Results matter. As a coach you can measure you success in many ways. Did you help people get faster, become fitter, better than they ever were and achieve things they had not? You can compare times or placings but ultimately it comes down to results. A sure fire and rather simple way to measure how…
In my last shoe review there was mention of a shoe that I thought was one of the best racing flats for the half marathon distance. That shoe is the Asics Gel Fujiracer. Yes, a trail racing flat for running and racing on the roads. This shoe is part of the Asics Trail collection. Not…
As I heal up and ponder a return to training and who know’s, maybe even racing, this provides an opportunity for me to write about what’s it’s like to come back from a serious injury. Not the rehab part, or what the surgery recovery was like, but how one goes about gaining fitness again and…
What a difference 104 weeks makes. 104 weeks ago I got news that changed my life. At the time it was the worst news I had ever received, still is, thankfully. That news set off the most stressful 3 months of my life. But like many things there is always more to the story. Sometimes…
I’ve attached a letter/summary that one of my athletes wrote that showed up in my inbox the other morning. There was a point about 5 years ago where the plan was to walk away from coaching. Sharing the journey with athletes is one of the reasons that I never walked away. Almost any coach can…