Andy Ames

@MaleBulldogs Congratulations, Coach!

🟪🟨After 30+ yrs coaching Track & Field @ Male HS, SHEREE BEAUMONT is retiring. Graduate of EKU, 35+ yrs as Special Ed teacher in JCPS. State 🏆🏆🏆 2016 2017 2018 State Runner Up 2019 2025 NFHS Rules Committee KHSAA Hall of Fame #MaleHSLegend #ICON #DAWG Well done Coach 😈

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HS/college runners: tomorrow is time to get down to business. September is 8 wks away. You have time to lay down a base if you start now. Keep making excuses about heat, work, family vacations & all the sudden, you're out of time & will never catch up. No more excuses. Start now.

Congrats to this year's Run for the Roses 3200 winners: SHOW: Bailee Montgomery, Manual WIN: Baili Hoten, Thomas Nelson PLACE: Emerson Wyatt, Manual @kytrackxc @TimHolman1 @TNHS_Athletics

Congrats to this year's Run for the Roses 3200 winners: SHOW: Tristan Hindorff, St. Xavier PLACE: Samuel Herbig, CAL WIN: Caden Cull, Male @kytrackxc @maletrack @MaleBulldogs @StXTigersXCTF

🏃‍♀️🏃🏾‍♂️Great morning @ Regional Cross Country…only place to be 😎 Andy Ames as good a Head Coach as you can have. Appreciate him 💪. Girls/Boys teams both qualify for State CC next Sat @ Ky Horse Park. Kudos to Caden Cull on breaking school record & being Regional CHAMP🏆.

@CoachWhitman If only the very fastest players in CFB are running 4.3s & 4.4s @ the combine as 21-22 yr. old grown men, there are likely very few 18 yr. old HSers legitimately running those same times. Maybe the supposed 4.3 kids are losing speed. Maybe they aren't that fast in the 1st place.

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@hansonsrun Could you give a couple of examples? Based on HMM, it seems like the perceived need to do a 20+ mile long run is one of them.

I use past experiences of every single marathoner that I’ve ever coached (positive and negative) when coaching a marathoner today. Many marathon “givens” have proven to be falsehoods over years of experiences.

@Yellingatcloud1 That is a great question for another subject, one that needs addressing. Many athletes love their sport, know they want to compete on the next level, but make poor college choices based on the wrong factors. Will spend tomorrow morning's long run pondering how to explain this.

@coachandyames You should actually ask the question - is this college/university for me regardless of how the "job" turns out.

Being a college athlete (especially on an athletic scholarship) is a job. Signing a letter of intent (or often these days, a walk-on agreement) is not a final destination any more than being hired for your dream job.

@Yellingatcloud1 I thought about saying something about being prepared for your first day on the job. You actually could skip the prep work, but the first day on the job and the days that follow will be quite embarrassing, and you'll spend a long time playing catch up.

@coachandyames Actually the job starts as soon as you receive the workout package the summer before you start college.

When a long run or workout is hard, remind yourself that you're training your mind to endure discomfort. Remember that your best races will be those in which you endured more discomfort than you had in previous races. This will not be easy, but the concept is simple.

@carllord4 Few athletes even get opportunities to walk on, so it's an opportunity worth celebrating. But giving the impression that everyone is getting a full ride is misleading. Important to educate athletes about what's truly available including much higher odds of academic scholarships.

@carllord4 Have seen many athletes misplace priorities for the prestige of a "signing day". Most schools recognize ALL athletes who have made commitments to continue their careers in college. None say who's walking on, who's getting books, who's going to a school w/o athletic scholarships.

So before you go through the work of trying to get hired for this job, ask yourself, “Do I love this sport?” If the answer is yes, pursue all avenues to make it happen. It is absolutely worth it. If the answer is no, find other ways to pay for college. This one isn't for you.

If your sport is simply a means to an end, prepare for 4-5 years of drudgery. More likely, you will quit the sport (or the sport will quit you) before the end of your college career and you will be on your own to pay for school.