Jacob LutzComment

Bad races do not define you.

Jacob LutzComment
Bad races do not define you.

Ok so to begin, I have had a really rough season. Last season my times were great, and I was fast but this season I have seemed to fall behind. This season I was always competing for the top spot, but as I was competing for that, I was also focusing on my times. I have had so many poor races this season, but I was really upset as I approached my conference meet and blew that race. Everyone was questioning me like, why didn’t you run fast? Why were you so much faster last season? Are you just sore? Why didn’t you stay at the pasta dinner? Why didn’t you come we missed you at the ice baths? I made this season one that I didn’t enjoy so much. I wallowed in my sadness and kept thinking about every bad race. But then I realized, why? Cross country is about your times but it is so much more than that. I realized I am that same runner that ran those fast times last season. I realized that I shouldn’t have skipped those pasta dinners to reflect on my bad races. Cross country is about your team that becomes your family and working hard and enjoying everyone’s progress. Cross country can be a serious thing but most importantly, I need to learn to enjoy it because it goes by way to fast. Luckily for me, I have the rest of my hush school career but for those who realized this too late, I am incredibly sorry for them. Enjoy cross country while you can because it doesn’t last forever

 - Anonymous

Jacob Lutzalmostdidntrun, cross country, run, xc, inspiring, coachesComment

AN ODE TO MY COACH

Like most people, I wanted to be the best. I was always competitive nature, wanting to be the best at whatever I did. Whether that be Soccer, Baseball, or Basketball, I strove to be the greatest, and worked hard to hone my craft. Around 5th grade I found running, and worked hard to become a good runner on my middle school team.

Jacob Lutzalmostdidntrun, cross country, run, xc, inspiring, coachesComment
AN ODE TO MY COACH
Hailey BullisComment

Don't let it define you.

This season was the first season, I felt like walking away. I wanted to forget the sport and everything I have ever accomplished in it. I, ironically, wanted to run away from it all because no matter what anyone said it was more than just one bad race.

Hailey BullisComment
Don't let it define you.
PopularJacob Lutzbestof20171 Comment

Parker Stinson’s performance at the USATF Marathon Championships was heroic. 

Simply just looking at the results of a race or any sport for that matter, doesn’t really tell the complete story. It attempts to tell the ending, but thats about it. The person digesting the results then creates their own false narrative in an attempt to piece together an explanation as to why the results look the way they do. An attempt however, that is based off of absolutely zero scientific knowledge and one hundred percent preconceived notions. 

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Parker Stinson’s performance at the USATF Marathon Championships was heroic. 
AnonymouskneeinjuryComment

Running Sucks... Or so I thought.

Running sucks. Or so I thought. Since my dad and my older siblings ran it was pretty much expected of me to run too, so when I was I middle school I hopped on the train and oh boy was it tough. I constantly struggled and quite honestly I hated it. I was the slowest person on the girls team during cross country (granted I would still finish top 20 most races) and I even had the chance to go to the state meet but I didn’t take it because I knew that I’d probably finished around the last girl.

AnonymouskneeinjuryComment
Running Sucks... Or so I thought.