New Kids On The Block

I wouldn't describe it as awkward anymore. Coming back to the track team this year wasn't like just starting high school track last year. I was pretty scared out of my mind to be one of two white kids on the sprinting team my freshman year, and this year I'm one of three. Slight improvement? Sure. Needless to say though, these girls are great.
Even though I run mid-distances [800, 4x4, 4x8] I still like to train with the sprinters. We're a pretty solid team, no matter what we do, whether it be doing tempo runs or lifting weights. It's like one, giant mixed family, full of twice removed cousins and uncles, divorces, and crazy marriages and adopted children. But it works out in the end. I guess we're doing something right if we're reigning district champions two years in a row. But that's just my opinion.
Now that volleyball is over though, I've finally gotten the chance to think about my future this year for track season. I have a few goals for this up and coming winter/spring schedule. It's going to be a tough, but rewarding year for my running career, and I'm excited.
I plan to:

• Run at least five 5K races.
• Run in one 10k race.
• Hit 2:49 [my district champion time from finals last year/PR] by season open.
• Make under 2:40 by the time season closes.
• Make district champion in the 800m two years running.

Like I said, it's going to be a tough year. I wouldn't lie. But seriously, if I can knock almost a whole minute off of my first race time last year, speeding up fifteen seconds more shouldn't be a problem at all. I guess all I can do for now is train hard at school, train hard at the gym, and hope I have the power to run crazy.

Keep it real,

Alex

The Starting Line.

So I'm new here. Kind of lost, but finding my way little by little. It seems like just yesterday I decided to make that tiny scrollbox on my myspace page and begin to write what I thought was good sense. But no, amazingly enough that was awhile ago. And I continue to write, even though I probably only get all of two viewers. Which I don't mind at all.
Wow, but where are my manners? For those of you who have no idea who this is, or what I'm talking about with all of this 'scrollbox' business, let me introduce myself. My name is Alex. I'm a high school runner with a love for writing. I have one best friend, and great good friends. My family is one of the most important things in my life. And I love living in Texas. End of story. About a year and a half ago I began a little box on my myspace page called 'my journalbox' where I jotted down petty ramblings about my everyday life and how it was slowly changing. So now, I've decided to graduate to a maybe bigger form of conveying these things; blogging. Over the course of this year, and maybe even into next year, I'll keep you posted. I'll be writing moments, happenings, training dates, times, and agonies, the best and the worsts, the obscure and the quite clear. So stay on the edge of your seats...kind of.

keep it real,

alex