Dream Big
Dreaming is different than goal setting…
Runners tend to be really good at working hard, and not so good at recovering hard.
The comeback is accomplished in the relative obscurity of smaller steps performed without fanfare, often with no one watching.
Brace yourself to be feeling like garbage on many of your training runs
Cross country practice doesn’t start for three weeks. This seems like an ideal time to commit some senseless act of mischief.
The next time you see that little gap in the trees, or the inkling of what might be a trail, I encourage you to safely investigate.
For two decades I’ve balanced writing books and coaching distance runners at the local high school.
Three quick guidelines for mid-season assessment that athletes and coaches can apply to their own situation.
Running pitfalls exist everywhere in our everyday lives. Many runners don’t do a good job of drawing the connections between things that we do in
Club sports are a money grab designed to play on parents’ hopes and lofty dreams that their kid will earn an athletic scholarship.