Thought of the Day

Hello All Track Lovers out there.

This thought can be applicable to many sports and life in general. Everyday I see young athletes working hard to obtain goals that they never thought they would achieve. There is great joy each time they get closer and closer with every competition. There is thing in life called time. No matter how much we want time to move quicker or slower it will still be the same 60 minutes in an hour. Whether you are trying to lose weight, break records, or become a CEO, it takes time. There will be ups and downs, successes and failures. BUT, in everything you do, you must stick to it and work hard at it.

There has been a trend occurring with the young athletes of today. They come and work hard to reach an ultimate goal. They give their all, come to every practice, ask for extra practice, and reach a few short term goals. Once this happens, they feel that they have done enough. Excuses take the place of coming to every practice. Priorities change and when they come back to practice, they can no longer keep up with the rest of their team mates. Now they feel it is the coaching that is the problem. The same coaching that made them who they are today. The coaching that took them from ground zero and put them on the medal stand. Now...they need to find something different.

There are many quotes out there that express the importance of the first step in a journey. What these young athletes don't understand that it is the many up hill battles and sitting in the valleys in the journey that will make you strong and ready for the final destination. You must continue to work hard when you don't want to. You must show up when you are tired. You must keep your priorities straight. You must make the choice not to go to the party. You must make the sacrifice to forego hanging out. Success is a lonely road. You MUST remain focused on the goal and do EVERYTHING that it takes to achieve it.


Learn these lessons now and when life brings you hard times, you will be able to rise up and be strong and successful!

2017 AAU cross country nationals-preview

Good luck to all of our athletes ready to represent in Charlotte NC! Thunder Thunder Thunder ROAR!!!!

2017 Footlocker

Texas Thunder came home with 5 medals and a champion! Cade and Bella silver medalists, Isaiah bronze medalists, Leona and Arethea gold medalists. Arethea 10 and under Footlocker South Champion.

Turkey trot Austin

Isa 1st, Leo 2nd, Octavio 3rd in thier age groups!! Awesome job Thunder!!

NXN SOUTH

Job well done to all the Thunder athletes that competed at the NXN regional meet this weekend!

Dresses for Dreams 5K

This morning some Texas Thunder runners participated in Dresses for Dreams 5K, a race benefiting children in Uganda (about 200 runners). Cade was the overall winner and Sydney the female winner !!! A complete sweep. Wesley did great, finishing at the Top. Leo finished 7th overall with a new PR of 21'09".

Thunder at the Library

Texas Thunder is more than a track club. Coach Roddy and Jamie feels that each athlete should be able to read. Older athletes help younger athletes with spelling, writing and reading. Others read or work on homework.