(While getting ready for school this morning:) The stereo blasts, the floors jump, the windows beat, and the kids chant:
"This is 10% LUCK,
20% SKILL,
15% concentrated power of WILL,
5% PLEASURE,
50% PAIN,
and 100% reasons to remember MY NAME."
Quickly followed by "We will, we will, ROCK YOU", and "We are the CHAMPIONS my friends and we'll keep on FIGHTIN'(sometimes substituted by RUNNIN') to the end".
Is this just another "NORMAL" Wednesday in the Turner Family?
No, today is special, today is not only RACE DAY, it is REGIONALS.
Carb loading has been done (we had the team dinner here last night--and can I just marvel again at how much food 22 teenage runners can put away--awe inspiring!), spikes have been cleaned, pep talks have been given, legs have been shaved--girls and BOYS alike, and the PUMP UP music has been made (the team downloaded music onto a CD for each team member--so they would all be listening to the same inspirational tunes--can you image what the bus ride over to the meet must be like?) and listened to (over and over at record breaking noise levels).
The RAMS are ready.... RUN RAMS, RUN! Goodluck!
(I tend to giggle a little at their intensity, but I do remember these days myself, when what I was doing was my LIFE--it is fun to remember.)
BTW, I am nervous, Alec is expected to medal (pressure!) and the coach has Regan (my little girl) running Varsity (she is a freshman).... I guess if you are as FAST as the big girls...you get to RUN with the big girls.
