Braves,
Out of 36 races on Friday night, 30 of them were personal or
seasonal bests. That is an incredible number. Laurie set two new school indoor
records, in the 1600 and 800 by a combined 12 seconds. Before her first race
she said “I’m not even worried about this race” as she anxiously jumped up and
down and shook her hands, then following that up with intense pacing. All that “lack
of worry” paid off and she ran an
impressive race.
Another highlight of the meet was Dodds running his 400.
Last season he ran more 400s indoors than anybody else. This year he has been
excited to race them as he tries to reach new goals. He ran a 61 on Friday and
was pretty livid, which speaks to his drive to reach his goals. I don’t care if
you are the fastest on the team, or the slowest, you have to be able to set
goals and work towards them if you want to improve. I was happy with Dodds’
race because you could see his fight all the way to the line. Since last year
Dodds has cut off 7 seconds in his 400. Show me someone who has cut off 7
seconds in a 400 in one season and I will show you someone who has put in work
over those 12 months to get better. Dodds wasn’t thrilled with his time, but
sometimes that is how goal setting works. We set high goals which are realistic
and work towards them. Sometimes we come up short, but ultimately we make it
further than we would have had we not set a goal.
I am sad that the indoor season is winding down. It might
just be my favorite season of the year. Luckily we have an awesome outdoor
season waiting for us when we get back from Simplot. Our first outdoor meeting
will be on Monday 2/27. Our first practice will be the day after that. I hope
all of you can make it for the outdoor season. I know circumstance has made it
so many of you weren’t able to give a full commitment to indoor, or you had to
leave the team early. Outdoor track is a new season and a new team with a lot
of new faces. Though our indoor team is going to play a huge role in what
happens outdoors, I want those who weren’t able to do indoor the entire season,
or at all, to know that they are a valued part of our team as we move outdoors.
It’s a fresh start and a new season and I hope we can take advantage of it.
Next week’s email will be the last one for this email list.
We appreciate all you have done since the end of November up until now. We put
in a lot of hard work and have seen some great improvements. As we head
outdoors those times will begin to drop even more as the fruits of our labors
during the winter months begin to come out. Those of you not going to Simplot
are still encouraged to practice with us this week on Monday-Wednesday.
Those going to Simplot will receive another email here
shortly with a few reminders and what to expect this week.
Thanks for all you do, see you tomorrow.
Coach Jacobson
