I started assistant coaching at a middle school. They are weird around here and have track in the fall. So far I have been helping out with the high jump, which I know nothing about, the shot put, which I threw in 8th grade and that is the extent of my knowledge, and watching, or leading the running.
Watching running is fun. I get to stand there and tell other people that they have to run! Finally! Some of them are funny, like when they ask all wide eyed and innocent- you expect us to run for ten minutes? Without stopping to walk? Is that even physically possible? They are so innocent I haven't corrupted them yet, like by telling them how once I ran for ten hours.
They make me feel old, like when they are talking about when they are born and they used years like 2001 and 2002. What? That is a birth year? And because they have added new events to middle school track since my time- the 6x 200 meter relay, the softball throw instead of the discuss, and the triple jump. When I was in middle school they made me throw the shot put because we had about four 8th grade girls on our team. I ran the mile, the 800, the 4x2, the 100 and threw the shot put.
What I really want is to be on the team.
Watching running is fun. I get to stand there and tell other people that they have to run! Finally! Some of them are funny, like when they ask all wide eyed and innocent- you expect us to run for ten minutes? Without stopping to walk? Is that even physically possible? They are so innocent I haven't corrupted them yet, like by telling them how once I ran for ten hours.
They make me feel old, like when they are talking about when they are born and they used years like 2001 and 2002. What? That is a birth year? And because they have added new events to middle school track since my time- the 6x 200 meter relay, the softball throw instead of the discuss, and the triple jump. When I was in middle school they made me throw the shot put because we had about four 8th grade girls on our team. I ran the mile, the 800, the 4x2, the 100 and threw the shot put.
What I really want is to be on the team.
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