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Howard Russ – Episode 006 – Coaching Runners Podcast

August 11, 2019 by Jay Johnson

Howard Russ just completed his 11th season as men’s and women’s head coach for Beavercreek High School in Beavercreek, Ohio, a suburb of Dayton.

In 2018, Russ’s girls won their first OHSAA Division One state
championship, and Russ had his first state champion individual with junior Taylor Ewert. Ewert is a 4-time All-American including a 3rd place finish at NXN and 4th place at Footlocker in 2018. She was also the New Balance Outdoor National champion in 2000 meter steeplechase in 2018.

In this interview, Howard shares how he’s used the information from High School Running Coach and the Boulder Running Clinics to inform his training and improve as a coach.

He talks about Timo Mostert’s 2-mile power runs, and Dan Iverson’s distinction between goals and targets. Just two of Howard’s take-home messages from these two resources.

Thanks Howard for taking the time to talk.

Learn how to become a member of High School Running Coach here. If you would like to purchase the videos from the Boulder Clinics 2018 High School clinic click here.

Filed Under: Coaching, Coaching Runners podcast, High School Tagged With: Beaver Creek Ohio, cross country, High School Running Coach, Howard Russ, OHSAA Division I State Champions

“I’m a question asker”

May 23, 2012 by CoachJay

Quick story. My 3 1/2 year old daughter is a curious soul and asks a lot of questions. After a barrage of questions last evening I asked her why she asks so many questions (thinking I would short circuit her mind for a moment). Without hesitation she responded, “I’m a question asker.”

For many high school coaches the state meet is either over or will soon be over and I think this is an important time to ask questions, becoming a question askers.

Why do we run mileage? Do we run enough? Do we run too much? How does training age impact how much an athlete runs in our program? [Read more…]

Filed Under: Training Tagged With: creativity, cross country, high school, high school cross country, Imagine: How Creativity Works, novo coffe, question asker, summer training

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