This week's race is in Minnesota, and will feature just the varsity teams.
This is a huge invite that attracts top schools from all over the country. It is also a true invite in that you have to be invited to come.
The morning belongs to the College teams. This is a great chance for runners who are thinking about running in college to see some of the best teams. It's also nice because there are a lot of D2 and D3 college teams here so not everyone is running Olympic caliber times.
The afternoon features the High School teams, and most of the college coaches hang around to watch and make notes.
The high school races are split between the gold and maroon divisions. These are decided by talent and team speed rather than school size.
The guys will be in the Gold race at 1:40. This will be our first chance to run against Port Washington.
The ladies will be in the maroon race at 3:55. This will be a tough race for them because they will run a full 5K instead of the normal 3K. That last mile can be a real shock to the system.
In the past there has been street parking near the course, however this week is parent's week for U of M so things might be more crowded than usual. I also don't know how the missing bridge will affect traffic.
This is a huge event. It is well worth your time to come if you can.
I will post pictures and numbers Saturday night.
Cheers!
Friday, September 28, 2007
Muskego results
Muskego was a great day all around.
Coming off of a slew of team PR's at marquette, it was easy to think that the guys might take a break this week. They however had other ideas...
Andrew took the lead from the start and battled the whole way. He kicked past a flagging Muskego runner in the last 200 to win by 7 seconds. He was officially clocked at 15:58. That's a new school record and Andrew's first win. Kevin returned with strict instructions from the PT to go easy. He ran 16:36 and looked very comfortable. Welcome back Kevin. Peter stepped up again. He dropped his PR down to 16:44. I have no idea where his limit will be this season but I don't think we are even close yet. Ben had another huge race, running 7:06. It's a safe bet that he will break 17 before the end of the season as well. We are still looking for a fifth runner. Brian V ran 17:51 to finish just ahead of Brian L and Joe. Someone needs to drop under 17:30 and anyone of those three have the talent. The team took first place, which was a nice bonus on top of all of the fast times.
The battle on the girl's side was in the JV race, where several runners battled for a chance to go to Griak. Emily stepped up big and took second on the team, but took a back seat to Ellie because of her season average and Virginia because of seniority. Spence took her anyway.
The girl's have battled injuries and illness all season, but should be good to go at Griak.
Cheers.
Coming off of a slew of team PR's at marquette, it was easy to think that the guys might take a break this week. They however had other ideas...
Andrew took the lead from the start and battled the whole way. He kicked past a flagging Muskego runner in the last 200 to win by 7 seconds. He was officially clocked at 15:58. That's a new school record and Andrew's first win. Kevin returned with strict instructions from the PT to go easy. He ran 16:36 and looked very comfortable. Welcome back Kevin. Peter stepped up again. He dropped his PR down to 16:44. I have no idea where his limit will be this season but I don't think we are even close yet. Ben had another huge race, running 7:06. It's a safe bet that he will break 17 before the end of the season as well. We are still looking for a fifth runner. Brian V ran 17:51 to finish just ahead of Brian L and Joe. Someone needs to drop under 17:30 and anyone of those three have the talent. The team took first place, which was a nice bonus on top of all of the fast times.
The battle on the girl's side was in the JV race, where several runners battled for a chance to go to Griak. Emily stepped up big and took second on the team, but took a back seat to Ellie because of her season average and Virginia because of seniority. Spence took her anyway.
The girl's have battled injuries and illness all season, but should be good to go at Griak.
Cheers.
Friday, September 21, 2007
Late info on Muskego race
Tomorrow's race is at Muskego. I do not believe that we have ever been here before because this is usually the week of griak.
Muskego Warrior Cross Country Invitational 2007
When: Saturday, September 22nd 2007
Where: Lake Denoon Middle School
Muskego, Wisconsin
From I-43, exit on Racine Ave and go south
At Kelsey Road turn right (this is after the High School)
At Crowbar Road Turn left (stop sign intersection)
Turn left into the school’s parking lot
Distance: Girl’s races will be 4000m, Boy’s races will be 5000m
Schedule: 8:30am Coaches meeting (by the concessions)
9:00am JV Boy’s Race
9:40am JV Girl’s Race
10:20am Varsity Boy’s Race (8 varsity runners)
11:00am Varsity Girl’s Race (8 varsity runners)
Cheers!
Muskego Warrior Cross Country Invitational 2007
When: Saturday, September 22nd 2007
Where: Lake Denoon Middle School
Muskego, Wisconsin
From I-43, exit on Racine Ave and go south
At Kelsey Road turn right (this is after the High School)
At Crowbar Road Turn left (stop sign intersection)
Turn left into the school’s parking lot
Distance: Girl’s races will be 4000m, Boy’s races will be 5000m
Schedule: 8:30am Coaches meeting (by the concessions)
9:00am JV Boy’s Race
9:40am JV Girl’s Race
10:20am Varsity Boy’s Race (8 varsity runners)
11:00am Varsity Girl’s Race (8 varsity runners)
Cheers!
Friday, September 14, 2007
Insane workouts part 1
The Ohio State men show a bit of courage in this video. The workout is a 5.5 miles uphill decrease run. My legs hurt just typing that.
http://www.flocasts.org/flotrack/speakers.php?sid=428&vid=4771
Remember... Hills are your friend, because they make you strong.
http://www.flocasts.org/flotrack/speakers.php?sid=428&vid=4771
Remember... Hills are your friend, because they make you strong.
Need a reason to watch Flo Track?
I've mentioned Flo Track before ( there is a link on the right), however now there is a local angle. They are letting volunteers post video series this year and a red shirt freshman at UW Lacrosse is aparently going to put there whole season on line as it happens. The first video so far is of the Paavo Nurmi marathon, which is run as a five man relay. That makes sense because the men's race in college is 5 miles. Anyway the video is awesome... the link is here:
http://www.flocasts.org/flotrack/coverage.php?c=84&id=4763
Enjoy!
http://www.flocasts.org/flotrack/coverage.php?c=84&id=4763
Enjoy!
Next
The 16th Annual Marquette Invite will be run on Saturaday, September 15th, 2007, at Washington park. located at HWY 41 and Lloyd.
To get to Washington park take I94 West and exit Hwy 41 North to Lloyd St. Turn right onto Lisbon Ave, then right on 40th St. Use the Parking lot closest to the Park pavilion.
8:15: report to school
8:30: Bus leaves from the SIS parking lot
9:00: arrive a Washinigton park
10:00: Fresman boys race 5K (You may race in this if you wish)
10:30: JV Girls race
11:00: JV Boys
11:30: Varsity Girls
12:00: Varsity Boys
Teams: Catholic Memorial , West Bend West, Madison West, Marquette, Shorewood, Neehah (spit boys team in the varsity race) Kenosha Tremper, Madison La Follette, Riverside and Menomonee Falls.
This very well may be the Second hardest meet all season! The boys will really need to step it up at this meet. The meet will test how strong we are without Kevin. Madison La Follette is the #1 ranked team in the whole state, can we mix it up with them? Catholic Memorial is not happy about the beating you gave them last week. 7 of the top 16 teams in D1 will be at this meet and WCM is ranked for D2.
This is a great spectator course if you are willing to move around. Last year I found that The top of the hill by the band shell allowed you to catch the boys at least three times, four if you are mobile. The weather should be perfect unless Humberto tosses some precip our way.
See you there!
Please note that the time is different from the sheet that was sent home earlier.
Who is our competition ?
For the boys:
While it is really hard to say this early in the season how things will play out at the ridges there are a few things that we know for sure. Top of the list is that Port washington will be very hard to beat. Port was D1 last year where they finished 7th as a team. Their top runner was Joe Hackett who ran 16:30 and was 17th over-all. They got bumped down from D1 and put in our sectional. They replace CM in the sectional so that's a wash in terms of advancing. Tendick park is Port's home course so that's in their favor, but not a huge deal.
I did some digging for historical times and came up with the following:
Port
Runner.........Time at State last year .....Best time this year
Hackett ...............16:30 ...............................17:06
Zauner.................17:00 .............................. 16:56
Allen.....................17:02...............................16:45
Ross......................17:22 ..............................16:52
Jones....................18:00...............................17:20
As you can see they will be tough to beat, and are ranked first in all of the polls.
However they are not unbeatable.
Catholic memorial, Dodgeville, and Hayward could also push us but aren't looking great in the early races.
For the parents, most of the races we run are against D1 schools because of geography. We generally don't see our real competition until State. This year we will see Port at Griak and sectionals before the final run at the ridges.
As far as the girl's go.... I have no clue. Once again injuries and illness have plagued our varsity to the point that I have no idea what our team really looks like. They could be great, if everyone recovers and is still in shape. I believe that the sectional got a little easier as well, so I expect them to make the trip to State, I just don't know what the raod looks like at this point.
Cheers!
While it is really hard to say this early in the season how things will play out at the ridges there are a few things that we know for sure. Top of the list is that Port washington will be very hard to beat. Port was D1 last year where they finished 7th as a team. Their top runner was Joe Hackett who ran 16:30 and was 17th over-all. They got bumped down from D1 and put in our sectional. They replace CM in the sectional so that's a wash in terms of advancing. Tendick park is Port's home course so that's in their favor, but not a huge deal.
I did some digging for historical times and came up with the following:
Port
Runner.........Time at State last year .....Best time this year
Hackett ...............16:30 ...............................17:06
Zauner.................17:00 .............................. 16:56
Allen.....................17:02...............................16:45
Ross......................17:22 ..............................16:52
Jones....................18:00...............................17:20
As you can see they will be tough to beat, and are ranked first in all of the polls.
However they are not unbeatable.
Catholic memorial, Dodgeville, and Hayward could also push us but aren't looking great in the early races.
For the parents, most of the races we run are against D1 schools because of geography. We generally don't see our real competition until State. This year we will see Port at Griak and sectionals before the final run at the ridges.
As far as the girl's go.... I have no clue. Once again injuries and illness have plagued our varsity to the point that I have no idea what our team really looks like. They could be great, if everyone recovers and is still in shape. I believe that the sectional got a little easier as well, so I expect them to make the trip to State, I just don't know what the raod looks like at this point.
Cheers!
Feeling sleepy ?
The new York times has a new article that talks about the sleep requirements of distance runners. The link is here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/13/health/nutrition/13Best.html?ex=1347336000&en=f0d4067b4beec5ba&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
The short version is that the top athletes describe needing 12 hours of sleep a day ( 10 at night and a two hour nap in the afternoon). This is similar to what the top Kenyan runners have been saying for years. The doctor in the article chalks it up to cytokines. The same chemicals that make you sleepy when you have a cold.
Bottom line: if you are trying to be competitive on 6 hours of sleep a night, you won't last the season.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/13/health/nutrition/13Best.html?ex=1347336000&en=f0d4067b4beec5ba&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
The short version is that the top athletes describe needing 12 hours of sleep a day ( 10 at night and a two hour nap in the afternoon). This is similar to what the top Kenyan runners have been saying for years. The doctor in the article chalks it up to cytokines. The same chemicals that make you sleepy when you have a cold.
Bottom line: if you are trying to be competitive on 6 hours of sleep a night, you won't last the season.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Arrowhead is not on a week-end
The next meet is back at Arrowhead. It is tomorrow ( Thursday). The fun starts at 4:00 and ends around 7:00.
This is the big race, as opposed to the little race two weeks ago. The boy's varsity race will feature Andrew Perkins and Joe Stillin among others. These guys run to win and they are a lot of fun to watch. This is a very flat and very fast course with a downhill finish that gives up low times to everyone, except apparently when it is under water like last time.
The boys will go out under 5:00 and will probably be under 10 at the 2 mile mark. The winning time should be in the 15's unless the weather is really bad. The girl's race should go in the 14's.
There is a Freshman race at 4:00 but we don't typically run anyone in the warm-up races.
The girl's JV will start at 4:40 but can go early if the weather is bad so come a few minutes early. The last race is the Boy's varsity at 6:00, because it is the marquis feature and they want the crowds to hang around for the end.
This is a great course for spectators. You can easily see the major mile markers and the finish without moving more than a hundred yards or so. However because of the time of day the sun is an issue if it is out. The mosquito's will also be thick and hungry. If you don't have bug spray you will probably want to watch from the car. It is also supposed to rain. They won't cancel unless there is lightening or a flood.
the directions are here:
http://www.arrowheadschools.org/display/router.asp?docid=431
(basically take 94 to 16 to exit 182 and then ask).
There can be traffic at that time so add an extra 20 minutes to your usual drive time.
See you all there!
This is the big race, as opposed to the little race two weeks ago. The boy's varsity race will feature Andrew Perkins and Joe Stillin among others. These guys run to win and they are a lot of fun to watch. This is a very flat and very fast course with a downhill finish that gives up low times to everyone, except apparently when it is under water like last time.
The boys will go out under 5:00 and will probably be under 10 at the 2 mile mark. The winning time should be in the 15's unless the weather is really bad. The girl's race should go in the 14's.
There is a Freshman race at 4:00 but we don't typically run anyone in the warm-up races.
The girl's JV will start at 4:40 but can go early if the weather is bad so come a few minutes early. The last race is the Boy's varsity at 6:00, because it is the marquis feature and they want the crowds to hang around for the end.
This is a great course for spectators. You can easily see the major mile markers and the finish without moving more than a hundred yards or so. However because of the time of day the sun is an issue if it is out. The mosquito's will also be thick and hungry. If you don't have bug spray you will probably want to watch from the car. It is also supposed to rain. They won't cancel unless there is lightening or a flood.
the directions are here:
http://www.arrowheadschools.org/display/router.asp?docid=431
(basically take 94 to 16 to exit 182 and then ask).
There can be traffic at that time so add an extra 20 minutes to your usual drive time.
See you all there!
Rebel Results
I know that this is late, but for those of you who weren't there a brief recap follows.Saturday marked the last time that our seniors will run on the parkside course unless they compete in the NTN festivities this fall or attend a college in the area. For most of them, I think that they are probably happy to relegate the opening hill to the history department where it will grow to epic proportions in the years to come.
The girl's had a very good day with a very young but talented team. The JV women placed 13th and showed good pack running. Bettany and Margo led the charge finishing around 19:40.
The varsity placed 12th overall and had a very tight spread between 1st and 7th. Colleen led the way in 17:03 followed closely by Morgan, Devin, and Chloe. A pair of very talented freshman (Jenny and Nora) followed in 17:55. And Laura finished close behind at 18:04. Good Job Ladies.
The boys have a number of good looking Freshmen as well. Gavin and Aidan ran well together at the front finishing around 19:40 and in the top 25. The JV team was 8th overall.
The varsity boys ran without Kevin again. Kevin is nursing an IT band injury and will most likely be cross training and not racing for at least another week. Without kevin they placed 3rd, with kevin they would easily have been 2nd but would have had no chance at 1st. In the past we have been either 1st or 2nd here so historically this team stacks up to some of the best that we have had at this early point in the season. Andrew took 3rd overall in his first race of the season. He ran 15 seconds 
faster than his previous best on this course posting in at 16:45. He was followed closely by sophmore sensations Peter and Ben ( Ben has the black spikes). Peter took 50 seconds off of last weeks time finishing at 17:26; and Ben dropped 30 seconds to 17:27. Those 
are huge times on a very tough course and bode well for the rest of the season. Brian V was next at 18:07. He looks to be getting his wind back. Brian has run in the low 17's and seems to be on track to get there again. Freshman flash Joe P. was next in 18:28. Like Sam D. in past years Joe was running with giants but held his own. Brian L. and John V. rounded out the scoring. If everyone stays healthy and Kevin makes it back this team has way more potential than anyone suspects. This is going to be a fun year.
faster than his previous best on this course posting in at 16:45. He was followed closely by sophmore sensations Peter and Ben ( Ben has the black spikes). Peter took 50 seconds off of last weeks time finishing at 17:26; and Ben dropped 30 seconds to 17:27. Those 
are huge times on a very tough course and bode well for the rest of the season. Brian V was next at 18:07. He looks to be getting his wind back. Brian has run in the low 17's and seems to be on track to get there again. Freshman flash Joe P. was next in 18:28. Like Sam D. in past years Joe was running with giants but held his own. Brian L. and John V. rounded out the scoring. If everyone stays healthy and Kevin makes it back this team has way more potential than anyone suspects. This is going to be a fun year.
I borrowed a camera for the event but it didn't handle the shadows very well so I don't have a lot of usable shots. There was a video made by the host school that is available for sale on the net. However I don't reccomend it. I have a very fast connection and it still took 50 minutes to download just one race. The image itself is very jumpy and could make you motion sick if you are prone to that ( ala Blair Witch). Finally it is basically 20 minutes of watching people run past the one mile mark, the two mile mark, and the finish.
Next up is Arrowhead !
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