Loop-Y-ness! (yes...it's spelled wrong on purpose!)

Did you know that the World does a full rotation in 24 hours? Crazy huh!  Did you also know that in 365 days, that the World will go all the way around the Sun? Wow!  When water turns into a vapor, it evaporates and goes into the sky, only to form clouds, and form back into water again and fall to the Earth, and start over! No Way!?  Yes way!  Did you know that in 1 week, we will be back in school, AGAIN, and it is something that is just going to happen, and truthfully, IT IS A GOOD THING!
School starting is inevitable and can sometimes seem like a drag (which we understand actually, can be), but as with most things in life (as demonstrated above), go round and round...kind of "Loopy" and actually gives us a new start without having to really start over!  It brings on a new and sort of "REFRESHING"start over...it's why we continually do summer miles every summer, and prepare for the XC season, then Winter, and Track and so forth...not because that is just simply what we do, but because THAT IS WHAT MAKES US SPECIAL!  It's not about "here we go again" or "it's just what we do" or even "same old, same old"...it is literally a part of us and who we are!  As fast as the Summer has seemed to have gone (and it would be nice to have it be a little longer), IT IS ALSO VERY EXCITING TO BEGIN THE SEASON...THE NEXT CHAPTER IN OUR STORY...TO DECIDE TO TAKE THE CRAZY "LOOPS" OF LIFE AND BE HAPPY ABOUT THEM AND LOOK FORWARD TO THEM, instead of dreading them!  Our DECISIONS really will DETERMINE our DESTINY and how not only this Season begins and ends, but for a lot of things that will go round and round in our lives...HOW WILL EACH OF US LOOK AT WHAT'S AHEAD WITH EXCITEMENT AND A POSITIVE CHALLENGE to take the seemingly mundane "Loopyness" of life and make it something special!?  We for one, are looking at the upcoming season with ABSOLUTE EXCITEMENT!  All the miles, time, effort, sacrifice, even heartache, and bonding have all been worth it and will be a blessing for this upcoming year!  

We have already begun to witness that with our first race on Saturday!  We know that we tell you not to compare yourselves to other people (and you shouldn't), but you also need to know that as we look to others who have lead us before (in previous years), that we can sort of use a "measuring stick" to gauge a little, of how we are doing and more importantly, where we are headed! We understand that our girls team has felt somewhat "unsure" of what we can do, and that is ok...but we also need to understand that we have still done the work, that we need to trust that work, and realize that we are capable of doing amazing things! Believe it or not, we actually had 6 girls run faster than our top 5 girls from last year at this very same race.  We may have "lost" some amazing girls in our top 5, but we also have gained some strength in our depth, in each other...and YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT!  Use this to keep setting high promises to each other...to yourself and even though we have a lot of work to do...we are headed in the right direction!  For our boys, we know that we have some amazing depth...in fact, we had 8 boys this race, run faster than our 3rd place boy from the team that took 2nd at State! There is going to be a lot of competition (which is very good, as long as WE KEEP IT POSITIVE WITH EACH OTHER), that there will be more changes on Varsity than ever before...but every single one of YOU makes this whole team better!!!!!!!   But remember, feeling complacent with the "STATS" aren't worth anything.  Anything can happen from here till Region, or State, and Nike, and so forth!  What matters is that, even though the Earth will "begin" again and the Sun will come up in 24 hours, WE TAKE THE DAY IN FRONT OF US AND MAKE IT WORTH IT...WE MAKE IT COUNT...WE DECIDE TO KEEP MAKING OUR DESTINY SOMETHING SPECIAL...

BECAUSE WE CAN!  WE WILL!  LETS LOOK FORWARD TO THIS WEEK...NEXT WEEK...AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANT, TO THE TIME WE HAVE WITH EACH OTHER!!!!!

You can check out the results of the race by clicking on the link (or copy and paste into the web URL).  There are a few names we still need to edit, but it was an amazing START to our SEASON!

http://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/Results/Meet.aspx?Meet=118361#30259

Be INSPIRED!...Be the INSPIRATION!

The summer is quickly coming to a close, and what better way to spend it, than continuing the GREAT RUNNING that we are doing and to catch a glimpse of Inspiration by watching some Olympics!  The truth is, even though the media will portray perfection or all dreams come true...the reality of what you will see, is nothing more than people who have given their BEST, Sacrificed much, to have a chance at their dream! There are many who are at "home" watching the same thing that we are, that had a chance to be there, but for some reason, it just didn't work out.  Why bring this up? Because we are "home" watching it as well...so what does that say about us?  Are we not good enough, strong enough, are we not giving our BEST?  These are all good questions, and we feel it can be answered BEST like this...we may not be at the Olympics, we may not have the talent (quite yet!), to be there, but the same drive, the same perseverance, the same work ethic, the same love for the sport, CAN BE IN ALL OF US!  So, as we get INSPIRED by these amazing athletes and watch dreams come true...what we feel is even more amazing, IS THE INSPIRATION YOU CAN BE FOR EACH OTHER!  Let's make the end of this summer, the BEST end of the summer we have ever had...no matter how the rest of the summer has been, WE MAKE THE REST OF OUR SEASON BECOME INSPIRATIONAL BY WHAT WE CHOOSE TO DO NOW!  Remember the Big Picture and all that we have done to this point...see the amazing things that you have done and keep wanting more!

Here are a few short videos, to hopefully inspire you...help you realize that YOU are part of the Inspiration...to get excited for what is coming!