2024 Summer Miles #11

 2024 Summer Miles #11

PLEASE COMPLETE your Register my Athlete. We have 4

girls, and 9 boys registered so far, if you want to run Saturday then complete your registration on RMA

We will hand out uniforms Friday August 9th at Murray High

Room #117 at 10:00am. (NO BUS) 

First Race is Saturday August 10, 2024

PREMIER XC INVITE (We HOST)

ONLY those that have their RMA completed will RUN!!!

Cottonwood Complex

4400 S 1300 E, Millcreek, UT 84124 

Be there by 7:15am             

    Race 1 –JV Girls (6A,5A,4A,3A,2A,1A)                        8:15 am

    Race 2 –Boys Varsity (6A,5A,4A,3A,2A,1A)                 9:00 am

    Race 3 – Girl’s Varsity (6A,5A,4A,3A,2A,1A)                 9:45 am

    Race 4 – Section #1 JV Boys (6A,5A,4A,3A,2A,1A)     10:30 am

    Race 5 – Section #2 JV Boys(6A,5A,4A,3A,2A,1A)       11:15 am

   Section #2 JV Boys if needed will race at 10:30am. JV Girls will be at 11:15am.

    If NOT needed JV Girls will race at 10:30am

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!