Listen to World champion Josh Kerr:
“I don’t do crazy workouts or crazy mileage. I just don’t miss days.
Consistency is my biggest weapon.
I’ll break any athlete down with how consistent I’m going to be training wise and just getting the work done.”
The flag that Rick Monday rescued 50 years ago today is headed to Cooperstown!
OTD in 1976, Monday, a Cubs outfielder and veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, grabbed an American flag from two protesters who had run onto the field at Dodger Stadium and attempted to burn it.
Monday, the longtime Dodgers broadcaster who played 19 years in the Major Leagues, was a two-time All-Star and a World Series champion, has often been asked about the moment.
“If that’s all you’re ever remembered for, that’s not a bad thing at all,” Monday told MLB Network in 2016.
Monday still owns the flag and it will be on loan to the Baseball Hall of Fame this summer as part of America’s 250th birthday celebration. In addition, Monday will be honored on July 25 during induction weekend.
Jeff Galloway, a 1972 U.S. Olympian and beloved coach, but perhaps best known for teaching the world that slowing down was the secret to going further, has died at the age of 80. 🕊️
His revolutionary run-walk-run method (affectionately known around the world as “Jeffing”) transformed marathon running from an elite pursuit into something beautifully ordinary, accessible to anyone willing to lace up their shoes.
He survived a devastating heart attack in 2021, where his heart stopped for four and a half minutes before five stents brought him back. Doctors credited his decades of endurance training with helping keep him alive. True to form, he responded not by resting on his laurels, but by relearning to walk and then planned to return to the marathon. Before an injury forced him to scratch from last December’s Honolulu Marathon, Galloway was set to become the first person to complete a marathon in eight consecutive decades. He was planning to return in 2026.
“My mission now, at the age of 80-plus, is to show that people can do things that are normally not done, and can do them safely,” he told The New York Times last month.
Galloway’s Book on Running is considered probably the best-selling running coaching book of all time.
Jeff Galloway opened up running to everyone. He is survived by every single person who ever doubted themselves, took their first step and made it to the other side of a finish line that they initially didn’t think would be possible. ♥️
The best running advice I can give for 2026 is to get good at aerobic cross training.
It’s really simple. Just get on a stationary bike or elliptical and move your legs for an hour or two. Listen to music, take a call, watch some videos, whatever makes the time go by.
Or go outside on a real bike, swim in an ocean or pool, hike in nature.
Aerobic training will contribute meaningfully to your running fitness, while taking away the pressure to run more than your body is prepared to handle.
Every day is an opportunity for aerobic training. Add up a year of consistency, and you’ll get a lot fitter. You just need to commit the time, nothing more than that.
A tip for parents: Don't play the college prestige game.
For 99.9%, it doesn't matter if they go to an Ivy or a state school.
What matters more is have they cultivated some degree of resilience, work ethic, intrinsic drive, etc.
That doesn't come from an elite school...
Just six Hall of Fame votes each for Don Mattingly and Dale Murphy? Was that the Contemporary Baseball Era committee voting or the College Football Playoff committee?
Unpopular opinion.
Small(ish) marathons are better if you’re thinking about performance.
Logistics easier. Start isn’t crowded. Low-stress.
Big city energy is great but standing on a start line for 45–60 minutes pre-race is NOT.
Exercising 150 minutes per week for 4 months is equally as effective as taking an antidepressant for depression, review finds.
Get outside and get moving.
Start small and easy. For many, a walk is enough when you are starting.