COVID 19...No Track...Here Comes CROSS COUNTRY!!!

So, I'm changing the picture at the top of our team page to two of the greatest cross country runners in United States History. 

Pat Porter is the man
Lynn Jennings is the woman

Porter won 8 consecutive US Cross Country Championships.
Jennings won 9....and 3 World Championships

Both ran at a time when EVERYBODY ran in the national cross country meet (today, many of the top runners skip the national meet because they're pansies).

I'm putting them both up on top of the blog , in their muddy Nike gear because I want you all to think about the late fall, when it's starting to get cold and rainy and you are in great shape because you took this extra time to lay down a tremendous base for next year.

This is how the next 8 months are going to go down with the teams that we compete against.

• Many of the teams will fall apart without the daily motivation of seeing their teammates.  They will get to August completely out of shape.
• Some of the teams will be able to restart their programs during the summer, but will have lost a ton of fitness since we shut things down on March 18.
• A small number of teams whose athletes have the desire to be great and also have the sportsmanship, leadership,  and cameraderie to keep eachother motivated while they train themselves in isolation.....Those teams will be GREAT in the fall. 

Which one of those teams do you want to be? 

We finished last cross country season with about 25 boys who would be in the running to make our varsity top 7 in any given year.  Any one of those 25 could make the varsity top 7 this year.  It's just a matter of working for it.

We finished last year with most of our best girls as seniors.  They will not be back next year.  It's up to someone else to step up and fill the void.  Who will it be? 

Each one of you has a hand in determining where we will end up....and it's not just the projected top 7 who will determine it.  

• If you are going out and running on your own, you're making the team better even if you never score this fall.
• If you are texting your friends and encouraging them to run, you're making the team better, even if you never make the top 7.
• If you're reaching out to athletes that ran cross, but didn't run track, and encouraging them to run, you're making the team better.
• We're going to start keeping track of mileage again. You'll see I updated our mileage page

Most of you are safe to meet at a park or in front of the school to go for a run.  You just need to make sure to stay plenty far apart.  Huge shout out to the people I've seen out running in the last week or two.

Diego

Elizette

Silvano

Joe

Owen

Emely

I saw a girl in the distance, I think it was Perla

Marcos

You guys are studs!  Keep it up.