~:[CH11 - Day 206]:~ Development
Freshman year, I almost cut this athlete. Almost every race, he fell and didn't finish the race. During the pandemic, he was one of the few frosh-soph athletes in distance so we had to run him in more races than he should have, but he didn't complain. Today, he ended up running the longest run in his career and did so in a decent pace. One of my alumni asked me why I don't cut too many athletes and it's because of things like this that I try to keep an athlete around. If an athlete is making and effort and doesn't cause a ruckus, I try to find a way to keep them around. He almost caused too big of a ruckus freshman year, but I am glad he stuck around. There are those moments for a student, an athlete or everyone for that matter where you suddenly find a moment where you surprise yourself. A moment where you figure things out after a long struggle and find that moment of exhilaration. He was exhausted, but I also know there was a lot of satisfaction at the end of the day. Saying I was proud today would probably be an understatement as when you see the development of someone right in front of your eyes, it is truly satisfying. For each of us, there will be those moments of struggle, those areas we have to work super hard just to reach where others are already, however, I hope you keep striving and never back down as just like today, you're bound to find that moment of true satisfaction. A moment that although you may be exhausted, you can't help but smile.
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