Coaches’ Blog

So you always hear the stories where the athlete overcomes obstacles, injury, death, etc and still succeeds at the highest level.  However, it is much rarer to hear about the athlete who couldn’t ultimately overcome their limitation to still step upon the medal stand.  Sometimes though, those are the stories that really move you.   […]

No I don’t mean the bible.  I mean Purdy’s computerized estimations for what one PR should translate to in other events. It was first published back in 1996 and I’ve seen many coaches use it extensively.  If coaching is a marriage between science and art then this book is heavily weighted to the science side. […]

Isn’t it the truth.  To become an Olympian.  It’s the dream of so many young athletes who sit at home and watch the world’s best compete on the biggest stage.  How many young swimmers want to be Phelps and how many young 800m runners wish they had Nick Symmonds’ kick.  The sad thing is that, […]

Nothing beats a red-eye flight to cap off a great week.  I’ve  been lucky up until now. That was my first red-eye.  I feel okay.  Decided to come to the office today.  Too many thoughts to keep stored in my head.  Needed to make sure they’re all on paper before they fade away.   Also, […]

If you’re a USOC member then it has been a tough couple days for you.  First you see your American Record holder in the javelin throw as if he hasn’t touched the spear in years, not throwing one warm up toss.  Then you see your prodigal son in the 100/200m pull up and tumble to […]

Living in Boston, I am surrounded by the largest population of Monday-morning quarterbacks ever amassed in one city.  These individuals honestly feel that because they’ve read a newspaper article, played some baseball in the past, or better yet, just watched a lot of Red Sox games that they have the secret to the game and […]

Fast forward to the 2032 Olympic Trials. You have your tickets and can’t wait to go see what the latest and greatest can put together. You get to your seats and you start introducing yourself to the people around you. It only seems polite, since you’re probably going to see them a lot for the […]

Quick shout out to Vermont’s Own Andrew Wheating who finished 2nd in the 800m as a college (Univ of Oregon) sophomore. Let’s talk about this for a second. Andrew Wheating went to a small high school in VT that didn’t even have a track program. He then takes up serious running in college and drops […]

I have to say, today the future US Olympic team seemed much more human than yesterday. Yesterday was a day of great competition and elevating of performance. Although there were still some great performances, many of the future Olympians seemed to have quite a few chinks in the armor.  The biggest let down was probably […]

Day 2 in the bag. Where to start?  VT’s own Kasey Hill in the heptathlon? American record in the 100m? Four person pile up in the 800m? Best heptathlon 800 ever? How about a 10th grader in the 800m semis?  How about the strangest strategical 800m I have ever seen run. Take everything you know […]