Courage and the Long Distance Runner, By John Parker

IN DISTANCE RUNNING, COURAGE ISN'T MERELY A HELPFUL TRAIT OR A HARBINGER FOR SUCCESS; IT IS THE PRICE OF ADMISSION.

So, I've spoken many times about how it doesn't matter if you come into this sport as a kid who is already fast or a little chubby kid who can barely run a lap.  What is important is that you work hard and always strive for progress.  

I think some of us have heard the "It doesn't matter if you start out as a fast kid or slow kid" and ignored the "What is important is that you always strive for progress" part.  We have had some really great efforts this season, but we've also had kids who are content to be bad at this sport.  That contentment showed in some of your racing on Saturday.

Because of this, I am assigning homework for the first time ever in my history of coaching cross country at HHS.  If you ran in the frosh soph boys race on saturday, you need to read this essay

Courage and the Long Distance Runner

then submit a brief one page summary to the google classroom.

Failure to do so will result in the loss of one letter grade in your Sports P.E. grade.