cross country

After seven

LONG

challenging

rewarding

amazing

fun

quick

years, 

my career as a TMB Panther Cross Country member is over.

And I am

happy

and 

sad

at the same time.

Cross country has taught me so many things,

determination

hard work

ambition

winning isn't everything

and I am really going to miss it.

Especially the

bus rides

races

stretching times

camaraderie with the team

inside jokes

and most importantly,

the memories

I am forever thankful 

for the time that I spent on this team

that I was voted captain my senior year

for the people who encouraged me along the way

the fact that I stuck with it for seven years

and that God gave me the ability to run.

This is another sad last that comes with being a senior.

But this doesn't mean that I am done running forever.

In fact, I've just begun.

(half marathon? marathon? various 5k's? we shall see.)

Photo credit: Deveraux Photography