hey, check it out, i'm back! after a long time of not doing anything on the internet, it's the beginning of the track season, and i can already tell it's going to be a good year on monday varsity guys did a 6-mile run and i finished 3rd of 5, and one of those five was in college. i must also note that i came in in front of james fazzio and matt riley, my high school's #1 and #3 cross-country guys, (i was #4) so a very good start then yesterday (tuesday) we ran a mile warm-up, then 2-and-a-half of the state's most challenging 3-mile course (my time was 17:30, a pretty good clip) and i came in fourth behind james and matt and jack leng (cross-country's #2) out of seven then we ran (same workout, ha!) 3 800's on the track, and i ran 2:36 (second place, behind matt) and 2:37 (third place, behind matt and james) and on the last one i was racing jack for third down the home stretch (i've never beaten jack in the finishing sprint before) and we got going so fast that we almost caught up to matt and james! but the reason i've never beaten jack is because he's just as fast as me, but a better distance guy, so i'm always behind him, and when i come up on him, he takes off and i'm tired. so i was just trying to focus on him, and in the last 30 meters i managed to let the beast out and rocketed by him LORD, JESUS, I RUN FOR YOU!!! i can already tell i'm going to be fast this season... our first meet is on feb 22th. if i can get my mile under 5:00 that day, by the end of the season i'll be unstoppable! the Bible says that a man can work hard and enjoy the benefits he gets from his work, that's a gift from God... ooh, baby baby, am i enjoying the benefits! everybody pray for my season, that i don't get bogged down with injuries and uncool stuff like that and that i can run fast and bring glory to Him! i probably won't be on in a while again, but the next time my physics class goes to the computer lab, maybe, and then i'll see all your wonderful comments and prayers, right? thanks, even if you don't! -run for Jesus