Monday- Embarrassing
enough I hate to admit I was a little bit sore from running fast on Sunday
evening to beat daylight that I ran for about 15 minutes as a lighter day to
recover a little bit.
Tuesday- Ran
with Holli for about 6 miles (more details to follow)
Wednesday- Ran
the flat parts of the usual run on the road to avoid the hill and break up the
routine of the route (ran about 5 miles).
I do have to admit, I met a new neighbor who jokingly asked if I was
training for a marathon and I was able to respond with a laugh and a yes. He said they always see me running all the
time now and he asked how old I was because apparently they have been debating
if I was in high school or not recently.
As mom always says I’ll appreciate it one day, and I said that I haven’t
been skipping school and in fact 29 J
I was lucky
enough to have Tuesday off from work (which for those who know my work-aholic
ways I’m still learning how to accept government holidays off) I’m always worried I’ll enjoy them too much
and not want to come back to work. I
guess that was the thing of working ALL the time, you never knew exactly how
enjoyable the days off were to ever think otherwise. Mom needed some help with a rental property
they have in town so it was the perfect excuse to visit Holli and go for a run
and meet up with mom later.
Since the weather couldn’t decide what it wanted to do Holli
and I decided we didn’t care and were off to run in the rain. We ended up running around 6 miles on a much
friendlier road of slow drivers than mine, it was a nice change of scenery and
nice to have company along the run.
Since I went on a run with Holli those who know the cross country
stories are probably wandering if we yelled SNAKE any… for those of you “newbies”….Holli
is pretty gullible J (I shouldn’t really
talk as myself HATING snakes would do the same thing) We can pretty much guarantee no matter how many
times you yell “snake”, Holli will do a quick movement resembling a jump J
I think some days we took it too far but you just can’t help but laugh J
Well, that is, until you yourself actually stepped on a snake and
decided a quick sprinting workout would fit in perfectly during your run. I have to admit as well, after I would see my
first snake of the season running on the Rails to Trails growing up there were
days I’d run with rocks in my hands for a quick defense upon site of one. I suppose it is somewhat good strength training
for your arms but I for one hate those slithering things.
Holli has a tough time saying “No” when you ask her to do
things.... Now…Dad gets brought into
this story because as you’ve discovered and continue to read, he is a very
motivational person. But….don’t think it’s
just his motivation….he’s very tricky too, maybe strategic is the right
descriptive word. See… Years and Years
ago (Its double digit years ago now so I can say that) I was the ONLY girl
runner on the Cross Country Team (are you seeing a pattern here of my sports
career growing up) BUT…. We wanted to pull together and get a full team of
girls together to be able to finish in the team standings. Therefore…dad started to review his knowledge
of kids as well as my friends. Dad’s
next move was to put the little notice in the newspaper highlighting the upcoming
start of cross country season. Along
with that little bit of information is a list of runners who were signed up for
cross country (several of those runners didn’t sign up for ANYTHING) but Dad
knew once they saw their name in the paper they would “feel bad” not doing
it. One of those names was Holli and
sure enough she ran that cross country season J
Along with Melanie Jones, Megan Walker, Kylea Goff…well you get the idea….
True signs of a great coach; pick kids who can’t say no.
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| Dad Coaching Holli in High School |
Holli and I were forced to be friends I suppose since our mom’s
taught grade school together so we were always stuck with each other after
school, faculty senate days and so forth.
Good thing we got along J Since the kindergarten years we’ve traveled the world
together, ran for opposing college teams, attended cross country camps, and
still love to run miles together. I
should give her a great deal of credit as well as a contributing factor of a
cause and effect for a reason I live and was able to move back to WV J
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| Holli and I In Paris |
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| Holli Me and Melanie During Our College Running Days |
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| Dad and Holli Coaching at a Cross Country Meet
I just
wanted to add a little bit to this blog post for those who don’t know. That little trick dad played about putting the
girl’s names in the newspaper…a few short years later that group of hard
working girls did end up being state runners up in the WV State Cross Country
Meet. That was the start to the
continuing growing “family” of Ritchie County Cross Country.
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| 2000 State Runner Up Cross Country Team- Ritchie County |
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| Dad Accepting the\ WV State Runner Team Cross Country Trophy Season Year 2000 |
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