Writing
Notes on building a program
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- August 9, 2026The Book Ends With Two WordsAnd then it leaves you alone with them.
- July 26, 2026You Can Lose a Race Nine Months After You Finish ItThe best argument for the invisible game I know
- July 19, 2026The Game Within the GameTwo games run through every season. Only one of them is on the schedule.
- July 12, 2026The Problems You See in August Aren’t the ProblemThe first two weeks of the season reveal more than fitness. They reveal what your program can see, explain, and handle.
- July 6, 2026I Owe You Two Issues. Here's What I Traded Them For.A book, a toolkit, a website, and why you're hearing it here first.
- June 14, 2026The Last Thing You Should BuildWe start a season by filling in the calendar. That's the one piece that should come last.
- June 7, 2026How to Never Have a Rebuilding Year AgainWhy great programs reload instead of rebuild.
- May 31, 2026Why Your Fastest New Runners Break FirstA lesson on how not to train your freshman runners
- May 11, 2026Why Do Some Kids Never Get Faster… No Matter How Hard They Train?
- April 27, 2026Why Your Best 1600m Runner Will Race Eight Seconds Slower at StateAnd the Change in You That Will Cause It
- April 5, 2026Does your goal make decisions for you?If not, it's just a sentence on a whiteboard.
- March 15, 2026Why Your Training Plan Never Feels Like It's Coming TogetherThe reason isn't your workouts
- February 23, 2026You Don’t Have a Planning ProblemYou have an architecture problem — and that changes everything.
- February 15, 2026The Missing LayerWhy Coaching Education Sells You the Wrong Thing
- February 8, 2026Why Great Coaches Are Leaving And What We're Missing
- January 24, 2026What I Tell Coaches Who Say, “I Don’t Have the Talent”Your Roster Isn't the Problem
- January 19, 2026The Mile 8 DecisionWhat I Learned About Controlling Your Mind When Everything Falls Apart
- January 8, 2026AI Isn’t the Threat. Coaches Who Refuse to Look Are.
- December 31, 2025Why I’m Starting This NewsletterA State championship, a strategy everyone called insane, and a question I couldn't stop asking.