~:[CH7 - Day 83]:~ Rising Up

~:[CH7 - Day 83]:~ Rising Up

It was another full day at a track meet, but with most of the distances running last night, I was able to go around and get to a lot of other events. We had a number of athletes shine and we also had a few tumble. The most entertaining was at the end of the 100m when one of our athletes leaned to second but lost his balance. It looked like he'd get a nice scrape, but ended up with a beautiful tumble that had it right back up. My DMR team fell just short of the qualifying mark for Arcadia and a few athletes just missed out on PRs and medals. We also had those who came through and PRs, medaled and even those who skied high, like our high jumper who easily cleared 6' 6" with this jump. Track meets are often a great parallel to life as sometimes we have those breakthroughs and sometimes, just when it looks like we're going to take a tumble, we end up unscathed. When you have a bad day, you just need to refocus and stay motivated and inspired, so that you can be ready when your next opportunity arrives. Regardless, each of these meets and every one of these moments is precious and should be cherished. I was exhausted by the end of the day and just wanted to crash, but it was definitely a great day and it's nice to see our team rising up as we hit the mid-point of our season.