Superstars – Not so off-season!
by greenglove ~ August 14th, 2009. Filed under: for team members, share, superstars, week in review.Superstars of the not-so-off season!
One the biggest rewards you can receive as a coach is to see your athletes out exercising on their own, and I have to tell you, I had one of my most exciting weeks last week! As I was out running last Wednesday night, a man crossed the street ahead of me and hopped onto the trail running about 10 yards in front of me…Who was this unknown jogger? None other than our very own Allen Vary, who was out reintroducing his muscles to the pounding of running after spending a long summer on the bike. The next day, I once again found myself out at Green Lake for my run. As I rounded the curve where Green Lake meets Aurora to head in toward the aquatheater, I …almost literally…ran smack into Micah Gwinn, and Stephen and Lenore Miller. They have been keeping true to their promise to maintain their training regimen througout the summer months.
And…several weekends ago, I met with Jennifer Herlihy and Bridget O’Connor out at the dirt track at Green Lake. They have decided to take their training to another level and are now getting together once a week to do interval workouts on the track. With the incredible base they’ve built up over the past 5-6 years, it’s the perfect next step for them!
But…as excited as I was for myself…(I mean how cool is it that people are taking this exercise stuff seriously)…I was even more excited for each one of them. To think that not that long ago, being able to walk around Green Lake might not have even been a possibility, and now, to realize that being able to do so can be an every day occurence…well…that just has to be a pretty amazing feeling. I am so looking forward to watching all of their progress over the next few months, and I definitely cannot wait to see how all of this hard work pays off on November 29th!
