Post by dan on Sept 8, 2007 12:10:37 GMT -5
hey guys-
just wanted to give a quick report of the first meet- normally the lehigh valley champs is a meet where we see if we can get 10 lehigh guys in the top 10- yesterday, however, was a bit of a different story
we did not premeet going into this meet as we did 13 miles on wednesday and 12 on thursday so we were pretty tired coming to the line
the plan was to go out in packs of 5:10 and 5:15-5:20 and try to hold that to around 26:10-26:20 i guess- we made it out in 5:15 and it felt really hard to me- the heat of the day was pretty unbearable- i believe it was around 90 or 95 degrees with no breeze- there were two guys from muhlenberg, one from east stroudsburg (a 4:10 miler and 14:3x 5k guy), and a desales guy in with our front pack of about 6 or 7-
two mile split was 10:40 and then i knew things were going to be ugly- i already felt drained and we still hadn't lost those other guys yet- on our course it is smart to wait til about 5k to make a move as it is really the point of "do or die"- well during this race, everyone died except for two- one of the muhlenberg kids, and our stud freshmen, dan mcclimon-
we hung tough as best we could i suppose, but those two pulled away rather convincingly- the rest strung out behind- our team ended up running 2 5 6 7 8 9- i finished 6th overall, third on the team, in 27:04-
the mile splits were slow but consistent- 5:15, 10:40, 16:13 and then finished in 27:04- so they were bad but at least relatively even- it was just ridiculous in the heat and once i got to 5k i just felt like a total dud- i couldnt move at all-
so it was not a total loss as we still won 28-71, but it was unfortunate because we were not expecting to run that slowly- but we are still in base phase and still at about 80-85mpw, but i was still a bit disappointed...
we have another meet this coming weekend and then two weeks off until paul short- i still plan to shoot for low 25's by the end of the year- so, other than a slightly disappointing start to the season, it hasnt been too bad the first couple of weeks
here is the link to the story and results:
www.lehighsports.com/sports/xcountry/release.asp?release_id=5696
hope all else is well at home with running, work, etc- talk to you all soon
DAN
just wanted to give a quick report of the first meet- normally the lehigh valley champs is a meet where we see if we can get 10 lehigh guys in the top 10- yesterday, however, was a bit of a different story
we did not premeet going into this meet as we did 13 miles on wednesday and 12 on thursday so we were pretty tired coming to the line
the plan was to go out in packs of 5:10 and 5:15-5:20 and try to hold that to around 26:10-26:20 i guess- we made it out in 5:15 and it felt really hard to me- the heat of the day was pretty unbearable- i believe it was around 90 or 95 degrees with no breeze- there were two guys from muhlenberg, one from east stroudsburg (a 4:10 miler and 14:3x 5k guy), and a desales guy in with our front pack of about 6 or 7-
two mile split was 10:40 and then i knew things were going to be ugly- i already felt drained and we still hadn't lost those other guys yet- on our course it is smart to wait til about 5k to make a move as it is really the point of "do or die"- well during this race, everyone died except for two- one of the muhlenberg kids, and our stud freshmen, dan mcclimon-
we hung tough as best we could i suppose, but those two pulled away rather convincingly- the rest strung out behind- our team ended up running 2 5 6 7 8 9- i finished 6th overall, third on the team, in 27:04-
the mile splits were slow but consistent- 5:15, 10:40, 16:13 and then finished in 27:04- so they were bad but at least relatively even- it was just ridiculous in the heat and once i got to 5k i just felt like a total dud- i couldnt move at all-
so it was not a total loss as we still won 28-71, but it was unfortunate because we were not expecting to run that slowly- but we are still in base phase and still at about 80-85mpw, but i was still a bit disappointed...
we have another meet this coming weekend and then two weeks off until paul short- i still plan to shoot for low 25's by the end of the year- so, other than a slightly disappointing start to the season, it hasnt been too bad the first couple of weeks
here is the link to the story and results:
www.lehighsports.com/sports/xcountry/release.asp?release_id=5696
hope all else is well at home with running, work, etc- talk to you all soon
DAN