I Said It And I Still Mean It

Things have been going really well up north since school resumed almost a month ago.  Firstly, I couldn't be more satisfied with the way I've been running lately.   As I was talking a lot about in my last blog, I got to put in some solid work back home over the holidays to get ready for this season and it's starting to pay off.  Since Christmas, it seems like every workout has been better than the last.  I've just been in a really nice groove where it seems like everything is falling right into place.  Cross country and track seem like night and day already, and the outdoor season hasn't even begun.  The Kevin from cross country season seems like a distant memory that I would really like to forget about.  But the truth is that I wouldn't be where I am today if I hadn't run so poorly in cross country.  As time goes on, I'm beginning to understand that the cross country season wasn't a failure at all.  Just like Good ol' Thomas Edison said, "I haven't failed, I've just found 10 000 ways that don't work."  Let's be honest here, I found a whole load of ways that didn't work in cross country.  But those mistakes I made were the ones that needed to be fixed for this season, and I think that because I'm taking care of what I need to I've been able to get back on track and I couldn't be more psyched for the season to begin.  We're about a month out from our first race, so now it's all about consistency in workouts and stringing together good, hard weeks of running.  As soon as I get racing, I'll try to throw up some more blog posts and update the Schedule/Results page.  Until then, you can be sure that the Seawolves are working hard for a big season and that we'll be ready to rock and roll in California 27 days from now.