Track and Field Blogs - CFred Joslyn

At the request of Seamus "PD" Nally, here is a new blog. Boston is now only 2 weeks away, and our 6-man group looks really strong. Everyone has been able to hit every workout, it's almost scary how well everyone is handling the training right now. I am getting pretty comfortable running my threshold work at about 5:05 pace or just under, and I am hitting some workouts, that I have never been able to do. I'm definitely excited for the race, and looking for a big PR.

On April 20th, I'm hoping I can inspire some friends and teammates of mine to return the favor they have done for me over the years. This camaraderie exists in running and we keep each other going...

Some things that have inspired me...

1. Gerry "snowshoe" Greenlaw; At the 2007 Atlantic XC Regional Gerry's shoe came off a half mile into the race. Gerry knew, that the team was counting on him, to send em to nationals, instead of wasting his time putting the shoe back on, he ran shoeless spraying blood over the course as he went. After the race he went to the ER so that they could remove stones from his foot. Gerry even lined up the next weekend to compete at Nationals, nearly finishing in the top 200.

2. Andrew "toy soldiers" Cloke; At the 2006 DIII Indoor NCAA championships, I found out, while checking in for the 5k, that my spikes were illegal. Andy gladly loaned me his size 8.5 spikes, without hesitation, even though I wore size 11. I went on to finish 4th that year, outkicking Patrick Rizzo.

3. Seamus "pink shirt" Nally; I told Seamus it made you tougher to run short laps every day for your run instead of running one big loop. Seamus went on to do his 20 mile long runs around a half mile circuit. Unfortunatly Seamus still hasn't had much luck with 400 meter laps.

4. Andy "baconator" Choke; During the 2007 DIII Outdoor championships I was dealing with an injured back, after the 10k I had to go to the hospital, and I recieved some pain killers. I told Andy before the race I wasn't sure what I could do for the 5k, so I was just going to go out hard and see what happened. Andy agreed we would take it out hard together. Unfortunatly Andy forgot about the plan, and I ran the first half of the race by myself 100 meters in the lead, before fading badly to a 14:51. Andy went on to finish 3rd, about a half lap ahead of me.

5. Garcia's; I mastered the art of eating 8 pound burritos at the best Mexican restaurant North of Pennsylvania.