4k is fun

[dan]

well, this was an interesting race- felt a lot like the allegany county championships on a cold november day down at AC- we had about 40 guys on the line, which had been spray painted on only moments earlier-

the course was 2000m on a cinder/gravel path, run twice

i wore the ruby red slippers since it was just gravel and not worthy of my spikes-

we went out pretty hard: 76, 2:30, 5:01 and made it through the first 2000m in 6:17

at that point our team was running 1-5 and we turned it off slightly- i wanted to save it for the 8k in a week

at 2 miles (10:17- like i said, we slowed down) someone from muhlenberg was coming up on us- we made it until about a quarter to go at a relaxed pace, then it felt like we were about to be caught by the kid from muhlenberg- at this point i was running with one of our stud freshmen (4:19, 9:22) who had been chomping at the bit to pound it since the mile mark- i turned to him and said, "okay we need to pick it up"-

he proceeded to beat me by 11 seconds over the last quarter mile- it was hysterical!- so our team ended up going 1 2 3 5 6 and won easily, even though the meet was technically unscored-

our freshman ran 12:34, i ran 12:45- so if i double that and add a few seconds i reason that i am in close to 25:50-26:00 shape over 8k right now- that is good news to me

here is the link to the story, no results, though, sorry- www.lehighsports.com/sports/xcountry/release.asp?release_id=5671

hope the morning speed session goes well- i will be in town october 4th-9th, and will be bringing a teammate with me who loves to run hard, so we will need a good sunday run if that fits into the schedules of the marathoners....thank you

talk to you all soon-DAN

[frojoe23]

Good start to the season Dan. We'll see how the freshman "stud" handles the 8k though. you have the experience and should chop him down at that distance!

[Justin]

Good job Dan. It looks like you guys have a nice pack. I think the freshmen will be ok for 8k, but I wouldn't be surprised if they run into some fatigue late in the season. Help them keep focused and you guys will be alright.

I have 1 question about the schedule, on the weekend of the Penn St invite and Lafayette Invite, which one will the varsity guys run?

Thanks.

Justin

[dan]

Justin:

Varsity takes 12 to Penn State on that Friday.

Then on Saturday the rest of the team goes to Lafayette for their Invite.

DAN

[Justin]

Thanks Dan. I was wondering, I figured varsity would go to Penn St. for the better meet, but wasn't sure if coach wanted you guys to get an extra look at the League Meet course.

I need to figure out which meets I'm coming up for.

Keep up the good running.