The Montoya's

Time for things to slow down (a little).

Today is the day after the cross country season has ended for the 2010 season. We had our state championships yesterday in Rio Rancho and I have to say it was a good day and Socorro XC has lots to be proud of and an even brighter future to look forward to. On the boys side we continued our climb up the XC ladder and placed 7th as a team. We also had the 2nd best pack time (time difference between our first and fifth scoring runners) in the entire field regardless of classification and we avenged our loss to Ruidoso from the week before at the district championships. In 2009 we finished 10th and the year before we weren't able to qualify a team for State so we are improving but like running and endurance sports, it takes consistent work over time.

On the girls side we finished 8th as a team and had the programs first all-state runner as we had the 4th place individual finisher. The great thing about this girl is that she is a freshman and 2 of the 3 girls ahead of her were seniors. I hope she stays motivated about running and she surrounds herself with friends who encourage her to improve. Similar to the boys, the girls improved from the previous year where they finished 9th and from 2008 when we didn't even have enough girls to make a team.

Although I'm already looking forward to next season I am even more looking forward to my family and friends. I want to spend even more time with them and I don't think I've been to Las Cruces or Phoenix for some time. Not to mention Boise to visit my hot mess sister-in-law. Next weekend my nephew will be running in the state championships XC race for NM Junior Olympics and I am looking forward to that as he is a future star of NM XC. This month will also bring Thanksgiving in Alamogordo and I'm looking forward to all that delicious food and taking a turkey overdose induced nap. And in December, Lindsey will run her first marathon and I am so proud of the work she has been putting in. I haven't been to Sin City since I was too young to sin.

Well hopefully you can expect some more posts from now on... Now that I've got some free time ;)

-Steven