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BEYOND THE STOPWATCH

Coaching Lessons from Outside the Oval

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Staying on Top of Things

Are you trying to stay on top of things? Or, do you get to the bottom of things? That's the quandary Stanford professor Donald Knuth...

Success is...

"I think I know my definition of success, which is sticking to my process, because I know what failure is. Failure is leaving that...

What I'm Reading: The Saboteur

These days, if I buy a book, there's a good chance it was inspired by a podcast. In the case of The Saboteur: The Aristocrat Who Became...

Running to Create Space

I first started running because I was mad. Seriously. It was my senior year of high school, and our ultimate frisbee team had lost a game...

Relevant vs. Useful

Time. Stand near the track during a distance event, and that's what you'll hear. Time. Seemingly every lap, a chorus of coaches will yell...

The Whole Point of Commitment

In the summer of 2019, musical artist Mike Posner decided to walk across America. On Day 104, in the middle of Kansas, the Cooler Than Me...

Leadership Lexicon: Stacey Abrams

To be effective as a coach, I think few would argue that being a good leader is essential. But what makes a good leader? Finding that...

Sir Alex Ferguson as a Distance Coach

Don't let the title deceive you. After winning 48 trophies managing Aberdeen and Manchester United, and being known as one of the...

The Battle of Preparation

There is no doubt the New England Patriots have been the NFL's best team in the new millennium. Since 2000, led by Head Coach Bill...

Anstrengend

A little over a year ago, FC Salzburg manager Jesse Marsch burst onto the mainstream with a speech. His squad had fallen behind 0-3 on...

Telos

Aristotle believed everything had a telos. When translated from Greek, it means "a purpose, or goal, or final end." A common example is...

Concise Repetition

In high school, I had a calculus teacher who said to our class, "Half of you hear half of what I say half the time." He said it often....

The Horses and the Cars are Ahead

Just over three years ago, Louisville's Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby, played host to the NCAA Cross Country Championships...

Always a Work in Progress

For the past year or so, the adidas North American Headquarters in Portland have been undergoing an expansion project. The campus sits on...

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