Interview with Coach Alan Versaw – The Classical Academy
Alan Versaw has been the head boys and girls cross country coach at The Classical Academy in Colorado Springs since 2000. In that time he has led the boys and girls cross country teams to 15 state titles. In 2016, he was named the Colorado Springs Gazette girls’ coach of the year and will be […]
Should My Child Run Year Round?
In 2016, your child can play about any sport year round. Your youngster can literally play more basketball games in a year than Steph Curry and more soccer games than Lionel Messi. Running is no different, you can run indoor track in the winter, move onto spring/summer track and then spend the fall running cross country, […]
Interview with Coach Steve Magness on Youth Running
Steve Magness is the head cross country coach at The University of Houston and the author of “The Science of Running” and the upcoming “Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success” coming out on June 6, 2017. When it comes to the science of running, Steve Magness is […]
Interview with Coach Mark Wetmore
University of Colorado coach Mark Wetmore has been the head coach at CU for 23 years. In that time CU has won seven national titles since 2000. His bio speaks for itself, Coach Wetmore is one of the top cross country coaches in America. The Colorado Coyotes are extremely grateful for Coach Wetmore to answer a […]
Deliberate Practice & Youth Cross Country
Allen Iverson once said, “We talkin’ about practice, not a game, not a game, we talkin’ about practice.” Growing up, I thought practice was practice. If you wanted to get better at something you simply practiced more and that hard work would pay off. In my youth, I loved playing basketball and running. Most of […]
Interview with Matt Canterbury – Colorado Mesa University Cross Country Coach
Matt Canterbury has been the head cross country coach at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction, Colorado for four years. We’d like to thank Matt for taking the time to answer some questions and to get the perspective of running for a Division 2 college in Colorado. You ran cross country and track at Augustana […]
Interview with Dee Brown – Iowa Central Community College XC Coach
Prior to my senior year of high school, I attended the Luther College Distance Running Camp. It’s where I fell in love with Luther College and ultimately decided to run for the Norse. Dee Brown was heading into his senior year at Luther College and worked at the camp. I remembered him as a bandana-wearing, […]
Interview with Coach Robert Parish – Battle Mountain High School
One of the most amazing cross-country running stories of 2017, was the Battle Mountain Huskies (Edwards, Colo.) girls cross country team taking third at Nike Cross Nationals back on December 2nd, in Portland, Oregon. A small high school in the mountains, took third in the nation, competing against schools of all sizes. Coach Robert Parish […]
Interview with Coach Sara Slattery – Grand Canyon University
Sara (Gorton) Slattery is one of all the time running greats to come out of the University of Colorado, a 10-time All-American and a two-time NCAA champion. She is the last American woman to have won the BolderBoulder, back in 2006 and was elected to the CU Hall of Fame in 2016. In 2015, Grand Canyon […]
Deliberate Practice & Youth Cross Country
Allen Iverson once said, “We talkin’ about practice, not a game, not a game, we talkin’ about practice.” Growing up, I thought practice was practice. If you wanted to get better at something you simply practiced more and that hard work would pay off. In my youth, I loved playing basketball and running. Most of […]