You have to be impressed with the numbers. All sorts of numbers. Some of our runners put up 13 miles today when combining all running we did. Some a little less, but not much. It is easy to see who put in the miles over the off season to prepare for the in season. The effort was there today.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Quote of the Day
Here it is:
Winning has nothing to do with racing. Most days don't have races anyway. Winning is about struggle and effort and optimism, and never, ever, ever giving up.
Amby Burfoot, The Runner's Guide to the Meaning of Life
Winning has nothing to do with racing. Most days don't have races anyway. Winning is about struggle and effort and optimism, and never, ever, ever giving up.
Amby Burfoot, The Runner's Guide to the Meaning of Life
Monday, August 15, 2011
First Day Done
Okay team, here's your chance. I'm still thinking about a team motto. We've had "Never, never, never quit" and "Just Believe" the last two seasons. What are your ideas for this season?
Also, our first day of practice was adequate. I'm not thrilled with the little mileage we ran today, but that is my fault. We will increase as appropriate the rest of this week. I hope to see improvement.
We need runners. All levels other than varsity boys need numbers. Help.
Also, our first day of practice was adequate. I'm not thrilled with the little mileage we ran today, but that is my fault. We will increase as appropriate the rest of this week. I hope to see improvement.
We need runners. All levels other than varsity boys need numbers. Help.
Sunday, August 7, 2011
A New Season: The Journey Begins
On August 15th, we will embark on the next step in our journey. To what is it we are reaching? I tell you this. It is much easier to reach than you might imagine. Do we want to win team titles? Sure. Do we want to win individual races and medals? Yes. Absolutely. But it is not those things that makes you a champion. It is not that, I tell you.
To have success, you have to be able to look in the mirror and look that person in the eye and be satisfied. You have given your body, yes, your mind, yes. But more importantly, your spirit. Your heart, your vitality and energy, your commitment. It is not the glory of winning that makes you a champion, but the knowledge that the mirror gives you.
I encourage you to commit yourself to becoming the student-athlete that you are most capable of becoming. Please define winner differently. Did you commit, then achieve?
See you all on August 15th, 8am to 11am. A new journey begins.
To have success, you have to be able to look in the mirror and look that person in the eye and be satisfied. You have given your body, yes, your mind, yes. But more importantly, your spirit. Your heart, your vitality and energy, your commitment. It is not the glory of winning that makes you a champion, but the knowledge that the mirror gives you.
I encourage you to commit yourself to becoming the student-athlete that you are most capable of becoming. Please define winner differently. Did you commit, then achieve?
See you all on August 15th, 8am to 11am. A new journey begins.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Out-Run Cancer Run
I write this the day before our 7th Annual Out-Run Cancer run benefiting MMC's Yolanda Barco Oncology Institute. We've raised over $5000 for cancer research over the years. I hope to add a significant addition to that tomorrow. Our runners give so much back, it is truly awesome to behold! We'll see how it goes tomorrow.
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Team Motto
JUST BELIEVE! Out team mantra is to help our athletes understand the difference between what it takes to participate and what it takes to excel. Our 2010 team is an outstanding mix of young talent and wily veterans. We have state quality runners and those who work very hard to participate and be part of this family.
Our team goals are to achieve individual success which will lead to team success. We believe that it is the dedication of the individual: heart, soul, and mind that determines the success of oneself and then the whole. We also plan on capturing the Region 3 regular season championships for both Boys Varsity and Girls Varsity, provided we are healthy. We follow a program that is intense and has proven successful. We have not lost a Region 3 meet for our Boys Varsity since 2008. Our Girls' teams have suffered much due to injury, but we have maintained a positive attitude that has led to much success. We are a family that works together, suffers together, and excels together. We take the positive with the negative and live with the results. Running is very much like life. You get out of it what you put into it.
JUST BELIEVE!
Our team goals are to achieve individual success which will lead to team success. We believe that it is the dedication of the individual: heart, soul, and mind that determines the success of oneself and then the whole. We also plan on capturing the Region 3 regular season championships for both Boys Varsity and Girls Varsity, provided we are healthy. We follow a program that is intense and has proven successful. We have not lost a Region 3 meet for our Boys Varsity since 2008. Our Girls' teams have suffered much due to injury, but we have maintained a positive attitude that has led to much success. We are a family that works together, suffers together, and excels together. We take the positive with the negative and live with the results. Running is very much like life. You get out of it what you put into it.
JUST BELIEVE!
Monday, November 29, 2010
What Is Cross Country?
This sport reflects life. You determine who you want to be. Your choices make you into the person you can be. If you choose to participate only, then you will be an average performer and probably live a life that is not extraordinary. But, if you choose to excel (at your own level and beyond), then you will live an extraordinary life--one that is capable of great accomplishments, both personally and for your community.
This is a family sport. We are all one unit that feels together, lives through the good and the bad together, and supports each other. Our "real" family is also very involved. They are often at our meets and invitationals, cheering on all of us. Every Cross Country family member on this team is valued as an individual and as part of the larger community of the SHS XC team.
As the head coach, I take great pride in being part of this living, dynamic creation. Our team members simply become who they are meant to be: leaders, athletes, members, and above all better human beings. I get great joy out of watching this develop each and every year. I often wonder as to how it occurs. Perhaps it is the nature of the pain and patience involved in being a runner. After all, running is not something that most people do or enjoy. It is unique in that it hurts, every time. It is in that pain that we learn to persevere and overcome the daily frustrations of our lives.
There are no cuts in this sport. Participants naturally weed themselves out because of the work, pain, and endurance that is involved. This is commitment. For that I am most happy. I am part of something that is much larger than the sport of it.
Running is a lifelong activity that will change your entire perspective on your surroundings and what and how you accomplish the things you wish to achieve. Just believe!
This is a family sport. We are all one unit that feels together, lives through the good and the bad together, and supports each other. Our "real" family is also very involved. They are often at our meets and invitationals, cheering on all of us. Every Cross Country family member on this team is valued as an individual and as part of the larger community of the SHS XC team.
As the head coach, I take great pride in being part of this living, dynamic creation. Our team members simply become who they are meant to be: leaders, athletes, members, and above all better human beings. I get great joy out of watching this develop each and every year. I often wonder as to how it occurs. Perhaps it is the nature of the pain and patience involved in being a runner. After all, running is not something that most people do or enjoy. It is unique in that it hurts, every time. It is in that pain that we learn to persevere and overcome the daily frustrations of our lives.
There are no cuts in this sport. Participants naturally weed themselves out because of the work, pain, and endurance that is involved. This is commitment. For that I am most happy. I am part of something that is much larger than the sport of it.
Running is a lifelong activity that will change your entire perspective on your surroundings and what and how you accomplish the things you wish to achieve. Just believe!
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