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AU: 3xmi: I’m part of something amazing

October 19, 2011 (Afternoon)

Exercise Type: Run

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warm up: about mile/half mile: gave Marisa a pep talk but was really getting her just as psyched as I was myself
mile 1: 6:50
kept up with team mostly, but afterward thought that’s all I could do (didn’t expect to be doing this two more times)
mile 2: 7:10?
Got thru it…stayed with the group the first lap, but began drifting a few steps behind until I really wasn’t right in the pack anymore (but they were still right ahead of me for motivation). Ran with Alessa, who was an amazing teammate.
After that one, definitely thought I couldn’t do anything more. The thought of just stopping after 800m definitely crossed my mind.
mile 3: 7:06?
Aww man. That’s all I gotta say. Anthony offered that I just cut it short and do 800m – don’t ask me why in my right mind I would decline, but for some reason I just couldn’t just not complete the work-out…Again, Alessa was great. I lost the group fairly early on, but no matter where they were on the track, I could still sense my teams momentum. Anthony didn’t even have to say anything – I just knew he was there – although it was certainly a good reminder that he was there when he called across the field ? Alessa only did 800m, and while she ran those first two laps faster, she returned to help us thru the 2nd two laps – and man I couldn’t have finished that last lap without her. It was the 200m mark and I was just trudging along when she just started running next to – by the 150 mark I’d accelerated to gear 1 – by the 100m mark I’d accelerated to gear 2 – and by the 80m I was on my toes at an all out sprint. Man I that felt good! All that just for this 30seconds of awesomeness – but it was worth it because that feeling of going fast is just amazing.
Pretty decent form today. Hard to keep quick steps, particularly in the last mile, but overall pretty good and used my arms.
lap cool-down
jog back to school


First, I’d just like to say that if I had to give a team shout out, I wouldn’t know who to give it to. Not because of that doubt I was in just a few days ago at Prep, not because there’s no one worthy, but because I’d wanna give a shout out to everyone I ran with. But if I had to choose, I guess it’d be this one teammate who I’d never thought I could rely on, be in sync with, by supported by. I surprised myself by using her motivation, and she surprised me by motivating me – and we motivated each other. Now I’ll stop, otherwise I’ll started praising the entire team and never get on with my hw…

I can’t believe just several days ago I doubted this team. I can’t believe that just several days ago, many of us thought we’d had a bad race. The thing is, we do have our bad times – we do go through rough moments. But what makes this team just so dayum amazing, what makes this team just so intense, what makes this team the team what we are, is the way we come back stronger than ever. I can’t believe that doubt we were in last Saturday, because today, all I see is confidence building in each one of us as we all rely on each other for support, motivation…
I know that it was only like seven of us actually on the track today, but that support goes way beyond just the handful of us today, and way beyond varsity. When I had a rough day on Monday, it was my teammates that were there to talk to (not to mention those who’d have also been there if I’d opened up to ‘em). When I reflect on last Saturday, there’s no way I would have regained my form to gain advantage on the downhill had Melanie not been the best cheerer on earth. I can’t even miss a practice without somebody noticing or worrying – and I can always count on a text from Leah to make sure I’m ok. The pep-talks I get from Emma, and just Sydney smiling at me when I pass her in the hallway. Its the support we give each other on and off the track that makes this team special. And for the first time, I’m so excited to see, not just what varsity does, but what jv does. Any of us could run varsity, and the unity of our team shows how much of a team wear – we aren’t varsity and jv, freshman and seniors – we’re just gds xc. And this year, I’m just excited to see what gds xc does.
I’ve been a part of 5 cross country teams, but this – no this is something else entirely. Just the fact that last Saturday so many of us were – or at last I was – so concerned more with the team’s health than with our own races – that shows how much we care. We are more concerned about whether we are a team then whether we as individuals run a good time (although that’s obviously a concern as well). I think what I am trying to say is, that I’ve been a part of a lot of teams. I know what being a part of a team is, I know what support is, I know what motivation is. But I have never felt it to such extent before this year. Perhaps I wasn’t mature enough to appreciate teammates previously, but its not just that. I’ve just never felt like more of a team before.
I’m so psyched for championships cauz I know its gunna be ridiculous. All I gotta do is show up two Saturdays from now, and I know, I’m just that confident, that I’m gunna be a part of something amazing.