The Auburn Way
The Auburn Way
What We Believe, Who We Are, Why We Run
- We will respect ourselves, our teammates, our competition, and all others we encounter.
- We believe we are fortunate that “We Get to Run” every day.
- We will put team goals first and support and encourage each other unconditionally.
- We will conduct ourselves in a manner worthy of ourselves, our team, and our community.
- We believe that who we are matters.
- We will trust the process of our training, whether our not the results match our expectations.
- We will treat every practice as important and as a significant opportunity to improve.
- We will always hustle and give our maximum effort.
- We will respect running and our teammates by dedicating our full selves to our activity.
- We will be patient in meeting our goals and stay dedicated to our process.
- We will always monitor our health and be proactive should anything be wrong.
- We will treat our bodies well and ensure that we partake in healthy habits.
- We will leave everything we have on the course for a race. Bring nothing back.
- We will praise and support our teammates, as well as our competitors, in all races.
- We will trust ourselves and each other to help each of us be our very best.
- We will think about and reflect upon our running.
- We believe running is a lifelong, life-sustaining, and healthy endeavor.
- We believe that endurance running cultivates traits that make us better people.
- We will constantly strive to better ourselves, each other, our team, and our community.
- We will always Have Fun!