boonsboro track meet?

[dan]

well, someone please catch me up to speed regarding last night's events?

i want to know what happened because i wont be at the run tonight- did anyone go sub 10 or sub 2?

i hope so

[frojoe23]

NO

[frojoe23]

I'll elaborate. David and the guys got there about 15 minutes before it started - not a lot of time to warm up but it was hot. The two-mile was the first event and Dustin Adams and Justin Cole took it out with Dave sitting in third through 200 until I moved up behind Cole. Adams through in 74 and Dave and I at 75. Adams began to gap Cole on the 2nd lap, but Dave and I stayed where we were with Adams at 2:26 and us at 2:29. After two Cole began to fall off the pace while Adams continued to increase his gap. Dave and I were 3:45 at 3/4. Adams led at the mile in 4:57-58 and Dave and I were 5:01. I closed the gap on Adams on the backstretch and took over the lead right before 1 1/4 but Dave didn't go with me. Was 6:17 or so at this point. From there things got worse. I started to shut it down with 3 to go and it was hot, hot, hot!!! Think I was 8:59 with a lap to go and finished in 10:18. Adams second in 10:3? and Dave finished in 10:53 - I know he wasn't happy, but it was not a night for fast times. Extremely hot and it was asking a lot to try and negative split it. Everybody just fell apart - Cole dropped out. Adams went from 4:58 to 5:3? and Dave from 5:01 to 5:52. Myself from 5:01 to 5:17 - just a tough, tough night.

In the 800, Michael got off to a bit of a slow start, sitting in second for 200 meters. Then he took over coming through in 62 with Dustin Adams a bit back and Tommy right behind him. Mike hit 600 at 1:33 and Tommy still trailed Adams until the turn. Mike ran 2:08 for the win and Tommy grabbed second in 2:15. A good race - would've been faster for both with more comp.

In the mile, Ishy was up against perennial All-Star and hometown favorite Hemu. Hemu looked smooth and took the lead early, running splits of 74, 2:26, 3:45 and finishing in 5:03. Ishy hung tough and pulled close on the final lap to run a 5:09.

Then in the 4x400 (immediately after the mile), the guys made Ishy lead off and he ran a 60.9 before handing off to David (the wheels came off) Mertz who polished off a turd (just kidding) with a 62. Then on to Tommy who ran a 59 so the guys were at 3:02 when they handed off to Michael. They were well in the front and the final time was 4:00.01 - then the complaints started about how Spinnler's thumb was too slow. Of course, Spinnler told Mike to grow some hair on his chest because if he had hair he would've crossed the line a split second sooner.

All in all, I think they had a good time and it was a change of pace for them. Hopefully, they man up and go to the next one! Quote of the night: "Cole surprised me in that two-mile. He actually dropped out of a race" - David Mertz

[tommy]

I happened to be talking to Jordan's mom the other day at Chessie and mentioned about running at that meet. I told her I ran a "whopping" 2:15. She replied "Dont say whopping. I'm sure you were walking very fast."
I'm going to go cry myself to sleep now.