Today marksthe second anniversary of this blog. Two years ago when I started thisjourney I had no idea where this was going to go. I was at the lowpoint of my professional life. I was looking for something that wouldget me back on track and would help to reignite my passion for teachingand coaching. I know that I had to define and in many ways redefinemyself and my personal mission. I could let my [...]

I would like to wish you all a happy and healthy new year. I just finished a ninety minute bike ride to start the New Year off on a good foot. During that ride I was thinking about this blog and continuing to reflect on the past two years. Those two years have been have been years of change, renewal, reinvention and discovery. In 2005 when I quit my job working with the Nike Oregon project, I had [...]

Have you ever failed? I was asked this by someone recently. It seems like a superficial question until you think about a bit. Sure I have failed and I hope that I will continue to fail at times. The key is that you learn from you failures and your mistakes. I am convinced that if you are not trying new things and pushing the envelope then you are not getting better. When you do that failures and s [...]

Track & Field is my passion! I owe so much of what I know about training to this sport. Most of my best friends come from some association with Track & Field, but this is a sport in big trouble. I watched the Prefontaine meet on Sunday. What a joke. The two fastest men in the world running in separate races! Come guys the essence of the sport is competition, not records! It was great to see NIKE p [...]

Too much shoe not enough skin.Last night on ABC Evening news there was an interesting piece on barefoot running. It featured biomechanics expert Dr Irene Davis of the University of Delaware. The thesis of the program that as I interpreted it was that that running shoes have gotten too high tech. They have taken away form the feel for the ground. They have shut down the muscles of the foot by not a [...]

Quote of the day: "Hey where did you get that sweatshirt?" Bob Larsen,coach of Nike sponsored athlete and silver medalist Meb to me. I had onthe plainest of navy blue sweatshirts with a small swoosh on it, whichI've had for years. He said he keeps asking Nike for one, but theynever send him just a plain sweatshirt.Athlete of the Day:Shaka Sola of Guam. I turned on Eurosport yesterday morning to [...]