Hilltopper XC & TF

Coaching is not about prescribing and dictating. It's about creating situations where the athlete is challenged to figure it out. You nudge them along, but if you always give them the answer, you aren't actually teaching. And they aren't learning.

Endurance sport is mental training. You are alone in your head for long periods of time with ever increasing levels of discomfort. You have a concrete goal that half your mind is screaming to abandon. You repeat this day after day and have no option but to figure it out.

The world would be a better place if more of the look for hacks, hustle culture, and optimize everything folks read Once A Runner. There are no secrets. Just putting in the work.

The growth of the administration class is a major problem in many sectors. When you put people in position to manage, they are going to manage Thus, more rules, red tape, administrative BS. When we get too far from teaching/coaching/the thing that matters, we lose perspective

Competing when you are in the race or have a shot is easy. Being a true competitor is being able to put out the same effort even when you are losing, and there's little hope of a victory.

Resist the urge to always step in. Let people figure things out. Support them. But let them figure out how to navigate some of the challenges that come with sport. Look for your spots to step in when needed. Don’t be the overbearing person who doesn't make space for growth.

If you want to increase your creativity & idea generation, write in notebooks. Why notebooks? They... -Have one use, which increases focus and invites you to wrestle with ideas -Slow us down: Moving from transcribing to processing -serve as reminders, inviting writing/thinking