Over the three short years of running for Mountain View has left me with many memories that I will never forget. All the long runs we did in the summers that involved jumping in the canal behind the school, making Tracy laugh so hard to a point he can’t even run anymore, jump squats with Bartlett, Bruce always supplying the team with gum right before the race, Rusty sharing his wisdom, Naomi being the next Bug, and all the hard work we all went through getting to where we are now.
Even though these were all great memories, they still played a great role of what I would have done different during my high school running career.
First off, I would have come into running mentally stronger. I think when I came into Cross Country my first impressions was just to sandbag the first year just to make sure I would be in shape for baseball. If I would have just started with a stronger attitude in the beginning who knows how much better I could have been where I am now.
From my training standpoint I would say I could have worked myself a lot harder when it came to timed workouts and the mile time trials. What you get out of practices is what you’ll get out of races. Putting someone on the spot light, I would like to throw Kevin Miller out there. That kid works harder then anyone I know right now. I don’t know why we would always give him a hard time about him working harder then everyone else. But now look at him, Kevin has worked his way so far up that him and Ytsma will be front runners next year and be a one two punch in every race.
Fear played the greatest role to stop me from reaching my goals. I would say most runners have a problem with this when it comes to running competitively. Just like when you step up to the starting line of a race. Most runners start to think the worst of what could happen, or start second guessing their ability. Like I can’t stay with that person ahead of me, or I don’t want to get last. It’s easy to be confident when you have control of the race. It’s very, very difficult to keep that confidence when you have to take whatever strange bounces life throws your way. Don’t be careless, but don’t be too careful either. You cannot be afraid to lose. That’s how you gain confidence to attack the leader when the race isn’t yours. That’s how you attack life. Even when you think you don’t have any control.
My advice for everyone here that has some sort of part in running would be you have to be able to work hard for something. You have to be mentally prepared to go through pain. Just think to yourself before you run that there will be pain. Second would be to remain curious. I’m sure almost all of you know this quote to the “T”; it’s probably one of the greatest quotes that I stand by when I run. After a race I’m sure that all of you go through your mind on what if you did something different? This quote will help for each race to reach your accomplishments to where at the end you can say that you have done all you could. All you can do is just go out there, and give it your best, and have fun while you’re at it.
Even though these were all great memories, they still played a great role of what I would have done different during my high school running career.
First off, I would have come into running mentally stronger. I think when I came into Cross Country my first impressions was just to sandbag the first year just to make sure I would be in shape for baseball. If I would have just started with a stronger attitude in the beginning who knows how much better I could have been where I am now.
From my training standpoint I would say I could have worked myself a lot harder when it came to timed workouts and the mile time trials. What you get out of practices is what you’ll get out of races. Putting someone on the spot light, I would like to throw Kevin Miller out there. That kid works harder then anyone I know right now. I don’t know why we would always give him a hard time about him working harder then everyone else. But now look at him, Kevin has worked his way so far up that him and Ytsma will be front runners next year and be a one two punch in every race.
Fear played the greatest role to stop me from reaching my goals. I would say most runners have a problem with this when it comes to running competitively. Just like when you step up to the starting line of a race. Most runners start to think the worst of what could happen, or start second guessing their ability. Like I can’t stay with that person ahead of me, or I don’t want to get last. It’s easy to be confident when you have control of the race. It’s very, very difficult to keep that confidence when you have to take whatever strange bounces life throws your way. Don’t be careless, but don’t be too careful either. You cannot be afraid to lose. That’s how you gain confidence to attack the leader when the race isn’t yours. That’s how you attack life. Even when you think you don’t have any control.
My advice for everyone here that has some sort of part in running would be you have to be able to work hard for something. You have to be mentally prepared to go through pain. Just think to yourself before you run that there will be pain. Second would be to remain curious. I’m sure almost all of you know this quote to the “T”; it’s probably one of the greatest quotes that I stand by when I run. After a race I’m sure that all of you go through your mind on what if you did something different? This quote will help for each race to reach your accomplishments to where at the end you can say that you have done all you could. All you can do is just go out there, and give it your best, and have fun while you’re at it.
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