Friday, October 24, 2008

Running, coach or group?

For the last week I have been working at getting acclimated to this new environment. The city is beautiful as I have seen before and have been told by many different people. The biggest challenge so far has been getting into a normal schedule, however, this normal schedule that I think I am in is going to change.
Before I got here I expected that I would be part of club team from the start. I was anticipating landing in Prague on Friday the 17th, drop my things off, get shown around town or the school then head off to practice with the team that I would joining. As it turns out God has different plans for me. While raising my support and talking with people about what I am here for I always told them that I am going to be joining a club team, I will be running with a really fast group of guys and that is going to be my main mission field.
God surprised me, the day I left the states what I had been telling everyone was true, there was a group that I would be joining with and I was going to be running with a very fast group of guys. When I left Billy got a call and found out in short that the club I was to join is no more.
With this new news Billy has been helping me greatly try to find what I will be doing. He knows that I am going to be doing something with running. It is just now time to answer how. On Wednesday the 22nd we met with a coach that Billy has been working with for many years now. This guy is great. There are many people that speak highly of him. From all that I have gathered is that he is a top coach when it comes to running.
One big problem, he is not coaching a team. He currently coaches 2 athletes, and they are 800 runners, not the distance that I have any strength in. Second to having no group of runners is that he will be leaving the country now and then in order to go training with his athlete. I still have a great vibe from this coach, he also speaks English.
That afternoon Billy and I went over to a club and found the coach who is working with a group. A group of runners is a real bonus. The downside of this group is that the coach does not speak any English, time to learn Czech. The fact that there is a group makes this option more ideal. Billy and I are going to talk more about the options and soon I will be either running for a coach that has a great reputation, or I will be joining the coach that has a group of runners.
Please pray for the people of Czech Repbulic.

Friday, October 17, 2008

Praha

I write this tired. I am here! The support has brought me over, I am sitting at the sports university in the computer lab just plain worn out. Thank you all for your support. I will write more in a few days when I feel that my head wont hit the keyboard.