded and mumbled, “The garbage can is right there at the finish line.” None of the women laughed. During the 800, he turned to the cameraman and said, “A lot of coaching is lying about splits.”

Previously, All-Access dropped a video of the men’s team doing a workout, with special guest Luis Grijalva (ex-NAU, now a pro coached by Smith) finally out of the pool and back on the track.