(by TCU Baseball, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNL_DAI19_I) Rise and shine. It’s 6am and your hand can’t make it to the alarm clock before the voices in your head start telling you that it’s too early, too dark, and too cold to get out of bed. Aching muscles lie still in rebellion, pretending not to hear your brain commanding them to move.Continue reading “THE GRIND”
Author Archives: Nick Arndt
COLLEGIATE CAREER
USI XC, 2013 (redshirted – right medial tibial stress fracture) USI Track, 2013-14 (redshirted – left medial tibial stress fracture) USI XC, 2014 (ineligible – academics) Valpo Track, 2014-15 (ineligible – transfer/academics)
MANTRAS by Nick Arndt
In no particular order, here are mantras that I’ve compiled over the years. Most have been spoken or written by humans who inspire me, such as Kobe Bryant and JRR Tolkien, but some are from myself. They apply to training and life…ranging from quotes to goals, Bible verses to notes…here they are: Be Like water.Continue reading “MANTRAS by Nick Arndt”
BE LIKE WATER by Nick Arndt
Water flows. Water keeps flowing. If barricaded, water adapts to its surroundings. Water changes forms. When poured into a cup, water becomes the cup. When poured into a bottle, water becomes the bottle. Water is shapeless, formless. Water can drip. Water can crash. Water isn’t always assertive. Water finds a way around, or through. Be formless.Continue reading “BE LIKE WATER by Nick Arndt”
FRITZ
We ran on Indiana soil. We ran in lake effect snow. Amidst the silence, the darkness, we ran through mist and shadow. Fourteen years of unconditional friendship, filling our lives with joy. Back and forth you went, from rawhide to chew toy. Through cloudy eyes was a full heart, a soul, yearning for outdoor companionship. JoiningContinue reading “FRITZ”
