Hello all. Just writing to give everbody an update on my foot and the indoor season. I started my 10 minute a day routine last week with much anticipation. Although my toe still aches pretty much all the time, the Dr. thought it was time to start using the thing. I never thought that a 10 minute run on a track at 9 minute pace with toe pain could be so enjoyable! The last few days of running has made me realize how much running helps me stay sane. I have never considered myself a "runnaholic" or really a true athlete for that matter. In fact, for years running always ranked about number 10 on my list of things I want to do when I wake up every morning. But not until the last 6 months did it ever hit me how much stability and direction running gives me. Anyhow, long story short, I am really glad to be back to doing something productive.

On the coaching side of things, we had our second indoor meet of the season last Friday. Despite a lot of colds and nagging injuries there were a lot of improvements on the week before. The girls ran a state indoor qualifying time on the way to winning the 4x800. Senior stand out Emily Gustafson then ran the third best time in the state to win the 800. She also showed up to school a few days later and was inducted into the National Honor Roll Society. Sophmore Cody Margetis ran a 10 second pb to anchor our 4x800 of 2:15 to finish 2nd place. He then came back to take his first win ever in his heat of the mile, running a pb of 5:15! David Blackford ran a huge pb on his leg of the relay, running 2:07 then came back in the open 800 to finish a tough second place. There were a lot honorable mentions, as the kids all ran their butts off. We have such a young talented crew that are just starting to figure out how much fun track can be when you are trained and confident. We had this weekend off and ran a tough workout yesterday (5x1000) and have the next two weekeds off before we run the state indoor meet.

Thats all I have for now. I will try to get some more pictures up next week. I really would like to get some video out for you all so you can get an idea of how much work we have to do in our running drill that we started 3 weeks ago. Its amazing how hard it is to teach and learn how to run properly/efficiently. I am hoping to save that video and do another at the end of the season and show them how bad they looked at the beginning of the season! Take care and Go Raiders

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