Rainy Monday

Ladies,

Get your physicals in. Get your physicals in. Get your physicals in.

Oh, and while I'm at it - get your physicals in.

It was a fine morning to run, if nothing else. One great benefit of rain is it greatly diminishes the suffering scale of excessive heat and humidity. Sure, it's uncomfortable, but it isn't suffering. Big difference!

We are in a very good place after a fine summer of running. I'm feeling so strongly that we're going to have a great season. More than that, this group of girls seems to be gelling well, and it's so fun to be a part of it.

We are one month away from our opening meet. One. Month. Can you believe it? It's true, and it's really time to start thinking numbers.

I always think in terms of State Series. Here are a few goals I have for the team:

• Top-3 in Sectional
• Top-5 in Regional
• Top-6 in Semi-State, or as many top-10 girls (after teams) as we can get
• State Meet Appearance. 

I'd probably add to that a Top-3 finish in Conference, but that's a little harder to see this far out. It's at Madison this year and I have no idea of the course and how that may favor/disfavor us. It's also outside our season focus (slightly). Priority always goes to State Series. 

You may not believe this, but I don't own a crystal ball. I can't see the future, but I can read trends. With the data I have now, I know we're a much stronger team than last year. It's not even close. I am extremely confident we can get through to Semi-State if we stay healthy. That fires me up - a lot! 

Yes, we have a couple weeks of summer left. Let's make them count!