Jan 27, 20213 min readThe Secret Is, There Is No SecretIn the summer of 2005, my family stayed at the Napa Valley Marriott on a vacation to Northern California. Upon arrival, we were surprised...
Jan 26, 20211 min readJoe Gibbs Has Two RulesWhen Michael Lepp, Senior Athletic Advisor for Joe Gibbs Racing, first met the team's namesake, he thought he was in for a lengthy sit...
Jan 25, 20211 min readMinimizing ResistanceIn a way, that's what being a runner is about. Minimizing the resistance. Some days, running feels harder than others. When there's more...
Jan 24, 20211 min readLarry King's Lessons For a CoachYesterday, television and radio host Larry King passed away at the age of 87. For 63 years, King was a mainstay in media, interviewing...
Jan 23, 20212 min readCross Country is Not "Just Like Baseball"For an NCAA Division I Cross Country athlete, college is usually the first time they aren't regularly amongst the top finishers at every...
Jan 22, 20212 min readTrack on TVOn Sunday, at noon Pacific, most of the country will turn their TV's to FOX. Tom Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers will face Aaron Rodgers and...
Jan 21, 20211 min readSet the Bar WiselyThe downside to goals and aspirations is that they can be binary. You either ran a 14:00 5k or you didn't. You either earned All-American...
Jan 20, 20212 min readIf it Matters, Keep ScoreShane Battier has a story about bagels. The former NBA player and current Vice President of Basketball Development & Analytics for the...
Jan 19, 20212 min readOne Track MindHere's the thing about trying to work in an age where instant communication and information are at our disposal: There are so many tasks...
Jan 18, 20212 min readThe Second ArrowThere's a Buddhist discourse called the Sallatha Sutta, also known as "The Arrow." It likens an external event that causes us pain to...
Jan 17, 20211 min readForget About the JonesesIn 2018, the Loyola-Chicago Men's Basketball Team shocked the college basketball world, making a run to the Final Four as a #11 seed in...
Jan 16, 20212 min readTruth and CoherenceI heard a thought the other day that hit the nail on the head. The person was talking about the evolution of the news, but I think it...
Jan 15, 20212 min readDon't Celebrate Too SoonThe way many athletes treat their bodies before a big race and the way they treat their bodies after a big race provides one of the most...
Jan 14, 20212 min readThe Business of Perpetuating RevenueIn the 1960's and 1970's, if you bought a Maytag washing machine, there was a good chance it would last for 30 to 40 years. Nowadays,...
Jan 13, 20211 min readPurposeful PerspirationTo do a good job, you have to sweat the details. But if you sweat every detail, you're unlikely to get much done. Sometimes, the benefit...
Jan 12, 20212 min readThe Fundamental Attribution Error of Coaching SuccessThe other day, I was listening to author and Australian Rules Football Coach Cody Royle's podcast, Where Others Won't, when a quote...
Jan 11, 20211 min readTo Give Anything Less Than Your BestEarlier this week, I was listening to a podcast about the Hakone Ekiden, Japan's infamous university-level relay race that about half of...
Jan 10, 20212 min readThe Double-Edged Sword of ObsessionLook up the word "obsess" in the dictionary, and you'll find the following: "Preoccupy or fill the mind of someone continually,...
Jan 9, 20212 min readCoaching From All AnglesIn watching some of the college football bowl games over the holiday, I couldn't help but notice the discrepancy in where a team's...
Jan 8, 20211 min readLayers of MasteryHow well do you know what mile race pace feels like? What if I took away your watch? What if I took away the track? Applying constraints...
