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Race Day
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Now its crazy that its already here. My first race back at Hayward field since the State Championships last year. I have been waiting for this day all track season long, and now its here. We were at the track yesterday and I love the atmosphere of Hayward. I jogged 2 laps around the track after our shake out run. I could still see pictures in my head of past races, both good and bad. There is no place better to run than Hayward, I truly believe that. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for my Lord and savior. He has given me the best birthday gift I could have ever asked for. My mentality about racing has completely changed lately. It's not about winning or running fast anymore, its about going out there and beating my body into the ground because its the least I can do for my savior. I won't be able to experience the pain my savior went through for me, but this is the closest I can get. Don't get me wrong, my mind is never 100% focused on this before racing. I'm human and tend to be selfish because of it. But I know where my heart is and no matter how many times I forget my goal and my reason for being out there, my heart always comes back to it when I'm done. I guess what I'm trying to say is, that I'm not thinking of God every second of my life because that is completely unrealistic, but as long as my heart is in the right place and I have a relationship with the lord, it doesn't matter because he loves me no matter what. So tonight I'm going to go and run my butt of for the lord in front of that crowd and if it goes well then it goes well, and if it doesn't then it doesn't, but I'm not going to walk away from that track saying that I could have gone faster, or pushed myself harder. I'm going to give it my all for my savior!!!
-Jake Keyser |