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 [...]
On a special day in gym class Rob DeFilippis was asked to run the often maligned freshman mile. When he breezed past all the other boys he began to realize that he might have some success as a runner. It’s no wonder that his passion for running has burned since that fateful day. That same [...]
The LONG GREEN LINE Special Under The Stars Screening! Friday, October 23, 2009 at 6:15 pm Mt. SAC Cross Country Course (Lower Building 50G Field) Admission is free (we will let people through the gate at 5:30 pm) The Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational has become our nation’s largest cross country invitational. Last year a [...]
Coach Joe Newton is known for more than just creating GREAT runners, he creates fine young men as well. Here’s a clip of Coach Joe Newton talking about his approach to teaching young men through basic human values.
Eric Johnson, manager of The Starting Block wanted a challenge. As if moving to a new city, Springfield, MO, wasn’t hard enough he decided to take up the sport of running. What better way to meet new and healthy people and see the same friendly faces every weekend then at the local 5k races? After [...]
Cross-country: Doing it his way Joe Newton hasn’t changed much during the more than 50 years he’s spent coaching runners at York High School. He has 26 state titles, 41 state trophies and plenty of memories to show for it. -The Chicago Tribune The Chicago Tribune featured an amazing article about legendary Coach Joe Newton [...]
Here’s a repost – a fun one for Friday. We didn’t have any place in the film for this clip, it didn’t quite suit the tone, but we thought the internet would enjoy it. This takes place after York was challenged by New Trier’s cross country team a game of Ultimate Frisbee. New Trier said [...]
Here’s an oldie but a goodie, a great article about legendary Coach Joe Newton from October 11, 2006. It gives a good run down of Newton’s greatest accomplishments like these tidbits: – He has sent 130 athletes to colleges on either track or cross country scholarships. Thirteen of them were competing at colleges across the [...]
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 [...]