Make it all count

It just hit me really hard today that this is it. This is the last time I’m ever gonna race as a caveman. I can’t believe it’s already over when I first started this sport I never imagined it was gonna become one of the most amazing heart warming band bittersweet things I would ever do in my life. 

The seniors of every year will tell you that it might seem forever when you start but it flies by. And it really does. Sitting here realizing this is gonna be the last year I race with my boys the last time I get to cheer on the varsity that I have spent more time with than any one who isn’t my immediate family. Doing that painful hill workout where all you want to do is die. Hugging that team mate that just got a new PR. Or just hanging out and making jokes. 

I don’t know where I would be today without this sport. It’s given me so much, a second family, self worth, and so much more. It’s always weird to be at a race go to cheer some one on and then realize that they graduated that they aren’t there this time. Buts even weirder and harder to realize that this is it. That the next time this race happens you aren’t gonna be there in your team colors. That win or loose this is it for you. When you start out it doesn’t ever seem like it’s gonna end. But the reality is that almost every one never wants to go when the time comes. Every one who has done this sport knows the reason why we’re all so tight is because we all go through the same crappy work outs together. We see each other at our best and at our worst time and time again. There are things that we can talk about and do that we can’t with our best friends because of our experiences. But it all comes with a price tag. Don’t ever waste it. That ridiculous joke in the locker room. That prank you play on coach that gets every one laughing. Getting that PR you’ve been shooting for all season. It all ends even if you go to college level there is only ever a tiny number of people who get to run on a team for more than 8 years of their life. It all ends and that’s ok. Change is part of life. But you don’t ever get to do this part of your life twice. And like it or not some of these guys are the ones that you’re either gonna be friends with or talk about for the rest of your life.

- @Vectavistano ( Robert Richards )