Blog — John K. Coyle

A Lucky Club: "Olympic Alumnus"

2008 Race ReportsjohnkcoyleNovember 13, 2008chicago, christian vandevelde, j-me carney, Jaime Carney, mayor daley, olympic alumnus, principal for a day, race your strengths, ray dybowski, train your weaknesses, what is it like to be an olympian? Comment

How to Make Short Track Speedskating Popular...in 8 Steps:

2008 AnnouncingjohnkcoyleOctober 22, 2008Allison Baver, apolo anton ohno, apolo anton ohno is a doper, Apolo dates Julianne Hough, Apolo Ohno, how to make speed skating popular, john coyle, john k coyle, katherine reutter, short track speed skating, Speedskating Comments

2008 Short Track World Cup Day 1 (October 18)

2008 AnnouncingjohnkcoyleOctober 19, 2008Allison Baver, Apolo Ohno, john coyle, katherine reutter, kimberely derrick, results, Short Track Speedskating, short track world cup, USA speedskating, utahComment

2008 Short Track World Cup #1, Salt Lake City: What are the 'rules' of short track?

2008 AnnouncingjohnkcoyleOctober 17, 2008Allison Baver, An introduction to short track, Apolo Ohno, how does short track work?, john coyle, katherine reutter, rules of short track speedskating, salt lake city, Short Track Speedskating, short track speedskating overview, world cupComment

Clair Young

People I owe---johnkcoyleOctober 15, 2008bike racing, Clair Young, cycling, Dorothy Young, Mike Walden, pay it forward, Wolverine Sports Club Comments

2008 Race Report #19: RV Racing - the Chicago Criterium

2008 Race ReportsjohnkcoyleOctober 10, 2008bike cam, bike race, chicago criterium, cycling, helmet cam, john coyle, Masters, RV racingComment

Important books: (in progress)

Favorite ThingsjohnkcoyleOctober 5, 2008books about really living, cycling, john coyle Comment

2008 Race Report #18: Downer Avenue Revisited

2008 Race ReportsjohnkcoyleOctober 2, 20082008 superweek, Andy Crater, Ben Renkema, cycling, downers avenue, Eddy Van Guys, jay moncel, john coyle, john k coyle, kelly paterson, race report, RVComment

Confidence

Racing PhilosophyjohnkcoyleOctober 1, 2008Confidence in athletics, john coyle, john k coyle, short track, Speedskating, the emotional nature of sport, the imbalance of success and failureComment

Discipline

Racing PhilosophyjohnkcoyleSeptember 27, 2008cycling, discipline, john coyle, suffering, training, what it feels likeComment

Harrowing victory? Brilliant, jubilant defeat?

Racing PhilosophyjohnkcoyleSeptember 27, 2008criterium racing, cycling, john coyle, Racing Philosophy, sprinting, why race?Comment

The Sprinter's Choice...

Racing PhilosophyjohnkcoyleSeptember 27, 2008Add new tag, cycling, john coyle, the nature of fear, the sprinters choiceComment

A "Good Tired"

Racing PhilosophyjohnkcoyleSeptember 27, 2008cycling, john coyle, Racing Philosophy, why race?Comment

Walden Race Rule #4: Get into Position to Win.

Walden's Race RulesjohnkcoyleSeptember 27, 2008bike cam, getting into position in a criterium, helmet cam, john coyle, john k coyle, Mike Walden, setting up for the sprint, Walden's Race RulesComment

2008 Race Report #17: Superweek Stage 15 (Kenosha) and “Really Living”

2008 Race ReportsjohnkcoyleSeptember 14, 20082008, bike cam, criterium, cycling, helmet cam, john coyle, john k coyle, kenosha, shredding the fieldComment

2008 Race Reports #25 & 26: One day, two races, two podiums... satisfaction

2008 Race ReportsjohnkcoyleSeptember 6, 2008bike cam, cat 2/3, criterium racing, cycling, helmet cam, how to win a criterium, john coyle, john k coyle, priority health Comments

2008 Race Report #22: Downers Grove Elite Masters 1/2

2008 Race ReportsjohnkcoyleAugust 17, 20082008 Downer's Grove, bike cam, bike race, cycling, finish, helmet cam, john coyle, john k coyle, Masters Comment

2008 Race Report #16 1/2: The Life of Riley continued...

2008 Race ReportsjohnkcoyleAugust 9, 2008beach, cycling, down time, how to recover, john coyle, john k coyle, rest, Sheboygan, Superweek, why should I rest?Comment

2008 Race Report #16: Superweek Racine Master's Criterium

2008 Race ReportsjohnkcoyleAugust 8, 2008bike cam, bike race, collision, criterium, final lap, helmet cam, john coyle, john k coyle, racine master's, sprint, steve gregorios, superweek 2008 Comments

2008 Race Report #15: Evanston Pro Race

2008 Race ReportsjohnkcoyleAugust 7, 20082008 superweek, bike cam, bike race, cycling, evanston, getting dropped, helmet cam, hot goosebumps, john coyle, john k coyle, Pro raceComment