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How TCU Coach Khadevis Robinson Builds Mental Toughness for Big 12 Track
Khadevis Robinson is a two-time Olympian and TCU Hall of Famer, currently serving as TCU’s Director of Track and Field, as well as primary coach for middle distance events.
As the team prepares for the upcoming Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Kansas, Robinson’s approach goes far beyond workouts and splits.
What he's building isn’t just physical readiness — it’s mental resilience. It’s a belief developed through tailored training, where athletes learn not to chase someone else’s mileage, but to master their thresholds.
At this level, it’s not about doing more — it’s about doing what works. His athletes have already lived the discomfort. They’ve pushed through the doubt. And now, when the lights are bright and the stakes are high, they’ll know exactly what to do — because they’ve already done it.
Train the Mind, Not the Body
He doesn't just condition the body — he conditions belief. Khedevis trains athletes to break through their perceived physical limits.
And he does it by engineering chaos in a controlled practice environment. Why? Because racing is never neat. It's not rehearsed. It's unpredictable.
He deliberately compresses rest. He films the workouts. He alters pacing instructions without telling the athlete, not to deceive, but to disrupt their limiting beliefs. Because when a 2:15 girl unknowingly runs a 2:11, she’s no longer the same athlete. Her ceiling has been raised. Her future just changed.
Chaos becomes the coach. Pressure becomes the plan. And belief becomes the fuel.
High Performance Isn’t One Size Fits All
What starts as a conversation about middle-distance training quickly becomes a profound lesson in individualized performance.
Robinson shares how, instead of following standard mileage numbers, he listened to his athletes, diagnosed the real issue, and made one key adjustment: Don’t push past 50 miles if that’s the injury threshold.
It wasn’t about doing more—it was about doing what works for that person.
Robinson reminds us that copying someone else’s “high-performance formula” without knowing your limits is a recipe for burnout, not guaranteed success.
When you take both of these insights—training beneath injury thresholds with precision, and simulating chaos to build race-day confidence—you get a powerful preparation model for the Big 12 Championship.
No surprises on race day—because they’ve already lived the chaos, felt the pain, and proven to themselves that they can run through it.
For the Big 12 stage, where the environment is loud, the stakes are high, and the competition is fierce, Robinson’s athletes won’t just be ready physically—they’ll be mentally armed to deliver their best when it counts most.
Thank you, Coach, and the TTFCA for sharing these clips from the clinic Race Strategy.