Podcast 018 – Adam Kedge on Team Culture 27 Aug 2013 | 08:10 pm

In this video Adam Kedge of Albuquerque Academy talks about building a team culture.  Adam has been named the national cross country coach of the year and his boys team his finished third at the Nike ...

Podcast 17 – Patrick Wales-Dinan on Burnout 27 Aug 2013 | 01:36 am

Patrick Wales-Dinan is an integral part of the Boulder Running Camps, during which this video was shot.  He’s the distance coach at Long Beach State (NCAA Division I) and he has also coached at Duke a...

Sunday Morning Reads 08.25.13 25 Aug 2013 | 04:49 pm

Hope you’re having a nice Sunday. First, a shout out to the US Track and Field Team, specifically the middle distance runners, at the IAFF World Championships. Check out this tweet. I’m a fan of Mal...

Video Podcast 016 – Jim Ryun on High School four-minute Milers 23 Aug 2013 | 09:52 pm

Sunday Morning Reads 08.18.13 19 Aug 2013 | 12:29 am

Hope you’re having a nice Sunday. In this article Scott Douglas talks about the future of minimalist shoes, something that is still a very hot topic. Recovery is no doubt important for training adap...

Rest and Restlessness 13 Aug 2013 | 08:14 am

The timing of this post doesn’t fit most readers.  It’s the second week of August and that means high school coaches and athletes are starting the cross country season while marathoners are in full tr...

Sunday Morning Reads 8.11.13 11 Aug 2013 | 11:05 pm

Here are a couple of interesting articles from the New York Times.  The first one says that running made the human brain bigger.  The second - a fairly long read - talks about the fact that more than ...

Sunday Morning Reads 08.04.13 4 Aug 2013 | 10:32 pm

Yesterday we finished up the inaugural Boulder Running Clinics.  Here is a quick recap from Rob Murphy of Alta High School.  At the social after the clinic (the clinic after the clinic?) I realized th...

45 minutes, 60 minutes, 75 minutes 31 Jul 2013 | 08:46 pm

So many runners are addicted to their 60 minute run. It makes sense in the 60-70 mile a week program to go out for a 60 minute run on your easy days. But I would argue that most athletes are better o...

Easy Days and Hard Days 30 Jul 2013 | 08:02 pm

I’ve been saying “Easy days Easy and Hard days Hard” to athletes for a good ten years. What that means is that you need to run your easy days easy so that your hard days can be hard. You want to make...