Excerpt from today’s The Bulletin Newspaper in Oregon: Oct. 2 — “THE LONG GREEN LINE”: Documentary follows cross country coach Joe Newton and his team in a quest for a state title; pizza and raffle tickets available; proceeds benefit Girls on the Run of Deschutes County; $10, $5 students; 7 p.m.; Summit High School, 2855 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]