Thank you soooo much for your wonderful support and encouragement, everyone!! Have I mentioned how much I love you guys???
It's not set in stone that I'll be the choice for the position, because for all I know, someone else may have his/her eye on it, but my husband plans to tell the athletic director that he wants me to do it. I may not ALWAYS be able to run with the kids. I guess I have this idea that I should do that because my husband always does, but he's not your usual coach, I think. Many coaches kind of sit on the side and tell the kids what to do, but he hates that kind of coach. Well, I plan to be both kinds...haha. I'll run with the kids some, but when they're doing speed workouts, I'll just time them and cheer them on!!!
Also, I plan to make contributions in other ways. They have a team meal every week, so I can organize that with the parents. I can certainly help with paperwork. I already have an idea for setting up a group forum on runningahead.com and having the kids log their runs in there to track their progress (my school is all about getting the kids to do technology-related stuff whenever we can, so this will make me and my husband look good AND help the kids). More than all that, though, I plan on being VERY into the motivation and inspiration side of things.
I don't want to get my hopes up too much about it, because I may not end up in the position. But even if I don't get it, I plan to go out and run with the kids sometimes anyway. Many of the kids have been my students in the past (or will be this upcoming year), and I'm all about supporting them anyway. Plus, this is the first time my husband will be a head coach instead of an assistant, and he can use my support as well. In the spring, he'll be a head track coach too!
Again, I just want to thank you guys for saying such nice things!! It helped me to figure out that I really DO want to do this!
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