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 [...]
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.
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. [...]
We keep telling your how great The Long Green Line is, how much it’s helped young and old runners get inspired. How it teaches life lessons and aims a spot light on the best of human nature. Well we’re glad you’re listening but we thought you might like to hear it from some other folks. [...]
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 [...]
Albert Caruana is a cross country coach and teacher at Crystal Springs Uplands School in California. When he was hired to coach unexpectedly he needed books to help him get the lay of the coaching land. He seized on Coach Joe Newtons books and they offered him a ton of help. Then he saw The [...]
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 [...]