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Here’s How You Help Your Athletes PR

Published March 8, 2026

Hello!

We’re changing gears a bit this week. I’m sharing an article on my site that’s written for your athletes, with tips that you’ll likely agree with.

Your can read the article at this link or read it below.

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Should Your Kids Run A "Rust-Buster?"

Published March 1, 2026

Hello!

This is an blog about a term we’ve all heard, and likely used ourselves: the “rust buster” race.

The rust buster is the first race of the year, one where both the athlete and coach have low expectations. The rationale is that the athlete hasn’t raced in months and that they need to “get a race under their belt” befo...


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Three Weeks of Workouts

Published February 22, 2026

Hello!

In the last two emails, we've gone over a lot. We talked about why you need to keep the basketball player and the swimmer from doing too much in the first week of practice. Then we went day by day through that first week of training.

If you missed those:

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Stop Calling It Speed Work: Why "Race Pace Work" Is the Right Term for High School Track Coaches

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"Speed work" is a misnomer – 1600m race pace for most high school runners isn't fast A 35-second 200 (4:40 boy) or a 40-second 200 (5:20 girl) is not speed True speed = max velocity for roughly 40 meters – that's what sprinters do Replace "speed work" with "race pace work" in your vocabulary and your athletes' mental models Identify each...

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The First Week of Outdoor Track

Published February 8, 2026

Hello!

In last week's email, I talked about your kids who haven't been training this winter. This could be kids in another sport — the basketball player or the swimmer — and there are different reasons to be cautious with their training in the first couple weeks. Then there's the other type: kids who ran cross country for you ...


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