I Love Running
We won. My team won our 8th collegiate league championship in the last 10 years and 3rd in a row.
They are amazing but this one was personally necessary. One of my assistants took a job with our rival and shared just about everything that gave us an edge. He did nothing wrong and I don’t bother with secrets in training or strategy, but internally, I found it annoying.
The head coach of our rival is new and has been successful. He is a good guy but insecure and so finds ways to inflate his ego. That’s very human but also annoying. For the first time in 32 years coaching this team, I was struggling with the thought of losing to this team while outwardly making sure my athletes didn’t carry that burden.
We won and I need to fix my attitude. Even so, nationals, where we were runner up last year is next on the agenda and I have to refocus now.
Just venting, sorry if you read this whole thing. 🙂
They are amazing but this one was personally necessary. One of my assistants took a job with our rival and shared just about everything that gave us an edge. He did nothing wrong and I don’t bother with secrets in training or strategy, but internally, I found it annoying.
The head coach of our rival is new and has been successful. He is a good guy but insecure and so finds ways to inflate his ego. That’s very human but also annoying. For the first time in 32 years coaching this team, I was struggling with the thought of losing to this team while outwardly making sure my athletes didn’t carry that burden.
We won and I need to fix my attitude. Even so, nationals, where we were runner up last year is next on the agenda and I have to refocus now.
Just venting, sorry if you read this whole thing. 🙂
61-69, M
