Change is Good

It's been a hectic week, to say the least. I started Park City Track on Monday and I was honestly terrified. It's always hard for me to start something new because I worry about being weak compared to the others. I'm the kind of person that feels the need to be the best at everything, which is obviously not possible and I'm still trying to accept that. Anyway, after a couple days I had finally prepared myself for the first day. Everyone had hyped up the first week as being hell week, I was just anxious to get the workout. Monday finally came and I walked up to the high school with a couple of people and we all got dressed. 2:45 hit and the entire team gathered in the lunch room. The coaches explained a couple things and we were off to the inside track (because it was literally freezing outside). I was relieved after the coach said we would just be learning the warm up the first day. It was very tedious, but we all got through it.
Tuesday we also had track (we have it everyday). The coaches and teammates all warned us that it would actually be hard that day. We warmed up inside and headed outside for the workout, personally I like being outside because there is fresh air and usually a nice breeze. Once everyone got to the track the coaches told us the workout. We had to sprint the long sides of the track (little over 100 m) and jog the short sides, we were to do this eight times. I thought I was going to die when they said that, but when we started I seemed to be doing pretty well. I finished and I was feeling pretty good. The coaches then announced that we were to do that again for five minutes and see how many we could get in. I paced myself and ended up getting the amount the coaches were looking for. I enjoyed it and it made me feel good about running (which has never happened before, ever).
Now onto today. Our workout was "hills", which reminds me of little league football. We did our warmup inside like usual and then put our layers on and went outside. This time we all jogged for about half a mile to the graveyard. We got there and the coaches informed us that we would be running around 70 m up a fairly steep hill eight times, and up a very short hill four times. I only ran four of the long ones because my coach didn't want me to be burned out for the lacrosse tournament this weekend, which was kind of annoying. We finished in about a half hour and then went back to the high school for some strength training. After that I did a leg and core workout with some of the football boys which was interesting to say the least.
I'm glad I joined the team and I guess we will see what's in store for the season. Now onto Vegas for lacrosse!

Sweet shirts that our lacrosse seniors made for vegas!

New Year, New Me?

So basically 2014 flew by and now it's magically 2015. And basically I changed over night. I'm an entirely different person. I don't even think my name is Morgan anymore..
Just kidding! I honestly hate when people say "new year, new me" because no one can change at the snap of a finger. But, I do think people can change over the course of a year. But this is besides the point.
This new year, 2015, I am getting the chance to play on the Park City lacrosse team. I haven't mentioned this before but I have played lacrosse for a couple years and I love it. I realize this is a football blog, but it's also my blog and lacrosse is a big part of my life.
Starting tomorrow, January 8, we have our first official practice. I have mixed emotions. It's always rough starting a new season with new people and different coaches. But I've learned from football that the key is to have a positive mind set and go with the flow. So that is exactly what I am going to do. Also, the good thing about lacrosse is all my girl friends play it. With football it's a lot of fun being with the boys, but it is also very intimidating. Being with the girls is more relaxing (but don't get me wrong some of the girls are very intimidating) and it's nice being able to talk to them if I'm having problems. We'll see how it goes tomorrow and I'll update you guys after !

My friends and I after we won our first playoff game! (last year)

I am also thinking about doing track in the spring on top of lacrosse. It sounds like a lot, and it will be, but I've always wanted to do it and what better time than now? If I do follow through with this little idea of mine I would have track from 3-5 and lacrosse from 5:45-7:45 every day. The reason why I would even think about putting myself through this hell is because I need to work and train on running and what better way than track. I would probably end up running the 100, 200, and throw shot-put (football would help with that). My dad threw in high school and held the state record in California so I have a lot to live up to..
It'll be interesting to see what I decide to do, and all that I hope for is that I am happy doing it. Sports have always been a HUGE part of my life and I hope to incorporate in more throughout the years. I want this year to be the year I have drastic improvement in everything sports, I know it's going to take a lot but I'm willing to put in a lot of time and effort to make this year the best one yet.
Stayed tuned to see what ends up happening!
Peace n' blessins