The course at Rossville offers the challenge of very narrow paths to run, ruts and holes to navigate, and someone who likes to burn a bunch of stuff. YUCK. With all of the hazards listed, we still really like running there because of the beauty of running along a river, in a near forest like setting, and lots of little murky lakes, not to mention a ton of Poison Ivy.
Today's instructions were very clear since we have 3 races this week. To pack run to the best of our abilities, especially for the first mile, then "every man for himself" the second mile. I knew if we ran in this fashion, no one would be "going to the well" for energy we will need later in the week. Generally speaking, things went pretty well. I told the team this meet is always a challenge, yet fun, but our real focus for the week is Saturday, with our sights and training all set on THE MAIN THING on October 19.
We came out of the race finishing just as I thought, with the guys winning the meet and girls finishing second. What please me the most was seeing our girls give Oakwood a much better race than we did earlier in the season. Our girls are responding to their new identity quite nicely. On the other hand, the guys were soundly beaten the day after Labor Day in what had to be a VERY POOR showing by the guys team. With that in mind, we left no doubt today where we stand by putting 7 guys through the chute before the other teams' 4th men, which more than sealed the deal. Pack running does have its advantages and our guys and gals both learned a little today.
Our LAST taxing workout of the year is tomorrow, on THE HILL, before taking on Mahomet on Thursday followed by the much anticipated DQ run on Friday. The team will be getting their blue warmup sweats Friday after the DQ Run.
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