Tales & Tips

Nov 19, 20233 min read

A Mixed Bag - good or..?

Saturday morning's DI NCAA Cross Country Championship at UVA was one of the most anticipated running events of the year. A battle royale...

Nov 4, 20233 min read

Deja vu...but not really.

This past weekend I went to the Iowa High School state cross country meet, one that I haven't been to since 1969. Back then there was no...

Oct 1, 20232 min read

Just because you can...

...doesn't mean you should. Ali Ince of Normal, IL has one. So does Sadie Engelhardt of Ventura, CA. What's that? Both high school...

Sep 24, 20232 min read

We need to do a better job...

Last Thursday I spoke with a group of female cross country runners at a suburban high school just southwest of Chicago, in reality to...

Sep 3, 20233 min read

They call me Coach K

Another cross country season is underway, my 55th year as an athlete or a coach - or now as a retiree. Despite temperatures in the 80's,...

Aug 27, 20233 min read

Never Have I Ever...

I don't know what more we could have asked for at the World Championships in Budapest...well, some world records, but the competition had...