Friday, April 04, 2008
A night on the town ...
Last week while most of the runners were in Austria or on the beach, Dom and a couple guys slipped up to Madison for a little work. The madison Invite is a pretty good size meet that attracts a lot of top talent. We weren't officially invited, and I'm not even sure we ever paid the invoice for the entry fee ... but somehow Dom talked the meet organizer into giving us three slots in the late night large school session. Having a reputation for quality distance runners apparently has some perks.
Andrew ran in the fast heat of the mile. He sat in fifth for most of the race, but then with just under a quarter to go he made a decisive move and took the lead going into the bell lap. It looked like he caught some guys napping and he almost stole the whole thing. He finished second with a time of 4:33, which puts him right where he was hoping to be this soon after surgery and a week before conference. My pictures are all blurry because the lights don't play nice with the chip in my camera, but if you squint, they don't look too awful.
Jordan was up next. He had a great first lap and was in perfect position to drop the hammer and show off for the crowd. Unfortunately, he thought about it just a stride too long and missed the window. Experience can be expensive. He finished with a very respectable 55:07 and some motivation for saturday.
Kevin, flew in from an undisclosed but presumably warmer location to toe the line in the 3200. If you want to know how hard it is to sit on an airplane all day and then run a race, ask kevin. I don't know many runners who could pull it off. It was a very fast pace and kevin got caught between packs and had to run most of the race by himself. He finished in 10:50 which is a huge time this early in the season and would have had him kicking for the win last year at this race. The winner this year however went 9:30 and his last quarter might have placed in the open 400. It was a dominate finish.
There was also an actual alumni sighting! Even when we sneak in in the middle of the night they still find us. Amazing!
Kudos to Doug for being so dedicated.
It was close to midnight when they rolled back into Shorewood.
Results are here:
http://www.harriersolutions.com/results/madisonwestrelaysa08/index.asp?Type=Evt
Cheers,
dash
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Andrew ran in the fast heat of the mile. He sat in fifth for most of the race, but then with just under a quarter to go he made a decisive move and took the lead going into the bell lap. It looked like he caught some guys napping and he almost stole the whole thing. He finished second with a time of 4:33, which puts him right where he was hoping to be this soon after surgery and a week before conference. My pictures are all blurry because the lights don't play nice with the chip in my camera, but if you squint, they don't look too awful.
Jordan was up next. He had a great first lap and was in perfect position to drop the hammer and show off for the crowd. Unfortunately, he thought about it just a stride too long and missed the window. Experience can be expensive. He finished with a very respectable 55:07 and some motivation for saturday.
Kevin, flew in from an undisclosed but presumably warmer location to toe the line in the 3200. If you want to know how hard it is to sit on an airplane all day and then run a race, ask kevin. I don't know many runners who could pull it off. It was a very fast pace and kevin got caught between packs and had to run most of the race by himself. He finished in 10:50 which is a huge time this early in the season and would have had him kicking for the win last year at this race. The winner this year however went 9:30 and his last quarter might have placed in the open 400. It was a dominate finish.
There was also an actual alumni sighting! Even when we sneak in in the middle of the night they still find us. Amazing!
Kudos to Doug for being so dedicated.
It was close to midnight when they rolled back into Shorewood.
Results are here:
http://www.harriersolutions.com/results/madisonwestrelaysa08/index.asp?Type=Evt
Cheers,
dash
Read more!
