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An Open Letter to My High School Cross-Country Coach� |� Paige SmithPublished by
An Open Letter to My High School Cross-Country Coach Posted: 12/02/2014 1:03 pm EST Updated: 3 hours ago
Yesterday, I was running at the beach. As I was plodding along the same tilte shoreline where we used to do hour-long runs, my trainers sinking and slipping into the soft wet sand, my thoughts drifted inevitably to high school cross-country practice.
I thought about how we used to shed our T-shirts and tuck them through the racer-back part of our sports bras as we hit the beach and the afternoon heat set in. I remembered all the times when you walked alongside us as we ran through the deepest and driest patches of sand during grueling interval repeats. Girls, this is strength training, you told us. Read the full article at: www.huffingtonpost.com
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