Category Archives: High School Runners

Confidence Game

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Jon Waldron

It has been a fairly quiet few days up here at the family cottage, overlooking Sawyer’s Cove, halfway up the Maine Coast. I had intended to share this time with Joni, but in the end she couldn’t make the trip, … Continue reading →

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The National H.S. 4 x Mile record goes down… to crickets

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Jon Waldron

This will be a short post, but maybe of some interest to fans of high school track and field. A few days ago, my friend Josh alerted me to the fact that Flotrack had posted a video of the 2016 … Continue reading →

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Thoroughbreds

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Jon Waldron

The pack in the “Adro” mile, the night’s final event, hitting 200m. As I was heading out the door this morning on my way to work, my wife stopped me at the threshold with a question that sounded accusatory. “Where … Continue reading →

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Man with a Plan

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Jon Waldron

Among the final, and not unpleasant, tasks of the spring track season was having a handful of one-on-one meetings with kids who wanted a plan for running over the summer to prepare them for cross country in the fall. Before … Continue reading →

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From the Archives: The Rundown on Warmups

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Jon Waldron

[At least once every season, our track team gets caught in traffic on the way to some meet and we arrive with little time to warm up before competition begins. Although I still preach the importance of a thorough warm-up, … Continue reading →

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The Discreet Charm of the Suburban Cross Country Course

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Jon Waldron

On Sunday afternoon, I found myself in Framingham with an hour to kill. I had been on my way home from a trip to Western Massachusetts and had planned to pick up my son from his job in a restaurant … Continue reading →

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Sixto de Mayo

Posted on May 6, 2016 by Jon Waldron

“…Hang yourself, you will regret it; do not hang yourself, and you will regret that too; hang yourself or don’t hang yourself, you’ll regret it either way; whether you hang yourself or do not hang yourself, you will regret both. … Continue reading →

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Penn Relays and the Wider World

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Jon Waldron

On Monday afternoons it’s always a challenge to get the kids to focus. The first Monday is May is especially rough. The school as a whole is beginning its final sprint to graduation in less than four weeks, and kids … Continue reading →

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Human and Super-Human

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Jon Waldron

It was an extraordinary last few days for Indoor Track and Field in the United States. In New York City from Friday to Sunday the Armory hosted the New Balance National Indoors, a national championship meet for high schoolers that … Continue reading →

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Drew Hunter and the next era of H.S. middle distance running?

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Jon Waldron

Photo credit: LetsRun.com Did Drew Hunter just blow up high school middle distance running in the U.S.?

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