A Mammoth accomplishment!

This is my baby...

She is driven like NO other to succeed....

Can't is NOT in her vocabulary.  

From the time she was a baby,

We KNEW

We knew this little, spunky girl would do great things.

Less than two years ago she was very sick with some sort of virus.

My little go-getter was so sick and in so much pain she could barely walk.

She still managed, even though she could not sleep and was constantly exhausted, strait A's...

Physically, though, she was very weak after months of trying to mend.

Well, last summer she started to feel better,

 was regaining her strength, but was far from being 100%.

Logan was in XC, she had really wanted to be as well.

But, it didn't seem realistic to go from not being able to hardly walk to running 4-6 to even 8 miles a day (the girl's mileage is a little lower than the boys).

There is a XC sign up night toward the end of the Summer.

We went for Logan, but Krystin came with.

She asked us to join the team, passionately, as she does. 

Summer was nearing it's end,  and she had not trained at all.

All the other girls had been practicing with the team for the summer and most for much longer.

But, I could not say NO to this little go-getter.

We talked to the coach, and he was willing to let her try.

Well, she worked hard all last year.

She had a respectable XC season.

However, she was in the average range 

(which was pretty awesome to me!)

For Krystin, though, average will never be good enough.

She had a goal.

On the girl's team there are about 110 girls.

The top 20 are invited to

"A Special High Altitude Training with the Coach"

in Mammoth for 5 days during the summer.

She was determined to work as hard as she could and get that invitation this year.

She worked so hard all summer, that I was afraid her legs might pop off.  

She probably pushed herself a little too hard, as she ended up with a hurt muscle.  

That didn't stop her.

She went to Physical Therapy, and kept working hard.

Cross trained, and didn't skip a beat.

and 

She earned her invitation.

She is currently in Mammoth right now.

She left 6:40am on Weds and will be back Sunday afternoon.

We are so proud of her determination and hard work.

Krystin You are Inspirational!

We are so proud of You!