KVAC Championships 10/12/09 - 10/18/09

Wow its cold. I guess I don't mind too much because that's a sure sign that the post season is underway. There's nothing like running in one of the most important races of the season when you know you have to push hard and win and the air is cold! KVAC's marks the first of (hopefully) three important meets the team will push for victory in! We gave it our all Saturday but now KVAC's has gone by so its time to look ahead to qualifying for States at the Regional meet.

Training:
Monday October 12- Long run in the cold! Stacked wood for strength workout :)

Tuesday October 13- Mid distance run then track work.
Wednesday October 14- Tempo 3 mile then 3 x 1200m + 3 x 200m

Thursday October 15- Warm up then easy 3 miles

Friday October 16- Rest day before meet. Frisbee.

Saturday October 17- KVAC's at UMA! Ummmm 17:10.8 :(
Sunday October 18- Rest Day. Walk in Vaughn Woods in Hollowell with Nicole :) (near Hall-dale HS)

KVAC's - It was a fairly cold and randomly windy day on Saturday. There were times when the wind was blowing like crazy and times when it was completely still. I made sure my guys did plenty of warm up before the race. We definitely didn't want stiff muscles for the race. After the Girls ran (great job Abby Mace!) we were ready to go. The start was massive like it always is at KVAC's, it seemed like you were looking so far when you looked up and down the line. The start was SO FAST. I ran out pretty hard to make it up there in the pack. The crazy thing was it didn't slow down after the first 200 to 300m... It seemed to get faster! I will spare the guys by not writing all their times. Jason Grotton, Jarrod Lenfest, and Eben Hodgkins ran pretty well. Their times were 20:39, 19:47, and 17:56 respectively. Not a great day for the team as a whole or individuals really. We had a team goal for 4th place (and 3rd place if we had a really good day). We got 8th but the difference from us and 4th was only 16 points. We will do it at Regionals though!

Next Week @ Belfast for the Eastern Regional Championships! Team goal - Qualify for states