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 [...]
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 [...]
Title: Often Running Location: Normal Theate, 209 North Street, Uptown Normal, IL Link out: Click here Time: 6:30 pm Description: Often Running will host The Long Green Line at the Normal Theater. All are welcome but specifically local high school cross country runners. For more information please follow the below link for Often Running. Give [...]
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 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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]