Casey Shafer manager of Three Rivers Running Company in Fort Wayne, IN was only an adequate basketball player so his coach suggested he try running as a way to get in shape. But after a week or two on the track Shafer was hooked, he was by far a better runner then basketball player. Under [...]
If you don’t know about dyestat.com you’re probably not a high school cross country or track and field runner. Dyestat is only place to be when it comes to finding out about meets, reading stats and discussing all things high school running. There’s an amazing new interview with Coach Joe Newton discussing what he’s learned [...]
Steve Angerman owner of Running Fit (seven stores across Michigan) picked up a few copies of The Long Green Line because he thought some of his customers would really enjoy it. He liked the message it sent, teaching kids to give 100% to be their best. He was also impressed by Coach Joe Newton’s philosophy [...]
Maybe you didn’t know know this but not only does legendary high school cross country coach Joe Newton work with kids, he is also the author of several books on coaching cross country. Here’s a link to one of them on Amazon. If you search under his name you can find more. They been have [...]
Title: Rogue Equipment in Austin, TX Location: 500 San Marcos, #104, Austin, TX, 78702 Description: In store screening of The Long Green Line. DVD\’s will be available for purchase. High School Cross Country runners are encouraged to attend. Start Time: 7:00 pm Date: 2009-08-28 End Time: 9:00 pm
Jayne Aspan, owner of The Runner’s Soul in Elmhurst, Il (home of Coach Joe Newton’s York Dukes and The Long Green Line) isn’t your typical running store owner meaning she didn’t hang up her spikes in high school only to turn around and sell them to new runners as an adult. No, she first began [...]
What a turn out for last night’s screening. Dick Pond hosted 850 people at the Arcada Theater in downtown St. Charles. Everyone loved a night of The Long Green Line and Joe Newton. Way to go! Thanks to all those fans who tuned out. Sounds like they have some DVDs on sale at the store [...]
Just a reminder that The Long Green Line will be screening in St. Charles, IL tonight. Legendary Coach Joe Newton will be in attendance. Details below: Dick Pond’s Cross Country Kickoff Aug. 18 From Glen Kamps, Dick Pond St. Charles On the evening of August 18th, Dick Pond Athletics and the Nike Corporation will present: [...]
I guess we love to toot our own horn. We just reposted an old press clipping from The Chicago Sun-Times about how great our movie is. But other people toot our horn all over the place so we’ll just let them do it for us. Lori, a home-schooling mother in Oregon who is also an [...]
Just a little reminder of this rave review we received in the Chicago Sun-Times last summer. It’s close to cross country season again and we want to get you excited and ready to watch The Long Green Line again or for the first time. From the Chicago Sun-Times THREE STARS – ‘THE LONG GREEN LINE’ [...]