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Team,
I hope all of you had a
great week off school last
week. Or for the middle
school kids, I hope you
enjoyed your 2 days. It was
good to be back with you all
again Saturday at the race.
That course proved to be a
challenge. It is a
deceivingly slow course time
wise so I want to reiterate
that time isn't the litmus
test, your placing is.
I have to apologize to
everyone for this week. My
strategy was to get you guys
in the mindset of working
together to push each other
to run faster. I'll talk
more about that at practice
this week to clarify. At
the end of the day, your
strategy each week should be
to move up the rankings.
Pick the next person ahead
of you and push yourself to
beat them. I was bummed I
wasn't more clear with that
but again, you'll hear more
during practice.
The race for some of you was
awesome and I want to
highlight that. For the
girls: Adrianna, Kendall,
Shannon, Kaylee T, Abby, and
Veronica all did amazing.
And for the boys: Noah,
Nathan, Daniel, Johnny,
Jacob M, Tyler, and Joey.
Here's the deal gang, it's
the end of the season and
everyone in the conference
is gunning to move up and
get faster. If you aren't
prepared mentally for the
challenge, you are going to
see other kids in the
conference run right by you.
We have 2 more regular
season races. Just to
clarify, if you are top 8 in
the conference at the
qualifying meet not only
will you be on the A-Team
for nationals, you also will
receive some financial
assistance to get there.
Mt. SAC is this week and you
will see the best
competition of the season.
This race is challenging but
very exciting and most of
you will run really fast
there despite the hills.
This week you have to be on
your best game. Get tough
out there and fight for
every position. You all
have had great seasons to
this point, don't be
discouraged if you didn't
have a great race last
weekend. Now is the time to
pick it up and be ready to
perform at your best. I'll
do my best to prepare you,
but you have to be willing
to put it all out on the
course.
I am looking forward to a
great week. Your legs will
start to feel more and more
fresh. Make sure you aren't
forgetting nutrition and
sleep. Two key ingredients
at this stage in the game.
After the nutrition seminar
I gave, not many of you
decided to try the products
I recommend. And honestly I
don't think I did a great
job of actually promoting
them. So I decided to buy a
selection of the products so
you can buy one or two types
and try it. Gatorade does
not cut it, and right now is
the time to boost your body
with nutrition. The worst
thing that could happen at
the end of the season is for
you to get sick. Let's make
it through healthy and
strong. I'll have the
electrolyte drink, recovery
drink, energy chews, and
protein available this week
if you'd like to buy some
and try it out.
I love the Prefontaine
quotes so this week here are
2 of them to roll around in
your heads:
· "To give anything
less than your best is to
sacrifice the gift."
· "A lot of people
run a race to see who is
fastest. I run to see who
has the most guts, who can
punish himself into
exhausting pace, and then at
the end, punish himself even
more."
Thank you again for such a
great season. We have 2
great weeks ahead of us so
keep up the hard work!
Coach Jeremy |
