State Travel Journals: Zach Albright of St.Paul's Louisiana Running Dec 05, 2013

The Saint Paul's journey to state begins two days prior, as our team met early Sunday morning for a mass at a local monastery, St Joseph's Abbey. We have done numerous training runs through the overgrown trails of the Abbey, so I found it fitting that we should return here one last time before our final race. After the service, my teammate Michael Burke and I spent a great deal of effort trying to put our art history knowledge to the test and to discern whether the church was of Byzantine or Romanesque styles. After intensive thought, we decided it was a little bit of both. We all then went to Kraemer's house, got in our run for the day, and went home to prepare for the next day's trip. 

The Travel Journals: Drake Heinz of Benton Louisiana Running Dec 03, 2013

Coming into this year, team wise, we only lost one major contributor, Brandon Lewis.  He was fourth at the state meet last year and left a big spot to fill.  Over the season, our team has stepped up and brought their “A” game every single race.  We are undefeated two years in a row and I couldn’t imagine running with a greater group of guys. 

State Travel Journals: Bryan Stamey of Episcopal Louisiana Running Nov 26, 2013

It was Sunday, the day before state, and I had just finished my last high school cross country practice.  I went home right after practice to start getting ready for our state dinner.  I’d been going to state dinners since my freshman year, and it was hard to believe it would be my last one.  State dinner was always a fun time for the seniors, senior parents, and runners to get together one final time before the end of the season.  I left for my teammate Ben Maas’s house for my last dinner.

The Travel Journals: Bobbi Amar of St. Thomas Aquinas Louisiana Running Nov 25, 2013

The State Meet is the most important cross country meet of the year. With this in mind, the days leading up to the state meet were full of nervous excitement. I had ran my best time the week before on my home course at the Metro meet, with a time of 18:19. This PR was just what I needed to get excited and pumped for the state meet approaching in only 6 days. 

Travel Journal: John Thomas of Baton Rouge High Press Release LouisianaRunning Nov 04, 2013

This past week was my first full week in over a month of practice. I’ve been out dealing with a tweaked hamstring and problems in both my knees. My doctor said it is due to me being flat footed, which causes the impact when I run to go directly to my knees.  Overall it was a good week of practice I got some speed work in and was about to build my base back up to where I knew I would be able to run without dying.

Beau Robinson's Travel Journal LouisianaRunning.com Press Release Oct 30, 2013

I was very honored to be asked to write a travel journal for LA Milesplit, especially after I saw the other athletes who have written them before. This cross country season, I came in with high hopes after a disappointing injury during the spring track season which put me out for four weeks. I am finally able to push myself and trust my body without worrying about pain. We went into the hardest span of the Cross Country season these past few weeks, where our team ran five meets in a two week period.