With the Marathon and the fiscal 2009 behind us (yikes, first tax season for Tri-This! coming up!), minds are turning towards 2010 for Tri-This!
I have sent some emails out about the Kids Tri Camp and ways to get more kids - and volunteers - involved. Also, this week I have been able to get five kids so far fitted with brand or mostly-new shoes! Thank you Sierra Running Company for setting this up!
Tonight (Thursday) I'm going running with some students (after some Algebra II meetings after sixth period) at 4pm then swimming with the Fresno State Triathlon team at 6pm. Last night to get ready I went to the gym and did some weights then some light swimming. Wow, now I remember what people experience when they first start swimming! I hadn't swam much at all since the Shaver Lake Triathlon in September so felt very uncoordinated and 'ugly' in the water! Still managed to churn out a 1:05 100 yard freestyle though, but was sprinting and really tired afterwards!
Ahh, post-season! It's fun to reconnect with experienced kids that I haven't talked to in a while (Gabe, Vanessa, Betzaida, Benny, Lindsey, Sovann) and new ones that are just starting to get involved in this triathlon craziness (Jadiel, Adrian, James, Josh, Marcos)! Pictures will probably follow tomorrow at the picasaweb address: (Pictures)
-brandon
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Hope
Recently, there's been a lot of bad news.
- a 14 year old boy from Mendota molested then drowned a 4 year old neighbor boy and put the body in the dryer afterwards.
- the killing rampage on servicemen in Fort Hood, Texas
- rising apathy towards sex and life and death
and for myself, walking around the campus of mclane this morning on my prep, with the sun shining, I just had one thought:
We are here to provide hope. We are here to love people not because of what they do, but despite what they do. Being a coach and teacher who pretty much spends all of my waking hours with kids and communicating about kids after school, it's easy for me to get wrapped up in setting my worth with 'how' the students are doing. To tie my performance to theirs.
It is important how they do, but that's not the point! :-) For myself at least, I was reminded to keep trying and not to give up on kids no matter how many times they 'let me down' because it's not about me! For many kids, that 'third time' was the time that stuck, and now they're succeeding.
Have a great, restful weekend!
- a 14 year old boy from Mendota molested then drowned a 4 year old neighbor boy and put the body in the dryer afterwards.
- the killing rampage on servicemen in Fort Hood, Texas
- rising apathy towards sex and life and death
and for myself, walking around the campus of mclane this morning on my prep, with the sun shining, I just had one thought:
We are here to provide hope. We are here to love people not because of what they do, but despite what they do. Being a coach and teacher who pretty much spends all of my waking hours with kids and communicating about kids after school, it's easy for me to get wrapped up in setting my worth with 'how' the students are doing. To tie my performance to theirs.
It is important how they do, but that's not the point! :-) For myself at least, I was reminded to keep trying and not to give up on kids no matter how many times they 'let me down' because it's not about me! For many kids, that 'third time' was the time that stuck, and now they're succeeding.
Have a great, restful weekend!
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