I receive a lot of emails and phone calls about fatigue and racing. The runner will tell me that on race day she breaks down at about 1 – 2 miles into a 3 mile race and just can’t get her legs moving. She reports that her training is going fine but on race day things go south. Is it all in her head? Why not, she can train, so why can’t he race? The athlete gets frustrated, the coach gets frustrated, and the team can get frustrated. I want to go on the record to say ITS NOT

It’s 1982 and I just crossed the finish line of the Kinney (Foot Locker) National Championships. I placed a very disappointing 5th for a second year in a row. The place card for most athletes would have been an exciting moment, but not for me. I was expected to win. I was tired, physically and emotionally. It had been a long season. I was training hard since July and now it’s mid December. I truly believed I worked harder than any other athlete out there. I was running betwe

We see it all the time, these lightning fast girls that come on the running scene and display an amazing talent their freshman year but by their senior year they have faded in the results. Why is it that these young 7th, 8th grade, and freshman and sophomore woman can run so fast early on but then disappear later in their high school and college careers? IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE LIKE THAT. A strong message to the young female athletes, coaches, and parents – boys mature differ