Coaches’ Blog

Okay, let’s see how fast I can type this. If this blog entry cuts off at the ½ way point, just assume that Echo woke up and needed his diaper changed. I don’t even know how to process my new status as father. As a coach, I’ve spent the last 10 years being a troubleshooter, […]

Okay, here’s the deal. This may be my last blog for a couple months. I hear what you’re saying. “Coach, you haven’t blogged since January anyway.” Agreed. Indoor track has been a little too exciting to sit down and throw together a blog. It’s been going great though and the guys are really PRing. I […]

Classes started last Thursday and I haven’t yet decided if that makes my life less hectic or more. I no longer have to coach three practices a day because the athletes are in class, but now I’m also in class too. I feel like a hat salesman with how many times a day I’m changing mine. […]

The class of 2010 was a great class for Tufts hurdling. And I don’t mean that simply from a PR standpoint. Tufts and I were blessed with a trio of great hurdlers and great individuals. Ikenna Acholonu, Jared Engelking, and Trevor Donadt all started out as solid regional caliber hurdlers and grew into national caliber […]

Yes, I hail from Vermont, the only land-locked state in New England. And, honestly, I’m not a big ocean guy. I’ve never been drawn to the beach and I don’t ever get anything out of sunbathing. However, when November comes around, I feel like one of the world’s greatest surfers. As a XC/Track coach, November […]

The road that a coach travels is almost always the middle road.  It’s an odd feeling for me too because as an athlete you get addicted to the highs (and lows) of the sport.  As an individual, when you PR or run a great race, you take that high away with you.  It pushes and […]

Okay, so today I wondered if it was time to ‘grow up’ or not. I work from the campus center once a week because it’s easier to meet up with athletes and chat about things from there than asking them to come down my office at the track.  It’s only fair that I meet them […]

After four years of going toe to toe with Daniel Murner—okay, more like staring at his back—I’m now getting the unique chance to work with him as a colleague. And to introduce him. I’ve only had a handful of opportunities to be even within sight of him on the track (not a height joke, I […]

I was going to save the world. Easy as that- sail through medical school, move to East Africa and save lives. But life always takes a few unexpected left turns and rather, I found myself sitting by the Cleveland airport curb, waiting for my ride. A large immaculate white Suburban pulls up. Two men in […]

No regrets. That’s what it’s all about for me.  I realized this very early on.  My greatest regrets are things I never attempted, not my failed attempts. I probably realized this in 6th grade when I never asked out my crush, Jessie. Then Jason beat me to the punch. Who would have ever thought that […]