Summer Miles Week #11

 

Parent Meeting! Monday August 9, 2021, 6:00pm at MURRAY PARK pavilion next to Parkside elementary. SEE YOU THERE!!

We are EXCITED for this SEASON!! SO excited because of ALL the hard work and miles that have been put in.

WE HAVE A RACE THIS WEEK! Remember, we are still preparing you to race well for this weekend, WE ARE STILL TRAINING THROUGH (getting your miles in), because we are still working for the Big Picture...the end of the season!

YOU MUST FINISH GETTING ON registermyathlete.com AND GETTING A PHYSICAL DONE IN ORDER TO COMPETE.  If you don’t do this, then you WILL NOT be able to race yet.  If you have the online stuff done and I have the physical in my hand (or turned into the school), then you are good to go!  Please take care of this...

WE will ISSUE out UNIFORMS this WEEK. Room #117 Murray HIGH!! Come get YOURS!!!

Race Schedule:  Be there at 7:15am! Ready to compete!!

Saturday August 14, 2021, Cottonwood Complex

Boys Varsity: 8am.  

Girls Varsity: 8:45am.  

Boys JV: 9:30am.  

Girls JV: 10:15am.  

 

Excitement And Dread? A Running Paradox

We all will feel excitement and dread for our first INVITE!!

How many times do we feel these conflicting emotions in our running lives. Whether ramping up our training for a big race or simply settling into a hard training block, often our excitement for the process goes hand and hand with a fair amount of dread at the prospect of putting out such a hard effort.

HAVE you ever felt any of these feelings? lost feeling in her arms, had the taste of blood in your mouth, and was about two seconds away from puking after each repeat. Certainly, for any of us who’ve trained hard and stretched our bodies’ limits, we know those feelings.

And yet we also know the excitement that comes from that very same experience. We know the inherent value of putting in the work as well as the potential for great reward at the end of a seemingly debilitating training block. It also reminds me of the extension of this paradox to our daily lives. I can think of countless times in my job, as a dad, and as a runner when this duality has stared me smack dab in the face. I think, in the end, the most important thing we can do in running and in life is to embrace and accept the paradox and allow it to make us better and more complete. In that acceptance comes contentment.

Life is often filled with challenges we don’t expect and don’t care to repeat. Therefore, it is my feeling that in preparing for those challenges it makes sense to set the stage for them by controlling what we can control and digging into those dark places when we can. In that process, we can often summon the strength and courage to exceed expectations in all aspects of life. And, if doing that brings us to the edge of collapse and utter exhaustion, then so be it!

Here are some Videos to GET you EXCITED!!! Check Them OUT!!!

Summer Miles Week #10

 

I will keep this short and sweet for this week (getting ready for HARC can be a wonderful. Before I go on, it is important FOR ALL OF YOU TO KNOW that whether you are going to HARC this time or not, it does not diminish what you have done so far, or what you are still aiming for this year!  Hopefully, as time goes on, you will see how much more capable you are than you thought and make it a goal to get to HARC next time (both those who have gone and those who haven't).

 Please know that we truly understand "most" things that you are going through or dealing with, in your running.  It's not that we have all the answers or been through it all, but we really care about how YOU handle your ups and downs in running and your life (we believe they can be very connected to help you become better and stronger).  We understand that not every day is going to go as planned, and that you must be able to adjust, but what usually happens is that when things get tough or feel "off" from what we think it should be, we back off more than we should and then we get upset that we did, and then we shut down and sometimes it takes days to bounce back. 

 It definitely is a process to continually work on.  First thing is we need to be ok with "off days."  Learn to deal with them and then go get it the next day or next time (it could even be off in a race and the first mile is off and we can turn it around by sticking with it and next thing you know, the 2nd mile is better).  

Continue to work hard and push through those tough times. Good things WILL happen. When things GET HARD!!Don't GIVE UP!!!!