Coaches’ Blog

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, […]

First and foremost…Thank you Marion.  This has been a year full of firsts and I am so glad to have shared them with you.  I could write for days thanking you, but in the end, it still wouldn’t do you justice. Secondly, Thanks Echo.  I completely expected you to drain my batteries and leave me […]

Nothing like a middle of the night, sleep-deprived blog post to keep it interesting.  Honestly though, I’m not too sleep-deprived…yet.  Echo’s a great kid.  He keeps us on our toes, but in the grand scheme of what he “could” be doing, he’s a dream.  I say this as he sleeps placidly in my lap.  If […]

This is an odd profession that I’ve chosen. (One of these days I’m going to look and see how many of these posts start with that exact sentiment.) Regardless, as a coach, there are days that come home from work feeling like you got kicked straight in the teeth. And then as you’re on the […]

Wow, am I really glad that I wrote that last post when I did.  It came in incredibly handy as I was working to motivate myself in my greatest hour of need.  I actually said out loud to myself…”What would you say to an athlete in this situation?”  I’d never tried to consciously coach myself […]