A Little Inspiration for the Ladies Team

Cassie accepting her chamions
light saber after setting a meet
record at this year's distance wars.

Cassie Land of Sonora, who was 7th at last year's state meet, has won the last 2 section titles in Cross Country.  Here is the link to an article in the Modesto Bee about her 2015 cross country season.

The reason I am posting this, is because I believe that we have girls on our team that are in the same ballpark talent wise, as she is.  The only difference is that we are less experienced and we have trained a lot less.

Consider this:

• Cassie began running in elementary school and was training with the Foothill Gold track club before even entering high school.  
• We had 4 girls last year who were in their first season of cross country, 2 of whom were in their first season of competitive running.
• Cassie averaged between 30-50 miles per week from the beginning of last summer
• We topped out at 30 miles per week after only really starting training in August.

What is the main difference between Cassie and us?  Experience.  This year we have more expereince than last year.  This year we are putting in more miles than last year.

Do I expect all of our top 4 to suddenly be able to run 17:59, like she did at the state meet? No. What I really want you girls to understand is that you are better than you think you are.  Look at Cassie, she is local AND she is the #4 ranked runner in the state for division 4.  We may not have 4 girls beat her this year.  We may not have one.... but, if we can close the gap from her to us (which was almost 2 minutes from her to our top girls) to 30-60 seconds......we will be a tough team to beat.