Wildly inspired. TLDR: count me out and I’ll count on surprising you. Alternative TLDR: whether your team is for a country, your xc top 7, your jv roster, your state meet….BELIEVE AND KEEP IT UP! #longcaption ⤵️ In 2016 I watched my first World Championships in person as a fan. In 2022 I watched it as a friend. I’m watching athletes….Athletes I train along side, athletes I race and occasionally have beat. However there needs to be a highlight on those athletes that don’t achieve the “pinnacle” event. Even if an athlete fails to make a team, or in my case an athlete fails to make a final to make that team….all of a sudden our dreams get put on hold. “Next year” is the shift but that doesn’t mean we can make bounds right now. I’ve had a great amount of fun these past few races ending with a PB of #335 and coming within a half second of my first world standard. I’m an athlete that’s constantly knocking at the door of a breakthrough but i want to be the Kool-aid man. I want to sm...