Stumbled upon this little gem. A runner in Utah, Brad Phippen recommends us in his nice blog about running. “I want to use The Daily Stride portion of my blog to highlight things that motivate me in life and in running. Whether it is inspirational quotes, books, articles, websites, things that motivate me that I [...]
Here’s a list from the October 3, 2009 edition of the Chicago Tribune By Colleen Kane Tribune reporter. Top five York distance runners under coach Joe Newton – Marius Bakken, 1995 Class AA cross-country fourth-place finisher, two-time Olympic qualifier for home country of Norway. – Ron Craker, 1975 cross-country champion, ran at Indiana, holds program’s [...]
Here is some excerpts from one of our interviews with Lord Sebastian Coe, the chairman of the London 2012 Olympic Committee. Coe spent 6 weeks training with York High School before the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Newton will often reference Lord Coe, and his book Run Free when speaking to his team. More [...]
A few weeks back we posted an interview with former assistant coach from York High School, Charlie Kern, who was featured in The Long Green Line. Here’s the interview if you forgot: CHARLIE KERN WINS MASTERS We wanted to repost an amazing outtake from LGL. Charlie Kern, talks to the boys about the value of [...]
Since Girls on the Run of Deschutes County is hosting a fund raising screening of The Long Green Line in Bend, OR on Oct. 2, 2009, we wanted to let you know a little more about their great organization. Girls on the Run (GOTR) is a non-profit prevention program with the mission of “educating & [...]
Just wanted to remind you of a great Newtonism. This is a repost but many of you probably haven’t seen this. ONE OF COACH NEWTON’S Yoda-like musings on stress.
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 [...]
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 [...]