This week it was announced that the 2020 US Olympic Marathon Team Trials will be held on February 29th, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. We’ve now got about 22 months to dream BIG about this opportunity and put in the WORK required to try and make an Olympic team. My goal as a coach is to … More Atlanta 2020

Go hard or suffer the rest of your life. These are wise words from the great Paul Chelimo…American distance runner who has made a splash on the track at the world stage. Recently with some of my runners the conversations haven’t been about tactics or training, but about getting back to trying to win races … More Learning From the Greats — Paul Chelimo

Running is a series of Ups and Downs. I think we often forget that. This weekend I witnessed some big UPS. And even with those big UPS, there were some DOWNS. And you know, that’s just how it goes! Will I still drive myself crazy trying to figure out why one person set a PR … More Ups and Downs

4 x 1000 meters + 4 x 300 meters Splits: 3:34, 3:35, 3:37, 3:32, 53, 54, 52, 52 Recovery: 2 min rest throughout Hannah Moore, March 2018  Hannah Moore is currently a student-athlete for me at Dallas Baptist University and is our school record holder for 1500 meters. As a freshman last year she was … More Workout of the Day — Hannah Moore

Jake Powers is a Greater Texas Track Club Elite team member, but also the Head Cross Country coach at Houston Christian High School. I’ve known Jake for a few years now and love his passion for the sport. He is another ‘young’ coach from our program; but he’s working hard and seeing lots of big … More High School Coaches Interview — Jake Powers

I think that most people training for the marathon miss the mark. Well, let me be more specific, I think that most people training to run the marathon ‘fast’ miss the mark. The first question is, what is ‘fast’? For me, it’s those runners trying to run in the sub 2:20 to sub 2:50 range. … More Anatomy of a Workout

I am sticking with the Desi-theme this week after she ran away in gale-forced winds and near-freezing temps at the Boston Marathon (to be the first American woman to win since 1985)… I actually used a quote from Desi earlier this spring at one of my team meetings… She said, “Some days it just flows … More Learning From the Greats — Desi Linden

It’s a big week for the GTTC Elite with team member Kelsey Bruce racing the prestigious Mt. Sac Relays on Thursday night! Kelsey has come off of her 6th place finish at the USATF Marathon Championships focused on the track this spring with the goal of getting faster at the shorter distances and qualifying for … More The Greater Texas Track Club — A Big Week

In what ended up being a battle of who is the toughest…Desi came out on top. Just a week ago I was debating with my team who would win the Boston Marathon…or at least be the top American finisher… Shalane? Hasay? Molly? Desi? Most of the answers were not Desi. In fact, I don’t know … More Desi WON!!!

2 x (5 x 300 meters)  Splits: 50 seconds average (Set #1) // 48 seconds average (Set #2)  Recovery: 100 meter jog rest between reps, 800 meter jog rest between sets.  Jake Powers, March 2018 I recently posted about 300 meter repeats…I LOVE 300 METER REPS. This is a classic session that I have my … More Workout of the Day — Jake Powers