{"id":17454,"date":"2017-09-09T09:25:54","date_gmt":"2017-09-09T01:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runnerstribe.com\/?p=17454"},"modified":"2019-09-26T15:29:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T07:29:20","slug":"an-animal-training-of-famous-runners-steve-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runnerstribe.com\/expert-advice\/an-animal-training-of-famous-runners-steve-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cAn animal\u201d – Training of Famous Runners, Steve Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"If I am still standing at the end of the race, hit me with a board and knock me down, because that means I didn\u2019t run hard enough.\" -Steve Jones<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Training of Famous Runners, Steve Jones<\/strong><\/h1>\n

\"\"\u00a0<\/strong>A lot of the below information about the training of Steve Jones was taken from the book \u2018<\/em>Running with the legends\u2019<\/em>, by Michael Sandrock, unless otherwise stated. We highly recommend this classic book to anyone who is yet to read it.\u00a0 Information was also sourced many years ago from runnerslife.co.uk (note this website has since been closed).<\/em><\/p>\n

The Hard Worker<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Steve Jones grew up in \u2018Ebbw Vale\u2019, a tough south Wales working class town. The son of a steelworker, Jones had a tough upbringing and left school at 13 to learn a trade.<\/p>\n

Jones was a hard worker.<\/p>\n

He recalled to Athletics Weekly:<\/em><\/p>\n

\"<\/i>Even though I may have been a bit of a layabout and smoked and drank or whatever, I always worked for my money. It\u2019s because of that sort of upbringing that I appreciate just what working means\u201d.<\/h3>\n

Jones joined the Air Force as a 15 year old and it was here that he ran his first cross country race. In Jones\u2019s words\u00a0\u00a0 - \u201cIt all went from there\u201d.<\/p>\n

Profile<\/strong><\/h3>\n