Colin Parrish guest blog

Next summer will be 10 years since I first met Coach Allan and joined Central cross country. I never knew how much it would change my life and help me develop my future. I wanted to share one of my best experiences. For those of you that are new to the team, you have yet to experience "ball busters". Without a doubt the hardest workout you will do as a runner if you push yourself hard enough on them. Summer before my senior year, I decided to go for the record of 16. To put that into running terms, that's running 2:00 hard, 2:00 easy, 1:00 hard, 1:00 easy, 30 seconds hard, 30 seconds easy continuously. That's 1 set. I got through set 15 and didn't know if I had another set in me. As I was coming down the hill, I turned the corner to see all my teammates cheering as hard as they could for me. I decided not only to set/break the record, but to do it on the harder of the two hills to push myself more. I ended at 18 and had only my teammates to thank for that. Especially Ronnie Kyllo and Skyler Wixo (now my Wife Skyler Parrish). Keep your mind and heart in this sport and always trust yourself. You
truly have no idea just how far it will take you. Above all, listen to every tip Coach Allan gives you. Good luck to all you runners this season!!!

GO KNIGHTS!