The Transition

Well, I am officially settled in my new home. It has been one of those changes that has both positives and negatives (I am not referring to my own personal running here). Positives: I love my school that I teach at, I am really pumped to be running for the GRC club team once again and my wife and I love the social atmosphere around the Maryland/D.C area. Top of the list in the negatives are being away from family. This was the reason why Holly and I decided to move back to Pennsylvania. At the same time, looking long term, it was going to be almost impossible to make it financially with the job market in the Phila area in our respective professional work fields. Along with family, my first and only high school cross country and track and field team that I ever had the opportunity to coach (Council Rock SOUTH), will sorely be missed. I never will be able to replicate the team I had the honor of coaching at South at any other school. With a couple of schools in need for a high school coach in the county down here, I decided to not coach and concentrate on my teaching and own personal running for the next 3 years. The team at Rock South is in the best hands as possible with Coach Warwick at the helm. He, along with my long time friend Mike Gross built this program in fall of 2002 (year that CR South was built). I would be uneasy if anyone else outside to the CR South XC family came in to coach this program... The guys are very lucky and I know they are going to continue on what they built last year... For a very successful Season!!!
My wife Holly begins her new job the day after labor day (Sept 8th). She is excited to be back at her old workplace in Rockville, MD where she worked in our previous stint in the MD/D.C area. Along with beginning work, Holly is finding more time for her own training. As much as my training has been hindered in the last 4 years, Holly has had a really tough time with her work schedule/commute and finding time to run while we were in PA. Her along with several other area women runners are putting together a GRC women's team that hopefully will be represented at the USATF club XC championships in December down in Kentucky.
I hope to keep this blog updated daily with details of my training, future plans and any points on life worthy of a post. Please feel free to post via comment under a post to let me know how everyone is doing (especially back home)...

Joey