Nationals Wisdom
Ethan Barron on Dec 17th 2011
As we prepared for the 2011 Cross Country National Championships, my 8-month-old said that he had something he wanted to say to the team. The following is the letter that he penned to the team. I don’t know where he picked up all the profanity, but we’ve already had a conversation about it. Dear big, […]
Nationals Thoughts (Take 4) – The Coach
Ethan Barron on Aug 11th 2010
Take a deep breath and hold it. Keep holding it. Keep going. Almost there. Just nine more months to hold your breath. Seriously…nine months. Sometimes, this is exactly how I feel every school year. And Nationals is the moment right before I get to exhale, sigh, take a deep breath, and recharge. You’d like to […]
Nationals Thoughts (Take 2) – The Parents
Ethan Barron on Jun 16th 2010
We asked each other, “Do you think he’s as excited as he was last year at this time?” We thought there had to be something special about the first time an athlete goes to nationals that could not be replicated a second or third time around. As we watched him compete for the third and […]
Nationals Thoughts (Take 1) – The Athlete
Ethan Barron on Jun 11th 2010
This year was a first for me and my wife…she came to nationals. Afterwards, she came up with the great idea of posting some of her thoughts on this site. I thought it would be great to expand that one step further. With that in mind, this will be a four part blog entry giving […]