The Conversation After a Bad Race | Coach Weber
Every coach knows this conversation.
An athlete comes to you after the worst race of the season. Personal worst. Beaten by teammates who usually finish behind them. Eyes red. Wants to know what went wrong and why.
For years I handled those conversations the wrong way. I'd explain the physiology. Talk about recovery. Remind the athlete of the long view. Good information, all of it. None of it touched what was actually needed.
What was needed was a way to do something real with the pain — not bury it, not push through it, not pretend it didn't matter. Do something with it.
The Christian tradition has been teaching this move for two thousand years. It's called offering it up. Not as a cliché. As a practice. A way of turning a bad day into something that forms you instead of breaking you.
That practice — what it is, how to use it mid-race, mid-season, mid-life — is what Jesus on the Track is about. Thirty-two pages. One sitting. Written for athletes who are open, coaches who've wanted a better answer than "shake it off," and parents looking for a faith conversation that starts somewhere real.
If you've read it, an honest review on Amazon is the best thing you can do for it.
Blessings, Coach Weber Philippians 4:13
