Track and Field Blogs - Scott Bauhs

The first race of my final College Cross-Country season goes off tomorrow. I am excited and can't wait to see where my fitness is.

In the last few weeks our team has had a few tough workouts. Last Tuesday we did 4 miles of two minutes at race pace followed by 1 minute (still) rest where I averaged 4:40 miles and followed by a full mile (uphill) in 4:45. Brendan (Scanlon) was very close and the rest of the top group was between 15 and 20 seconds behind him.

Last Friday the team did a 10 mile tempo where I finished in 51:56. My first split was in the 5:teens and each mile after that was similar untill the last two miles where I ran around 5 flat and 4:55.

On this Tuesday we ran another tempo run, this time the tempo was around 6-7 miles and gained over 1000 feet in elevation. I ran around 39:30 and since I'm not sure how far the tempo was I don't know what that pace is. I can tell you though that it was a tough workout but I felt very in control and could have kept going for a long time at the same pace.

Yesterday we did our first speed workout on the track. The workout was 8 X 400 followed by a 1600. My 400's were 65,65,64,64,63,62,62,61 and my 1600 was 4:33. I have been a little sick this week and I felt a little tired but my splits don't really reflect that. I am very happy with my workouts and I think I'm ready for tomorrow.

This week will be my third week in a row of 90 mile weeks. Next week I will take a down week of between 60-70 and then hopefully build up to a few 100 mile weeks in preparation for nationals.

I am very excited about this Cross-Country season and I know it will be over before I know it.

On a completely different subject: in the October issue of Running Times there is a small article about me. It was well done and gives a little insight into my year of running but I need to correct an error in the interview. I said that my favorite post-race/workout food is Chinese food but that my girlfriend won't eat it because Chinese restaurants are dirty. She would like me to mention that not all Chinese restaurants are dirty and that she likes Chinese food too.