Colby - college article

[frojoe23]

I was excited to see a nice article from Colby on here this morning. It is interesting to get his perspective on how tough it is for him to run with all of the demands of being a college student.
I can't remember what it was like (it has been that long ago), but I do remember that I was much like Colby's female teammate - I enjoyed being able to set my own schedule more. I didn't like the confines of a practice, but being able to run as far and as slow as I wanted was great.

But I do agree with Colby that running alone sucks! I used to like it very much, but it is too hard to get out the door without having people to meet.

[woody]

Amen to that...I have found it extremely difficult to get out and run when I don't have anyone to run with. When I am meeting someone to run I don't want to let them down, but if I am running by myself i find myself making a lot of excuses on why i can take the day off.

[bevj]

Nice article Colby. I felt the same after finishing my high school running career and starting college. It was hard at first because I was accustomed to training with my high school teammates for four years. Then college rolls around and we had all gone our seprate ways. So for awhile I was running solo, but I was lucky enough to find other students at my college (it wasn't hard since we have less than 700 students at Garrett!) that felt the same. It was a huge motivation to have others that were willing to get some miles in during the harsh winters of western Maryland. It helped me get out of bed and get moving, where if I had nobody to run with, I may have just stayed in bed under the warm covers.