After all the Work...It's time to begin!

What an exciting time!  I know it can also feel scary and uncertain, but that is a Human response and it is ok to feel that way.  What we are going to work on is realizing that we have put the work in and now we GET TO Celebrate all the work!  Now celebrating doesn't mean that it won't hurt or be hard, but it does mean that the REWARDS will be Greater!  It does take Trust and a Belief that, no matter what you have been able to put in to this point, what you are willing to do from here on out, will continue to benefit you...in so many ways!!!!!

HARC was a great experience!  We feel as Coaches that this was one of the BEST so far!  I know that we have "run" away from this experience, a much better Team, and we promise that our Goals are to help EVERYONE realize that they have a place on this TEAM!  It also does require that ALL of us pursue something better in all of us...no one wants to be around people who are doing less than their best when others are trying hard to be there BEST!  We can only be as good as EVERYONE believes and ACTS, that we can be!!!!!  It does not matter how fast you are or new you may be...all we ask is that you realize that you matter and that you give what is required to be GREAT!  We are a family and we look out for each other...no matter what!

The Plan for this week is as follows!

Monday through Thursday: We will still have our normal Morning and Evening runs that we have been doing throughout the summer!  We will have our Strength training on Tuesday and Thursday mornings with a run after, and our final Performance run on Wednesday @ 7am.  

We will be adding a short 1-3 mile run in the afternoons to help all of you adjust to running in the afternoon once school starts.  Meet at 3:30pm at the "S".  Bring a water bottle.

You do not need to attend all 3 workouts a day, but once schools starts, it will be harder to get your normal mileage in for your summer miles total that ends on Labor Day, so this can help you without over doing it!

Friday we will just meet for an easy run in the morning at the High School @ 7:30 am.  Most likely pass out uniforms to the Varsity teams.  

Saturday: is our FIRST RACE of the Season!!!  the Premier Invitational, that we put on as a fundraiser for our team!  Our races will not begin until 11:30 am with our Varsity Boys race, followed by the Varsity Girls at 12 Noon.  JV Boys will be at 12:30 pm and the JV Girls will be at 1 pm (Everyone gets to participate)!!!  If you are not a Varsity runner...yet...you are in the JV races).  If you do not have a uniform shirt (we will order some from the parents mtg and first week of school), don't worry!  You can borrow a shirt from someone or wear any blue shirt or a Stansbury shirt that you might have.   We will not have a bus (all of the Coaches will already be up there working the 5A, 4A races that start at 8 am), SO YOU NEED TO HELP GET YOURSELF TO THE RACE!  TRY TO BE THERE BY 10:30 TO 11 AM!  CARPOOL IF POSSIBLE!   

It's going to be a great season!  PLEASE PASS ON THE INFO TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE YOU KNOW THAT MIGHT BE DOING XC THIS SEASON!      WE NEED YOUR HELP GETTING ALL THIS INFO OUT!  I EXPECT TO SEE THAT ALL OF YOUR XC CONTACTS HAVE BEEN TEXTED OR MESSAGED THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK!!!!!   :)

Let's make it Great!

I know that this may be a tough week for all of us...but it is one of those moments where we learn to shine through the seemingly "cloudy" skies and dig deep within ourselves and make this the Best week!  I know that it may seem tough to do that, with HARC being as tough as they come, and those still here, trying to run on their own...but every year that we have done this, something amazing comes out of this experience...for EVERYONE!  The key part of this situation is to see the big picture and realize that the summer is coming to an end, and everything that we have been working for, is about to begin!  Keep the consistency up...now is not the time to back off...in fact, it is time to step up for many of us and get back into the "MOJO" of running, and feeling great and dead, all at the same time because of the demands that running can feel like...but that is what makes it special...that is why this TEAM is special!  There is no time like now to re-evaluate and kick it in!  May the Run be with YOU!

P.S.  Don't forget that this Saturday is a team physical with Dr. Beazer, if you would like to take care of it (it is required to get a physical every year now!), and the $20 is being given generously back to our TEAM.  Check the announcements above for the details! 
We will also have a Friday morning Canyon run, except it will not be timed and we will be checking out the race course (our first RACE is on Saturday the 16th!!!!!).   Next week we will still have our normal runs in the morning and night, for those who can, but we will also be adding short runs everyday at 3:30 pm at the "S" to help you get use to running in the heat of the day!  Bring your water bottles and we will transport them on the afternoon runs!