Wednesday, June 25, 2008

No Breaks

Well, we are back at it again. After giving the kids a month "off", practice has officially started for the 2008 cross country season. It was a wonderful suprise to show up at practice on Monday and find some new faces in the crowd. I have inhereted a talented new crop of freshman, whom I am convinced can really make a difference on this team right away. Although we did lose a great crop of seniors, the hard work and dedication of the underclassmen over the last 18 months will really pay dividens this fall.

There is not really a whole lot to report on the coaching end of things. Most of the kids ran our local road race, the Steamboat Classic and fared well. There are two different distances within the race, the 4 miler and the 15k, and 5 of the group actually opted for the 15k! I think I may finally be turning these kids into runners ; ) We will also be doing a 7 mile trail race this weekend at a local park, a race we did last year and had 4 medal winners.

I personally have been trudging through the training and have not had any setbacks as of yet. The toe feels pretty good as does the rest of the body. I have gotten back on a serious core routine and am back to lifting regularly. I also had the priveledge of being nominated the assistant race director of the Steamboat Classic, which took up a big chunk of time over the last few weeks. I have been going back on forth whether I am going to go out to the Olympic Trials next week. There is a big part of me that loves to watch the competition, but it is also a bit painful to watch knowing that I could be in there shaking things up. Call me bitter. Anyhow, that is it for now. Hopefully next time you hear from me I will be another 2 weeks along in my training and I will have 20 motivated kids out for practice everyday at 8 am!

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