Track and Field Blogs - Scott Bauhs

My early season efforts have consisted of a 13:56 10th place finish at Carlsbad, a 3:41 win in front of the hometown (Chico) crowd and a 13:30 at Cal Berkeley. I think i'd have to give myself a C, A and B (respectively) averaging out at a B for the "preseason." While I want to do my best every time that I step to the line, I'm happy with the spot I'm in right now. I am set up very well for the regular season which will start off at The Adidas Track Classic in Carson, CA.

The NYRR set up a great race at Cal for the group of us to chase after the "A" standard. The problem was that they didn't think to put up 30 foot walls on each side of the track or set up a retractable dome because the wind thwarted the attempt. The pace was perfect for about two laps but the wind made an even effort impossible. If we were to remain on the desired 64 second pace it probably would have required 31 second 200's on the home stretch, followed by 33 second 200's on the windy backstretch. I felt awesome when I was sitting in the pack but once I started trying to hammer on my own it got a lot harder. I would have been thrilled to get the win but I'm happy to settle for a small PR and the confidence that once I get into the right race I will be ready to go a lot faster.

Like I said before, the regular season is going to start with The Adidas Track Classic and I am hoping to follow that with a trip to New York for the Reebok Grand Prix. After that I will be running the 10000 at the USA championships and then I will head to Europe for some more racing. If I'm lucky there will be a "Post season" as well with a 10k at the World Championships in Berlin.

For now it is time to get back to training. I am in a much different place than I was last year at this time. Last year I feel like I peaked right around this week (Cardinal 10k) and this year I feel like I am just getting started. I am having a great time with the new team and Alistair Craig showed up yesterday and will be training with us for the next three weeks as well. The weather down here in Chula Vista is great for training and practice is about 30 seconds away from my room.

P.S. I'm not running at Cardinal. My agent entered me in the 5 and the 10 because it is easier to scratch than it is to add in late but right now I'm focused on different things.