by Webmaster | Aug 1, 2025 | Zen
If you were to sit all day without movement and outer stimulation, your mind would eventually slow down. You might find the prospect boring compared with the allure of the outer world. But when I was young, I wanted to discover what lay beyond the twice-a-day,...
by Webmaster | Aug 1, 2025 | Zen
The mind is like a mirror that reflects what’s going on in one’s life: past, present, and future. To sit in silence is to watch ongoing reflections of life in the outer world, including its many facets, nooks, and crannies. This is an important life metaphor. In...
by Webmaster | Jun 13, 2025 | Pacing
I started training marathoners in 1979 at the height of the running boom. I had run the mile under nationally famous Bill Bowerman at the University of Oregon so I was arrogant enough to think I could train long distance runners. I was recently “retired” from seven...
by Webmaster | Jun 13, 2025 | Pacing
In 2009, 124 athletes from my BC Endurance marathon training finished the Honolulu Marathon. Of that number, 48% were slowing or crashing in the final segment—from 30K to 42K. It was a hot year, but that wasn’t why they slowed or crashed. “Slowing” and “crashing” are...
by Webmaster | Jun 13, 2025 | Pacing
This is the last of three articles introducing an in-depth series on the topic of pacing marathons. This article continues a description of my coaching background, starting in 1979 as a rookie professional coach and marathon program director. In the early years, most...
