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Barlow's program building powerhouse at S.A. Holmes
May 1, 2002

by John Welch

This feature is a continuation of the Front of the Pack article on Steve Barlow in the May 2002 issue of Runner Triathlete News. To get the "rest of the story" on Barlow, please read the Front of the Pack article in that issue.

"Build it and they will come." While the line may come right out of Kevin Costner's Hollywood blockbuster movie entitled "Field of Dreams", the aforementioned line may be more befitting of Steve Barlow's coaching philosophy when it comes to setting up a program for young runners. Barlow, 40, of San Antonio, who is the head cross country and assistant track coach at Holmes High School, is of the old school philosophy of running. He believes that young runners should concentrate on building up their speed long before trying to set the world on fire by logging mega distance workouts.

After all, it worked for him in his native Melbourne, Australia. And Barlow also feels that it will work for his oldest child, daughter Faith, an eighth-grader at Connally Middle School in the Alamo City. With a consistent dose of planned distance and interval work, Faith won the Northside Independent School District 1,600-meter run in 2001 as a seventh grader, in a time of 5:48. Faith's time was good, but considering that she finished over 20 seconds faster than the eighth-grade winner, it comes across as even more striking.

"I believe that Faith should be preparing for college and after," said Barlow, who holds the steeplechase record of 8:46 at UTSA. "She (Faith) also likes volleyball and basketball and she competes in both of them, but she's really a runner, because she's good at it. She also ran a 5:24 mile with me in practice this past October."

But Barlow is careful to insist that his daughter, and his son, Daniel (a sixth-grader at Connally), train to compete effectively during the season. He sets up a set distance workout for both his son and daughter, and monitors their progress with an open eye for improvement, and fun on the track.

"I think that having been a runner is a great asset for a parent, who has children competing in track and cross country," Barlow said. "I made my mistakes doing high mileage, so my philosophy for youngsters is keeping them as healthy for as long as you possibly can. My athletes at Holmes, for instance, run once a day, and we're lucky to do 35 miles a week."

Barlow reports that his Holmes Huskies have had very little injuries, despite the fact that they don't have any grassy parks to run around in. They do most of their workouts on the roads and on the track, and it seems to have benefited that quite well.

"To be good in high school is great, and I can't say that what other coaches are doing is wrong, but I feel that we need to train athletes for the long haul," Barlow said. "I can set goals for my daughter, but I like to let the kids set the goals themselves. I know that she (Faith) has the talent to do 5:00 minutes in the 1,600-meters this year."


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