excellence defined

I woke up at 5-something this morning and lazily lounged in bed until sometime after 6 when I got up, dressed, had some coffee, and a short look over my bible (Galatians 5 and Joshua 12). Then I woke up the kids at 6:45 as I headed out the door to the gym. How did that happen? I guess that’s what the body does when it has enough sleep.

I don’t know if the boys feel that our early to bed experiment has paid off, but it has been life changing for me. Sure, it’s annoying to start yawning at 9:30, but overall shutting down before 10 has been a big WIN.

The cross country weekend was a success — we were proud of how much effort our boys and the entire team put forth in their races. On day one, both Caleb and Carter had photo finishes at the line. Carter’s man came from behind and Carter held him off by using his long stride to get over the line first.

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And Caleb came from behind, stepped around the other runner who was trying to block him with his body and arm and managed to lean in and plant over the line at the last second. And then his foot slipped on the grass and they tumbled over the line. A coach from another school said it was one of the best efforts she’s seen at the end of a race.

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Hard work pays off! They were very happy with bronze and only a few points away from silver. None of our runners finished in the top 5, but they all finished close together and managed to gather more points than those teams that had both fast and slow runners. I love seeing my boys compete together and will really miss this part of Cross Country next year.

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It’s 9:30 and my bedtime alarm just went off so I’m signing off. Trying to keep a good thing going and maintain this new habit!