Today marks 100 straight days of posts on this blog. To be honest, extending the streak this long didn't really become a goal until I was...

I'm currently reading The Tough Stuff: Seven Hard Truths About Being A Head Coach by Cody Royle, who has skin in the game as the leader...

I suppose they call it a mindset because, in a sense, it requires you to "set" your mind. And when you set your mind, you choose to view...

Among the many quotable lines from Steven Pressfield's The War of Art is one that reads as follows: “The paradox seems to be, as Socrates...

One of my favorite short stories is the one that author Simon Sinek tells about a Styrofoam cup. If you haven't seen it, take a couple...

After a brief one-year stint in the EFL Championship, England's second division, Fulham FC were promoted back to the Premier League last...

In my opinion, if there's one thing a distance runner needs to have, it's optimism. Why? Because there's a lot of resistance in this...

As is typical of most undergraduate experiences, mine involved giving a lot of PowerPoint presentations. In my second year as a finance...

Take a look at this picture of Sanya Richards-Ross racing at the 2012 London Olympics: Source: Elle Notice how her mouth is … shut?...

Early last week, a foot of snow fell in Portland. It was, by far, the largest accumulation since I moved here back in 2017. With the...

Here's something they don't tell you when you become a college coach. You won't spend a lot of time coaching. No, seriously. I think...

When he was the coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, Brett Brown would go for a four-to-five mile run before every game. "I feel worthless if...

I'm sitting in a hotel room in Las Vegas. So let's talk about poker. Well, kind of. I've never been a poker player myself, but one of my...

There's a retirement letter that I've revisited a number of times. It's from an athlete who was one of the best in her sport. Here's a...

As an 11-time World Champion and 6-time Olympic Champion in track cycling, Sir Chris Hoy knows a thing or two about winning. But it may...

We are reinventing the sport of Track & Field, one new idea at a time. Last night, Jesse Williams' Sound Running hosted The TEN, an...

Okay. Let's talk about the spikes. But first, a fairytale: There once was a farmer who lived with his son. The two spent their days in...

Remember playing tag? Nobody wanted to be "it". In this case, we preferred the role of the prey, rather than the predator. But, what if...

Attraction is common. Compatibility is rare. Attraction is easy because it requires us to evaluate something (or someone) else....

Former Navy SEAL, author, and podcast host Jocko Willink once said something that I've repeated many times. When you're on the path, he...