In 1999, several years after a successful high school track career, Rick Meyers (now the owner of The Runner’s Sole in Chambersburg, PA) awoke to the realities of middle age. Like so many of us he’d let himself go – he smoked, ate junk food, swilled beer and lazed about on the couch. The night [...]

You never know where your impact will be felt. We know The Long Green Line has touched runners old and young, coaches have shown it to their teams and running stores screen for their communities on a regular basis but who knew The Long Green Line‘s motivational messages would translate to the world of self-help. [...]

The Running Zone sits ten miles south of Sacramento in the town of Elk Grove, California, a suburban, family-friendly place with an active running community. The Running Zone’s unique in that it’s owned by six couples, mostly teachers and coaches. The couples were a close knit group who loved all things fitness related, so in [...]

If you haven’t explored all of the wonderful reviews of The Long Green Line scattered around the internet you might have missed out on this one. Coach Joe  English out of Portland, OR (Managing Editor, Running Advice and News www.running-advice.com) sang its praises when he received the DVD to review at the end of last [...]

A few weeks ago, LGL Productions received an email from a big fan of The Long Green Line named Zach Seigel of Irvington, NY who just began his senior year as a high school cross country runner. Apparently one of his teammates stumbled across a review of The Long Green Line and bought himself a [...]

If you’ve seen The Long Green Line you’re familiar with then Assistant Coach Charlie Kern. He was Joe Newton’s right hand man and a very wise one at that. Coach Kern was instrumental in leading the 2005 York cross country team to win their state championship.  For those of you not familiar with Kern, here’s [...]

Tony Vice, owner of Fleet Feet Sports in Stockton, CA was an overweight child. By the time he reached his senior year of high school his doctor was so concerned that he laid down the law. He told Tony he was killing himself. The Vice family history was such that diabetes, heart disease and other [...]

Paul Staso is an ultra-endurance athlete living in Montana, U.S.A. Each year he takes thousands of school children worldwide on a multi-week virtual trek running/walking adventure while teaching, inspiring and encouraging via his “online classroom” (www.pacetrek.com). The kids participate virtually, but he is actually on the road running solo across states and countries – pushing [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]