Coaching – Girl with Dog

Digging too Deep

Recently I was listening to a podcast and heard the statement, “Grief is just love with no place to go.” Man that resonated with me. Looking it up after I got home I found the full quote, “It’s all the love you want to give, but cannot. All that unspent love gathers up in theContinue reading “Digging too Deep”

Burying Hatchets

This past Sunday I had the opportunity to run at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, a.k.a. the state course for Florida high school cross country the last several years. The last time I was at this course was fall of 2020 when the high school girls’ team I was coaching made it to state. WeContinue reading “Burying Hatchets”

The Little Engine Who Could…Until She Couldn’t

The two images above have a couple things in common: one, they were both discovered while out exploring local trails; two, they are both train tracks. Yes, I know, one of them doesn’t really look like train tracks, but when we stumbled upon it after a very early, somewhat long jaunt through the forest, myContinue reading “The Little Engine Who Could…Until She Couldn’t”

The Value of Exploration

I was creating a route through a map program one day and noticed a location I had never seen before, Banana Lake Cemetery. Odd that I’ve lived and run in this area of Florida for years and years and never saw a cemetery on the corner of a regularly traveled intersection. As I was planningContinue reading “The Value of Exploration”

Mentorship & Teamwork: It’s Not All About the Running

I’ve been coaching a small school girls’ cross country team for going on eight seasons now. While we spend a bulk of our time running together, I have always seen the importance in building relationships through a variety of times spent together, not just at weekly practices or races. My biggest concern isn’t actually howContinue reading “Mentorship & Teamwork: It’s Not All About the Running”