Read the full post on The Science of Running. When it comes to training, workouts seem like the be all end all. As coaches, we obsess over the details of each repeat,…
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How Do You Judge Success?
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Imagine you just started coaching a high school cross-country team of 20 athletes for the next season. This isn’t your first go round,…
My Top Books of 2018
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Every year, I take a look back at the books that have influenced my coaching, behavior, and thinking the most. Books are special…
Episode 85: Committing to Your Own Development
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Are you taking the time to get to where you want to be? In today’s instant gratification world, we want to be great…
Understanding Interaction: The time I learnd how to coach at a bar.
Read the full post on The Science of Running. I’m an introvert. I grew up eschewing high school and college parties for the sake of my 10 pm bedtime and the 15-mile…
Episode 84: Finding the Fatal Flaw that is Holding You Back
Read the full post on The Science of Running. What holds you back? What keeps you from performing to the best of your ability? That’s the topic of this weeks On Coaching…
Introducing: The Scholar Membership Coaching Program
Read the full post on The Science of Running. I’d like to introduce a program that I’m now offering. An opportunity to join a small group of coaches looking to get better…
Episode 83: Breaking Through- The Reality of the Ups and Downs of Performance
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Breakthroughs. It’s what keeps many of us going. The knowledge (and hope) that a leap in performance is just around the corner. But…
Uncertainty: Why You Need to Add it to Your Workouts
Read the full post on The Science of Running. When we venture down to our local track and prepare for our evening interval workout, we know what the workout is going to…
Episode 82: How Do You Define Success in Workouts and Races?
Read the full post on The Science of Running. In this weeks episode of On Coaching, we tackle how to define success (or failure) in workouts and races. Far too often we…
What Holds Us Back from Performing to Our Capabilities? Our Self.
Read the full post on The Science of Running. When it comes to performing at just about any task, what holds us back isn’t our coach or teacher. It’s not our training…
The Simple Principle of Training
Read the full post on The Science of Running. There’s a simple message that I learned from a grad school professor, Charlie Casserly, about coaching. Learn a lot but then simplify. People…
The Pre-Race Moment: Taking Advantage of where Psychology and Biology Intersect
Read the full post on The Science of Running. I first came across Dave Hamilton’s work when presenting at a conference put on by the Seattle Sounders. At the time, he worked…
The Blame Game: How our reaction to failure influences future performance
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Think back to a recent poor performance. What was the cause? Maybe you were sick, had poor sleep leading up to the…
The Simple Principle of Training: Build, Maintain, Connect
Read the full post on The Science of Running. Training is Simple: Are you Building, Maintaining, or Connecting? That car you have sitting in your garage is a complicated piece of machinery….
Episode 81: Embracing Failure with Brian Barraza
Read the full post on The Science of Running. This weeks guest is elite runner Brian Barraza. Brian rose from a solid high school runner to the top of the ranks in…