10/28/2026
One of the things I've enjoyed most about coaching the high school team this year is how the relationships grow throughout the season. The more time you spend together, the more you get to know one another, and sometimes the best moments happen during the conversations before, during, and after practice.
Today's conversation was about something pretty simple: **Treat people the way you want to be treated.**
When someone genuinely cares about you, believes in you, works hard for you, and goes out of their way to put you in the best possible position to succeed, make sure you recognize that. Show them respect and appreciation. Don't take good people for granted.
You won't always agree with everyone, and that's okay. But never lose sight of the people who truly have your best interests at heart.
And something else I've come to realize over the years is that **you never really know how much time you'll have with a team or how much of an impact you might make in that time.** It could be one season or ten seasons. What matters is what you do with the time you're given.
As coaches, we often measure success by improvements, personal bests, wins, and championships. But there's so much more to it than that.
If these boys walk away not only as better runners but also as better teammates, better friends, and better young men, then we've accomplished something pretty special.
**Running may be what brings us together, but the lessons we learn along the way are about life.**
And sometimes, the conversations that have absolutely nothing to do with running end up being the most important ones of all.
