10 X Flying 40s on the Alta track with 800 recovery jog. 8.25 miles total with the warm-up and cool-down. Flying 40s at 100% effort. 5k type workout for my half marathon on Saturday. Much better day. Smoothed out things with my boys after their lackluster effort at practice yesterday. Much improved attitudes today. Abby had her forst day of middle school. Watching her nervousness and uncertainty about a new school has given me a new empathy for the kids I teach. As a teacher I have a reputation as a bit of a hard a _ _. But I'm definitely mellowing the longer I do this. Part of it is the fact that I taught at a pretty rough school my first six years in South Carolina and you had to get that way to survive. I was always breaking up fights, catching kids selling drugs in class, committing deviant acts in the restrooms etc.... but that sort of stuff happens rarely at Alta High. This stuff makes me generally happy that I moved to Utah. We had back to school night at Andy's school. Second grade this year. Mrs. Lemon, his teacher, is possibly the calmest person I've ever met. This will serve her well with Andy. First cross country meet is Thursday at the Highland Invitational at Sugar House Park. A lot of big question marks for my team with the exception of Kramer who will be in everyones top five in the U.S. lists. We'll see how things shake out. The first three meets will be key. This is my favorite time of year - fall and the start of a new XC season.
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