The greatest performance enhancer of all time? Just show up to practice, trust your coach, and do what’s prescribed—week after week, month after month, season after season. String that consistency together, and you’ll be amazed at how far you go.

Read this and tell me that the NCAA adding scholarships is a good thing… It’s not just Track and XC… runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?m…

One of the big misconceptions in training, especially in team sports is that you can't train speed & endurance during the same period. You can. It's the base of an 800m run. Start at both extremes, funnel toward specificity. Learn how to balance & develop both.

High-Performance Benefits of Deep Sleep:

Are you a closer? You need to be able to change gears from 150m out. #FastFasterFastest 👇Watch Grant Fisher 👇 Check out _coachmoore's video! #TikTok tiktok.com/t/ZT2obN5dB/

Winter miles bring spring smiles! Karson’s hard work is paying off—huge congrats on the well-earned recognition from last week’s standout performance! Lakeview Spartan Athletics

RT if track and field has blessed your life in greater ways than you could’ve ever imagined!

HERE IT IS 🚀 The Apex Legacy Project is officially live. A high-performance training and mindset brand built for athletes who want more than fast times—they want to forge a lasting legacy. We focus on endurance. We sharpen mental performance.

My toxic trait: I treat coaching like a full-time job… and treat my full-time job like it’s just a side hustle. I build athletes, sharpen mindset, and chase legacy like it’s my career… Because it kinda is. #ApexLegacyProject

AQI is at 101 in Battle Creek today—unhealthy for sensitive groups. If you have asthma or breathing issues, skip or move your run indoors. Everyone else: keep it easy, hydrate, and listen to your body. One smart day won’t set you back. #TrainSmart

D1 cuts aren’t random, they’re making room to pay football & hoops while gutting sports like track/XC. Athletes are getting dropped for budget, not talent. Coaches: stop blindly pushing “D1.” Know the system. These kids deserve better. espn.com/college-sports…

4:06.91 Stop it Nike 🤥

The lesson: You don’t get faster by cramming in more. You get faster by doing the right work, recovering like a pro, and listening to your body, to your coach, and to the signs. open.substack.com/pub/coachsimmo…

Coaches This is a tough one. A talented in coming freshman with no background in the sport, should train with the same volume as every other beginner. Paces should be different but not mileage. Just because they can doesn’t mean they should. Development is always the goal.

Raw splits don’t capture race dynamics. Scoring tables like Mercier account for fatigue curves, aerobic demand, and the reality that running 13:58 solo with no pacers is a different physiological challenge than 3x 4:04. Hanson’s spot-on… this performance was elite.”

Carroll XC philosophy

Vigil was a legend. And willing to help anyone. When I was struggling in college, I went to a clinic he spoke at. I briefly introduced myself before the talk. He told me to find him after. He took me to eat and spent 2 hours telling me how to adjust training, the mental

Distributed Threshold Training. Absolute gold. It's up > coachingdistance.com/team-2/distrib…

One of the clearest breakdowns of the new NIL Executive Order I’ve seen. Must-read for coaches, athletes, and parents. Props to Andrew Simmons for cutting through the noise. coachsimmonsruns.substack.com/p/what-the-new…