Nationals Wisdom
Ethan Barron on Dec 17th 2011
As we prepared for the 2011 Cross Country National Championships, my 8-month-old said that he had something he wanted to say to the team. The following is the letter that he penned to the team. I don’t know where he picked up all the profanity, but we’ve already had a conversation about it. Dear big, […]
Endless Potential
Ethan Barron on Jul 28th 2010
Potential, chance, and what if’s. There’s nothing better? Think about it. Don’t we all pause as we’re about to scratch the last spot on our lottery tickets. We pause and think “If this last spot says $5,000 or if this last one is a cherry…” It’s its own natural high and I won’t lie, I’m […]
No Regrets.
Ethan Barron on Apr 27th 2010
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 […]
Shaqtastic
Ethan Barron on Apr 29th 2009
So I think that this should officially go down in history as the low point of this blog. It will be the first (and hopefully only) time that I will draw a parallel between my life and a Shaquille O’Neal movie. No, I’m not talking about Kazaam or Steel. I wish I was, that would […]
Glad to be a DIII coach
Ethan Barron on Mar 20th 2009
Wednesday 3/11 – Fly from Boston to Indiana Thursday 3/12 – Saturday 3/14 – National Championships Sunday 3/15 – Fly from Indiana to Boston Monday 3/16 – Fly from Boston to Orlando Wednesday 3/18 – Saturday 3/21 – Walt Disney Invitational Sunday 3/22 – Fly from Orlando to Boston A few thoughts about all this… […]
Mid ECAC Thoughts
Ethan Barron on Mar 7th 2009
So we kicked off the ECAC Championships about 24 hours ago. I was very nervous going into the competition from a meet management standpoint. 150 teams and 700+ athletes is just a ton of athletes. Things went well yesterday, but we’ll have to take a long hard look at some of the standards for next […]
DIII New England Wrap Up
Ethan Barron on Feb 25th 2009
Wow, another championship season underway. And in exciting fashion too. The MIT track has always been a great venue for meets of that magnitude. With such tight quarters and the fans right up against the track, the facility gets charged with such electricity. Three years ago, we were able to impress the region with the […]
Why do we do this to ourselves?
Ethan Barron on Feb 8th 2009
“Why do we do what we do? Why do we push myself to the edge each day? Jut to step back and put ourselves there again the next day. Why do we welcome the pain, agony, and struggle? I’ll tell you why. It’s because every Saturday we get the answer to the ultimate question. Will […]
Who’s the next superstar? Who wants to step up?
Ethan Barron on Dec 4th 2008
What a year for New England Track and Field. As a region, we easily had our most successful XC season in recent years. When you couple that with so many great senior who graduated last spring, I look forward to seeing who emerges as this year’s elite athletes. On the team front, it looks to […]
The victory is only as sweet as the competition is good.
Ethan Barron on Nov 30th 2008
It looks to be an even more exciting year than ever in New England track. It has been 16 years since Tufts University has gone into a winter season as the defending champion. The real question is – Does that change anything? I would like to say “no” but it would be one of the […]