in Practice by coach mike on 20 Sep 2007

Another day of practice.  Distance day for both groups.  Then 300′s on the track. Working on some heads- Thomas, sophomore, he could be the most important part of the team. Without a strong number 5, you will get nowhere as a team. After making threats about running more Thomas moved up with the top in the 300′s.  So many young  athletes fear failure, yet if you never fail, you are probably not giving it your all.  You have run to pain and then run through the pain to get to the other side.  Once you reach the other side and realize you can handle it then next time its no big deal. The fear has been defeated. But this comes back to training, you have to prepare yourself to look pain straight in the eye and more or less tell pain to step aside because here you are and you are coming through. Sounds weird, then you have probably never ran through the pain. I’m not talking about like a side stitch, I’m speaking of the pain of failure. “I don’t want to run hard at first because I won’t be able to finish hard and I’ don’t want to look bad at the end of the race!”  When I see someone in the bottom half of the race come sprinting in and everybody cheering because they are passing people left and right I just smile to myself.  Give me someone who has busted their backside the whole race and comes dragging to the finish with nothing left, that runner makes me cheer.  This weekend the team will have to race on some hills, we really have not trained for hill, but we will be ok.  Just work hard up the hill and then take off when you get to the top, so many relax after getting to the top, thats when you make a move and pass some people.  I’ll be at my daughter wedding this weekend, I’m very excited about the weekend, lots of family and friends. Good luck to team, my thoughts will be with you.

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