Sunday, June 30, 2019

COMMITMENT!!!

This current week is a mandatory moratorium, which means no official practices with coaches can take place from June 30th to July 7th.  You as runners can still meet together and run as a group - it just can't be under the direction of a coach, according to Utah High School Association bylaws.

I chose commitment as a theme for this week because that is what we must do each day in order to achieve success, reach our goals (as individuals and a team), as well as continue to improve the Murray XC program.  This is why it is important.  This is why we train, why we get up every day, why we feel sore and tired (yet stronger every week), why we encourage the mind with positivity, why we sacrifice, why we sweat, why we hydrate, why we go to bed early, and why we are considered "crazy" by most peoples' standards.

We do this because it is a passion!  A passion for running.  A passion for life.  And a passion for becoming something greater than we currently are.  We can all do hard things, we must believe in ourselves, believe in others, and believe we as a team can accomplish many great things.

There was once a middle-distance runner named Roger Bannister.  When he was trying to break the four-minute mile in the 1950s, experts told him it was impossible.  But that didn't stop him.  He failed again and again, but he persisted in trying anyway.  When he ran his historic mile in 3:59:4 on May 6, 1954, he didn't just break a record - he broke the floodgates just by proving it was possible.  Six weeks later, his record was broken.  By now, over 1000 runners have done what was once considered impossible.

You can't let a simple failure derail your mission, or let it take over your brain and sabotage your goals or relationships with your team members. Everyone fails; life isn't supposed to be easy. We have to believe in ourselves, believe that we can accomplish things that may seem impossible to others.  It is through this belief, hard work, commitment, and perseverance in the face of failure that we make the impossible possible, just as Roger Bannister did.

Don't focus on what you think you deserve.  Take aim at what you are willing to earn.  Because you are on your own this week... What are YOU willing to earn?

SUNDAY JUNE 23, 2019

Summer Miles is SO important, it is definitely a step by step, mile by mile process. It's vital that we continue to show up and put in the time. AS is quoted above, ANYTHING WORTH DOING IS GOING TO BE DIFFICULT! in Running as in life there are NO short-cuts. 

An engine in a rocket ship does NOT fire without a small spark first. We all need small sparks, small accomplishments in our lives to fuel the big ones. Think of your small accomplishments as kindling. When you want a bonfire, you don't start by lighting a big log. You collect some dry dead grass or a small pile of hay. You light that, and then add some small sticks and bigger sticks before you feed big logs into the blaze. It's the small sparks which starts small fires, that eventually build enough heat to burn an entire forest down. 

Running summer miles is the spark that will ignite your season. As you continue to be dedicated and consistently run it's like adding sticks to the fire, which will help prepare each individual runner for the big log or invitationals, region and state!

TRUST THE PROCESS! PUT IN THE TIME!!! 
                       GO SPARTANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                   



    

Hello and WELCOME to ALL!! This will be the SUMMER MURRAY XC Blog. This blog will have weekly messages usually posted on a Sunday evening, There will be informational links on the top left, Links below that as well as FYI links. This blog is intended to help communicate information vital to both runner and parents. 

It is time to get on "registermyathlete.com" and get registered for XC (and Track if you would like to just get it done!). WE ALL MUST get a physical done before the season starts, then it's time to take care of that...don't put it off please! Get REGISTERED! 

There is a link provided in the FYI section that can help guide you in this processes.

We are excited for this upcoming season. Go SPARTANS!

Coach Quarez and Coach Bowen.

P.S the Murray XC blog is up and we are still working on it. Thanks for your Patience.