First off, a big congrats to Ben True for placing second in the USA 10 mile championship and winning the individual USARC title for the year. Ben has had a great season, and I am excited to begin training with him soon.
I would also like to give a shout out to my home team, the St. Louis Cardinals, for making the playoffs. They had a great September to get to this point and hopefully the streak continues. Now I realize the Upper Valley is all about the Red Sox but look at it this way, there is always next year. J
The Lebanon Middle School cross country team had another race this Saturday, and the kids all ran fantastic. The weather was cold and the rain was relentless! The course was completely soaked and muddy, but the conditions did not put a damper on our kids’ mentality. This meet at Thetford was much more competitive than the Thetford race two weeks ago. There was two middle school races and ten high school races total. Even with over 2200 kids at this race, our young runners were able to keep their cool and stay focus on their race. I have been in racing situations where it is very easy to get overwhelmed by such a large and competitive event. For these young kids to stay focus the way they did was great testament to their courage. The t-shirts from Adidas came in, and we were able to get them printed and distributed to the kids before the race. All of the kids really loved them, and they were already talking about how they were going to wear them to school the following Monday. It is amazing how just a simple uniform can really ignite pride in one’s team!
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| Before the race. |
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| After the race. |
As for me, running is still going great! <Knock on wood> With all the miles and workouts, I have been able to stay healthy, and I am still feeling good physically. I am extremely excited for racing season to get here as that is really the only way to get a good sense of how all this training is paying off.
-Jeff
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