by Mike Adamson Plainfield East Boys Head Track coach I do not write much but felt compelled to write this for 2 reasons; This past …
Hunches About Weight Lifting – Based on a Small Sample Size
There will be no real “science” in this article, mainly hunches. The sample size is small, just the five years I have been the Head …
Bringing back the Mag Miles!
Greg Kalinowski, who ran at Eastern Michigan and then trained with Nick Willis in Ron Warhurst’s group, the 2015 Mag Miles at Saint Ignatius College …
Boston Marathon Memories
The other day at practice, I mentioned Carl Lewis to my high school sprinters, and none of them had any idea who I was talking …
Winning with Speed
I meant to publish this article over two months ago. Then something happened. Track started. The track season and swim season overlap by three weeks, …
An Appeal for a Repeal: State Time Trials
4 January 2016 Dear Mr. McGraw and Members of the IHSA Cross Country Advisory Committee, My name is James Janota, and I am an English …
New Year Resolutions for High School Track Coaches
The New Year is tonight, of course, which means the gyms will be ridiculously packed for the next two weeks and then return to normal …
A Case for an Open Race
As most people know at this point, the IHSA Advisory committee recently made the decision to ban the organization of a formal “Time Trial” the …
Continuous Relays – A Memorable Team Activity
Think about your own high school athletics experience. What do you remember the most? When you bump into former teammates, what do you talk about? …