American Distance Project

02/21/2018

Losing one year of his professional running career

01/09/2018

The ADP has released the video of Scott Simmons’ steeplechase presentation from last week’s ADP Winter Online Coaches Camp.

Simmons, who last year coached Stanley Kebenei and Hillary Bor to the #2 and #6 positions on the US All-Time steeple list, details his training philosophy and approach to steeplechase training. The 1-hour 30-minute video includes workout plans, steeplechase drills, as well as race video analysis.

After coaching Bor to a surprise U.S. Olympic team birth in 2016, and an even more surprising 7th-place finish in Rio, Simmons’ athletes results were even more impressive in 2017 with Kebenei, Bor and Haron Lagat finishing 2nd, 3rd and 5th at the U.S. championships, and Kebenei finishing 5th at the IAAF London World Championships before posting 8:08.30 to become the second fastest American in history.

To purchase the video for online download, click here: goo.gl/yWi99Y

12/29/2017

2018 Online ADP MD/Steeple Coaches Camp Schedule Released; Olympian Clayton Murphy’s Coach Lee LaBadie Featured

The ADP has released the schedule for the 2018 Online ADP Winter Middle Distance / Steeplechase Coaches Camp.

The revolutionary format brings not only the presentations to your computer, but also pairs you with one of two expert coaches to mentor you in the development of a training plan specific for your athletes.

This winter's online mentoring camp, to be held January 2-3, 2018, will feature Lee LaBadie, coach of 2016 800-meter Olympic bronze medalist Clayton Murphy, and American Distance Project / US Army World Class Athlete Program coach Scott Simmons.

The camp will feature three separate online GoToMeeting.com presentations from both coaches detailing LaBadie’s 800-meter & 1500-meter coaching philosophy and Simmons’ steeplechase coaching philosophy, followed by three one-on-one mentoring sessions with either coach. The express goal of the online coaches camp is to create a realistic specific training plan for your high school, college or professional team.

Labadie was responsible for the development of Clayton Murphy, who’s remarkable 2016 was capped with an unheralded Rio Olympic 800-meter bronze. Under LaBadie’s guidance, Murphy developed as a University of Akron student-athlete to win both the 2016 NCAA Indoor 800m and 2016 Outdoor 1500m, as well as the US Olympic Trials 800m, while also posting impressive marks of 1:42.93 and 3:36.23, respectively.

Simmons’ steeplechasers have excelled as well, with Simmons coached athletes taking three of the top five spots in the 2017 US championships, including Stanley Kebenei, who’s summer mark of 8:08.30 ranks him as the second fastest steepler in US history. In 2016, Hillary Bor surprised with a runner-up finish at the US Olympic Trials, going on to make the Rio final and finishing 7th, before posting an 8:11.82, making him the 6th fastest in US history.

Over the last two years, the ADP Coaches Camp has benefitted over 30 coaches who have reported exceptional team and individual successes from the custom training programs, including state titles, NCAA championships and Team USA qualifiers.

The schedule for the online camp follows:

January 02, 2018 - Day 1:
Presentation #1 (11:30 AM - 12:30 PM): Lee Labadie – The Development & Race Preparation of Clayton Murphy

Presentations #2 (12:45 PM – 1:45 PM): Lee Labadie - Middle Distance Racing

One-On-One: (45-60:00) Initial Training Plan Consultations: Choice of Coach Labadie 800/1500m or Scott Simmons 3k Steeple

January 03, 2018 - Day 2:
Presentation #1: (11:30 AM – 1:00PM): Scott Simmons – Steeplechase Training Essentials

One-On-One: (45-60:00) Training Plan Evaluations: Coach Labadie 800/1500m or Scott Simmons 3k Steeple

One-On-One: (45-60:00) Training Plan Evaluations: Coach Labadie 800/1500m or Scott Simmons 3k Steeple

The 2018 ADP Winter Middle Distance Online Coaches Camp tuition is $550, with no travel expenses needed, but spots are limited to twelve coaches. For more information and to register, click here: http://www.elevatedsport.com/coaching-camp

Coaching Camp

11/29/2017

2018 ADP Winter Middle Distance/Steeplechase Online Coaches Camp Announced; Olympian Clayton Murphy’s Coach Lee LaBadie Featured

After three successful onsite and one successful online coach mentoring camps, the ADP announces the 2018 ADP Winter Middle Distance Online Coaches Camp.
The online mentoring camp, to be held January 2-3, 2018, will feature Lee LaBadie, coach of 2016 800-meter Olympic bronze medalist Clayton Murphy, and American Distance Project / US Army World Class Athlete Program coach Scott Simmons.

The camp will follow a similar protocol with two separate live two-hour online GoToMeeting.com presentations from the two coaches detailing LaBadie’s 800-meter & 1500-meter coaching philosophy and Simmons’ steeplechase coaching philosophy, followed up with coaches choosing one-on-one mentoring sessions with either coach. The express goal of the online coaches camp is to create a realistic workable and actionable training plan for a high school, college or professional coach’s specific team or athlete.

Labadie was responsible for the development of Clayton Murphy, who’s remarkable 2016 was capped with an unheralded Rio Olympic 800-meter bronze. Under LaBadie’s guidance, Murphy developed as a University of Akron student-athlete to win both the 2016 NCAA Indoor 800m and 2016 Outdoor 1500m, as well as the US Olympic Trials 800m, while also posting impressive marks of 1:42.93 and 3:36.23, respectively.

Simmons’ steeplechasers have excelled as well, with Simmons coached athletes taking three of the top five spots in the 2017 US championships, including Stanley Kebenei, who’s summer mark of 8:08.30 ranks him as the second fastest steepler in US history. In 2016, Hillary Bor surprised with a runner-up finish at the US Olympic Trials, going on to make the Rio final and finishing 7th, before posting an 8:11.82, making him the 6th fastest in US history.

Over the last two years, the ADP Coaches Camp has benefitted over 30 coaches who have reported exceptional team and individual successes from the custom training programs, including state titles, NCAA championships and Team USA qualifiers.

The 2018 ADP Winter Middle Distance Online Coaches Camp tuition is $550, with no travel expenses needed, but spots are limited to twelve coaches. For more information and to register, click here: http://www.elevatedsport.com/coaching-camp

09/08/2017

Thoughtful, well written Deadspin piece on our ADP/WCAP program here in Colorado Springs http://deadspin.com/how-a-small-time-training-group-and-an-army-program-cha-1797614412

Warmed up and stripped down, 15 blade-thin runners milled on the track, game-faced, gathering themselves. A few words between them, Swahili and English—“20 seconds ... 10 …”—and the amorphous group coalesced into a single-file line, shuffling. Scott Simmons had not finished saying, “Go!” when the fi...

08/21/2017

New ADP Video Available

Recorded at this summer's ADP Cross Country Coaches Camp, the ADP has released a new video, "Scott Simmons - Progressive Training For Championship Cross Country Season Success: How To Be Ready When It Counts."

The video is being released on the heels of an outstanding IAAF World Track & Field Championships for the ADP/US Army which saw Paul Chelimo win bronze in the 5,000m, Stanley Kebenei place 5th in the men's steeplechase, and Shadrack Kipchirchir and Lenny Korir post times of 27:07 and 27:20 in the 10,000m, the #3 and #6 fastest times ever run by Americans, respectively.

Learn about the training principles of Scott Simmons and how to apply them to your teams for your upcoming cross country season. In the 1-hour, 40-minute video, Simmons details every aspect of training and shares the plans of high school NXN champion Katie Rainsberger and US Olympian and World Cross Country team member Shadrack Kipchirchir.

To purchase the video for $39.99, click here: http://bit.ly/2fXZ692

07/24/2017

Last Minute: ADP Coaches Camp Offered Online

Due to demand from coaches unable to travel to Colorado for the on-sight sessions of the ADP Coaches Camp, an online version of the camp will be offered July 26-27, 2017.

The online ADP Coaches Camp will be an intensive two-day one-on-one coach mentoring experience designed to educate coaches in the training theories of ADP coach Scott Simmons and to produce a realistic team-specific actionable training plan for a high school or college coach’s team.

Two separate two-hour presentations will be staged via GoToMeeting.com from 10am Mountain Standard Time to Noon on both Wednesday and Thursday, July 26 & 27th, with one individual one-on-one mentoring meeting held in the afternoon on Wednesday and two on Thursday, scheduled at the coach's convenience.

Each coach will be assigned the homework of developing a season plan and will be personally mentored in the designing of a training program specific for their athletes with a focus on progression and championship cross country season success.

Over the last two years, over 30 coaches have benefitted from the ADP Coaches Camp reporting exceptional team and indidual successes, including state titles, NCAA championships and Team USA qualifiers.

The camp is mentored by American Distance Project coach Scott Simmons whose most recent cross country successes include domination at the 2017 US Cross Country Championships with ADP/WCAP athletes sweeping the top four spots in addition to 9th, 10th, 15th and 16th-places . The performance put five athletes on Team USA for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, with Sam Chelanga finishing 11th to lead Team USA to 5th in the team standings.

Simmons’ cross country coaching philosophy has resulted in success at all levels, including 2015 Nike NXN National Champion Katie Rainsberger, as well as five back-to-back NAIA college cross country team national champions. Simmons coached ADP athletes to a 1-4 sweep of the 2017 US Cross Country Championships putting five men on Team USA for the IAAF World Championships. Simmons coached athletes are known for being ready when it counts, as four have won individual US cross country titles and over 30 have qualified for US national cross country teams.

The 2017 Summer Cross Country Coaches Camp tuition is $550, and includes a dhamaSPORT wrist coolers (a $200 value) as well as a 15% team discount code.

For more information and to register, click here: https://tinyurl.com/ydbo9jjx

06/09/2017

Congratulations to US Army SGT Elkanah Kibet, a veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, on his selection to Team USA to compete in the marathon at this summer's IAAF World Track & Field Championships in London. Hard work and belief pays off!

He joins his fellow US Army WCAP teammate Augustus Maiyo on the marathon team, while his other WCAP/ADP teammates compete for spots in the steeplechase, 5k and 10k in two weeks time in Sacramento.

06/09/2017

Hillary Bor runs the 5th fastest steeplechase in US history with his 8:11.82 at the Rome Diamond League meet!