Those Who Get It
When someone gets it… there’s nothing like it. Last week, I ran thirty miles on my 30th birthday. Not as a race. Not in an organized event. I simply ran from Lafayette High School in Wildwood to the St. Louis Arch. For several years I had wanted to ring in the big 3-0 with a thi…
Read More ›5 Keys to Running Faster
"5 Keys to Running Faster!" For years, whenever I see headlines like this one on the cover of running magazines I've laughed. And I laugh even harder when they use the word "secret." And yet, what do I do when I have an opportunity to write about running? I produ…
Read More ›Coach Cary's Corner (7/23/13)
Wrestling a Gorilla “Success is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.” As we get into the grind of training towards our goals and mother nature dumps plenty of heat and humidity our way, it's easy t…
Read More ›We Go Way Back
There is something about early morning runs that makes me feel like I am privy to a secret that no one else knows. When the more garish nature of the day manifests itself in logjam traffic, telemarketers, depressing news reports, never-ending to-do lists, and the realization that Nicki Minaj…
Read More ›Record-Setting Amaris Vasquez
On July 2nd, I had the pleasure of fitting Ms. Amaris Vazquez for a new pair of running shoes at FLEET FEET Chesterfield. She was preparing to travel to Rochester, Minnesota to compete in the National Junior Disability Championships. When posing for the above picture (which …
Read More ›Angela Shepard Runs Because She Can
I recently had the pleasure of meeting Angela Shepard after she came into our Fenton store. She had just finished an 8-mile run with the FLEET FEET Training Team in Fenton City Park and was in need of new shoes. During her fitting, I learned of her moving and inspiring story and …
Read More ›Be the Light
The greatest compliments I’ve received on my coaching are when my athletes see me years later and mention how much I inspired them. I find that interesting because I didn't enter coaching to be an inspiration. I just wanted to help people chase their dreams - and …
Read More ›Was This in the Plan?
How I want a race to go and how the race actually goes are two entirely different things. And the latter really doesn’t care about the plans of the former. Running is a dynamic sport. Nothing about running is static. It’s a smorgasbord of variables, with each distance from the 3…
Read More ›You Might be a Runner if..
Runners tend to look at life through a different lens than the rest of the population. For instance, when we're injured we're more upset about not being able to run than we are about the fact that we have somehow damaged our body. Runners read that last sentence and say, "Duh!"…
Read More ›Trust Me on This
Training is like electricity. It powers everything we do, but we really don’t notice it until it goes out. Only when we’re standing in the dark, flicking a dead flashlight for the hundredth time, wondering where in the world we put those D batteries, do we realize just how much o…
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