He who runs the fastest, just so happens to beat the rest

I actually made up that quote, i thought it sounded cool, very obvious but then again its harder to remember that when running the actual race. Sometimes when I go around the track I feel like Im not moving at all, for some reason that finish line just doesn't seem to come any closer, the turn seems to become longer, and my legs just feel like solid lead. I will never understand those moments, they just randomly come about; I wonder if anyone else has them....
today I was talking with lauren moroder about running cross country and i kept saying all of these things to her about how hard it is and how difficult the practices were, and i started realizing to myself just how much I miss cross country. Of all the sports in high school that I have done, cross country is by far the one i enjoy the most. Its an individual sport yes, but we are such a small team that you get a close and inter personal bond with each member of the squad. It is actually amazing just how much you can enjoy others while running with them. I have had perhaps the weirdest conversations of my life while running with aman or loco, or possibly smeagal only he never ran with me. But the other thing i realized while talking to lauren is that I never really thought about just how hard cross country really was. Somedays I know i asked myself why do i put myself through all of this? the answer simply is- I love doing it, the feeling of running in the open air with the wind in my face is one i can't replace with anything else. The sound of the gun going off on a fair green golf course with the sun rising in your face is an amazing feeling, honestly no sport can match cross country in its joys and pains. After telling lauren about how the first week of practice is literally the worst week of it all, I remembered just how challenging it at times was, i pushed myself to my absolute limits and I created brand new ones. Ones which I still haven't explored fully. Its just proof that you have no limits in running, the only ones you have are the ones you place in front of yourself. the most important day is today and no one can take that feeling away!!!!