Don’t forget that the Two Rivers Twosome 10K will be having packet pick up Thursday afternoon from 4-7 at Peak Performance, 168th & W. Center location. You can still register too and you should because this Saturday’s weather forecast calls for a high in the 50s. Good Clean Living indeed!
Our NRGE mate Mike Wasson will be in Boulder Saturday taking on America’s best at the USA Cross Country National Championships. In the team competition I am proud that the Lincoln Running Company Racing Team is sending a full masters team. Craig Christians, Ivan Ivanov, Brian Kelley, Darin Schlake, Jason Schmaderer and Thomas Woods IV. These old cats would be my “Nebraska masters dream team” and should be very competitive in their division, can’t wait to report on their success come Monday.
Getting some good reading over on ndorfnz.com One of the topics is “Who you gunnin for?” My pat answer has always been: Everyone. I’ve unabashedly placed targets on people’s backs since moving here in 2001. Elevated the competitiveness of first Team Nebraska and now NRGE. Some people were flattered, others, well let’s just say that I was the source of their discontent. No apologies. I recall one athlete relentlessly pursuing me around the SAC Museum during the Leprechaun Chase post party, shouting and accusing me of personally ruining their running career, imagine that. It takes a Mentally Tough individual to handle the pressures of competition. It matters not what talent level you have, if you’re mentally weak then you are easy pickings, if not sooner surely later.
Seeing some real mental toughness on display at the Winter Olympics. One thing each of these athletes share is the ability to visualize success. Visualization then is one of the strongest arrows in any athlete’s quiver. Seeing success. Breathing success. Dreaming success. Succeeding success.
I’m not just a summer Olympics fan. This 1998 Nagano poster really captures the spirit of the Winter Games for me.
This one is pretty cool too.
And of course Salt Lake in 2002. My old buddy (and here I use the term loosely) Mitt Romney was the leader.
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