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Selected stories from my five decades

in the greatest sport

Tales & Tips

Run Like a Girl - 1st XC practice 1976

On Monday I rode my bike to Southeast Junior High in the morning so I could hustle the mile over to East High after classes for the 3:15...

Jul 3, 20224 min read

Next Sunday I will release the first of four excerpts from my latest novel - "Run Like A Girl - The Tale of a Distance Runner during the...

Jun 28, 20221 min read

I taught PE classes and took on the assistant track job at Loyola in 1988, glad to get back into coaching after Arnold Weber's debacle at...

Jun 12, 20222 min read

Before there was the iPhone and the iPad. Before the small digital cameras of the 90's or the shoulder-mounted VHS camcorders of the...

Jun 5, 20222 min read

Every coach has had their share of official decisions that went against their team, like the time our women's DMR was egregiously...

May 29, 20223 min read

Tom Cooney, former Loyola University track and field coach in the 70's, often used a quote that captured one of my thoughts into a neat...

May 22, 20222 min read