Danny Mackey is a coach who undestands that coaching is both art and science. Mackey has been the coach of Brooks Beasts since its founding in 2013. Danny is an absolutely fun interview.
We have spoken with Danny Mackey on several occasions, and each time we learn something new. Mackey, like most successful coaches, knows that he will continue to learn from his experiences, and that coaching is about evolution.
Danny Mackey is a positivist. He is close with his athletes and is enduring COVID-19 like the rest of us.
One day at a time,and he has the knowledge that his sponsor, Brooks, gives him the room to succeed with his athletes.
It was a well spent 40 minutes.
Thanks to Danny Mackey, and thanks to Mike Deering / The Shoe Addicts on the production.
RunBlogRun presents Socialing The Distance with Larry Eder Featuring Coach Danny Mackey of the Brooks Beasts
Jump to any topic with these time stamps: 0:00 – Introduction 0:36 – Typical Coaching Day 1:57 – Coaching Changes with COVID 3:33 – Plans for races in 2020 5:12 – Experience at the 2020 Olympic Trials Marathon 8:56 – Athletic Careers/shelf life 14:08 – Garrett Heath 15:56 – Katie Mackey 16:31 – Biggest lesson learned coaching the Brooks Beasts 21:23 – Total athletes in Beasts TC 22:43 – What does Brooks want to achieve with the Brooks Beasts? 25:34 – What you love about Coaching 27:23 – How do you motivate your runners? 29:27 – On The Blocks: 3 Words to Describe Athletes 30:56 – Do you have a favorite Coach (Coach Role Model)? 32:06 – Epilogue
Danny Mackey, photo coutesy of You Tube
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Larry Eder has had a 50-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself."