Last weekend, I got to be the pacer for running legend Bart Yasso at the Heartland Marathon for about the first five miles of the race. At the finish line, […]

Sonja has been carrying the load at home this season, which has enabled me to coach. Last night, I skipped the team pasta feed to have some time with my […]

“Once your blood pressure goes back down we can talk about this,” one of my assistant coaches said, half-joking, at the conclusion of my rant. Yesterday was about the most […]

By the time I got home from the Cross Country meet, the score of the Nebraska v. Michigan game was twenty to nothing, and not in our favor. Even worse, […]

Last night, Friday night, I was with my Cross Country team at the home of one of our runners, eating pasta. One of my students played the piano and sang […]

Yesterday morning, the cross country team that I have coached for five years, four as the assistant and now my first one as head coach, experienced tremendous success in competition […]

The kids and Sonja are napping right now. As tempting as it was to join in, I knew I needed to get some work done, so I made a cup […]