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I want to coach. It’s been in the back of my mind for most of my time in college, but mostly as a fallback. I picked up a majority of the credits required for a coaching minor in the last four semesters, but I never took it too seriously. Now, I wish I had. Running […]
Last Saturday was supposed to be my 10k debut on the track. It was also supposed to kick off my final season of collegiate running. Now, my collegiate career is effectively over. Sure, I have eligibility for the season that COVID-19 took. But taking another full year of school for the sake of one season […]
For a while, it seemed like COVID-19 couldn’t possibly interfere with something as far away as the Olympics. But now, it seems inevitable. With the virus continuing to spread, athletes’ training routines are going to be interrupted, and the Olympics, if they run as scheduled, will suffer with participating athletes either not being in their […]
Due to COVID-19, the spring NCAA winter and spring championships were cancelled. Subsequently, most colleges and universities cancelled their spring athletic season. Since that decision, a debate has sprung regarding athletic eligibility for winter athletes. Sports like basketball and indoor track and field never got to have their season’s championships decided. Instead, the coronavirus decided […]
Since pretty much everything (except the Olympics) has been cancelled or postponed due to the coronavirus, it’s easy to lose motivation. But thankfully, Strava, and more specifically, specific Strava groups have runners’ backs. Here’s the one I joined for collegiate athletes who just lost their seasons due to COVID-19.
It’s a pretty poorly kept secret that runners like beer. Like a lot. Whether it’s a community 5k with a hoppy reward at the end, or Hoka One One pro Kyle Merber on Twitter, runners like to have a beer or two after a good race. Or maybe even before. For some runners, a beer […]
The U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials are in less than a week, and there’s constant buzz about every true contender in the 260 qualifiers. So I’m by no means the first to talk about Jim Walmsley. But I might be among the few who will say they think he can actually do it. Walmsley is an […]
When someone competes in a music competition, there’s no equity based on their natural predispositions to any given instrument. If someone naturally has good ombiture, they get to play a wind instrument. If someone has long fingers, they get to play the piano or stringed instruments. If someone has a good internal rhythm, they get […]
