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State Championships are in less than 2 week Woodward Park Fresno yep. gotta go get em more »

Yesterday we did our 7 mile Hill Run felt real good and Today I did 4 mile tempo, 6:40,6:10,5:50,5:35 and a 2 mile cool down with some JV guys after their Time Trial. more »

Next year I'm going to HIGH SCHOOL!! It will be so much fun and a great new experience. I also can't wait to go to Hawaii in 10 months!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more »

On Saturday we (Delaware Valley) won Central Jersey Group II Sectionals for the first time since 1986. We beat Red Bank Regional by 1 point. GO DEL VAL!! more »

The weather reports had consistently been telling us that it was going to warm up just in time for the race Sunday. Only, they had been telling us it would be a low around 60 degrees – not the 68 degrees we ended up getting. Not to mention the 10-15 MPH southeasterly winds we were now getting. It was not going to be a good weather day for racing. Well … not for most of us who like to race these events. The recreational runner would probably prefer 68 degrees over 40 degrees. In addition to concerns with the weather,… more »

Yes it is, I agree, but this is the picture more »

A little more than than five months from now I plan to toe the line for my last high school race. Track has led me through both good and bad times. This year I want to really go out on top with some great races. This all starts with a training plan. This is my tentative training plan: November 12th, start running again. All easy runs, getting in approximately 40 a week. December: Start to focus a little more on runs, still easy running. General strength and core 3 times a week. Work Mileage up by 10% a week. Hope… more »

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed” -Mahatma Gandhi Ummm... Yea, I don't know whether I will ever post again. But this is still a killer (awesome) and truthful quote. more »

It sucks...a lot. But I feel a lot better now after struggling for the past 2 weeks. NEVER fall behind on eating well and getting good sleep. It can easily allow illness to get into you. The end of the season wasn't what I wanted at Cornell. I had been sick all day with a stomach virus or something, and it really set me back the last 2 weeks of training. After a weekend of lockdown and not doing anything but rest however, I feel a lot better and ready to go. more »

M - 4 miles in 34:00 (8:30 avg). AM run & pretty tired made it so slow. T - AM: 3 miles in 24:30 (8:10 avg). PM: 8 miles total. 3 mile wu in 22:00 (7:20 avg). 4x100 in 16, 16, 15, 15 w/ jog back. Did 75% of the 2x(4x400) w/ 100 jog, 400 btw sets workout per easy week. So I cut out the last two 400's in set 2. 400's in (73, 71, 73, 73) (73, 71). Jogs averaged 33.4, a little too slow. 2 mi cd in 15:00. W - Th - F - Sa -… more »

Greeting readers, thanks to minimal prodding by Allen "The Pleasure Machine" Trevino, I've decided to enter the blogosphere. As many of you know, I am no longer living in San Antonio- although Jordan is apparently unaware of this fact. Due to these circumstances, I'm in the unique position to blog from the perspective of an honest-to-goodness New Yorker. That being said (and coupled with my desire to offer a newer, more exciting blog than Allen's), my format will be a bit more abstract. I'm going to present to you, gentle readers, my thoughts and musings on various on-goings from big… more »

Hey there, Hi there, Ho there This weeks training suffered a little. Although I had  great workouts monday and wensday, my mileage dropped a lot this weekend. I needed a weekend to just go out and have some fun. I recently broke up with my girlfriend and when we were dating I wouldn't go out causewe had a long distance relationship and I would spend my weekends up at her place. I am sad that we broke up but this gives me a real oppertunity to focus on this up coming indoor season. So that saying "A blessing in disguise"… more »

I did 200 nonstop pushups! more »

Today is an off day after the CJ Grp.2 Race. Nice Win! more »

A real blog tomorrow. It will most likely outline my goals for the winter and spring. I might even mention someone other than myself. more »

is about to go on a run with Bryce. easy day. more »

Ah, the season wrap-up edition. And what a season it was. A pretty good season for Thomas Worthington. Didn't quite make it all the way, but Regional is a very good place to make it. They know what they have to do to improve next year. A lot of youngsters are coming back and it should setup a pretty good year.- Going back to Regional, I thought Cheyenne may just make it and she was pretty close. Twenty-first is great as a freshman and she has a very bright future. Tough 11th place finish as a team but next year… more »

My happiest day in my life! I passed the finish line in New York City Central Park after 3 hours and 20 minutes. My fastest run ever and what a fantastic race this is. Probably the best in the world! People are excited even on the plane over the pond and the BIG APPLE is just as incredible as ever! It seems its people are covering the 42 km race from the beginning to the crescendo in Central Park where we finish! A lifetime experience! more »

I wish there would be a run to support Nicolas Cage to stand up and encourage him to fight his situation. more »

Im a high school senior and was wondering if anyone knew of any open indoor track meets in the midwest, preferably in illinois iowa missouri of wisconsin? thanks more »

We did it won the blue trophy! We had an tight race with Red Bank wining by one point. We placed 6,7,11,13,17. Today was a good day. more »

Is just about to go on a run. Maybe 4 or 5 miles. Easy. more »

Yeah sorry for not blogging yesterday, but I wanted to get in the inevitable stories that would come from regionals!!! Which I went to, and any of you who didn't should be taken down to a dark abyss so that no one will ever see you again. Just kidding. But really the number of people that went was unacceptable. Jordan, you have an excuse. But Mackenzie, I'm very very disappointed in you. So this concludes my first week out of cross country, and my first week since joining flotrack with absolutely no miles. Everyone needs a break, and I may… more »

area 51 is my favorite past time! more »

Yesterday was the pre race day we did 3 miles slow striding the last 150m then watch the JV 2 mile Time Trial. Today is going to be a good race. more »

I am trying to keep up my steady pace of 5 blogs per week, and although enough happened to make a new post, I think it would be better to wait until after the regional meet tomorrow. Thank You more »

Every runner has experienced this before. Its a thing were you begin to doubt yourself and begin to wonder why you actually run. you allow you mind you wander and allow for your body to recongize doubt. Just some background on myself, I am a senior in college right now and going into this year, I was wanted to make sure that I was prepared for cross country. I made sure I got up out of my bed during the summer to get all of my runs done. I decided that I would bump up my milage a bit to… more »

For the last five years, I have run for the University of Wisconsin. During my training, I studied Mechanical Engineering. The amount of time that went into that degree was staggering. Most nights I would sit in the Engineering Centers building until way past the time that I should have been in bed resting for my next run. Jerry Schumacher always used to say, “Good runners will always find a way to run fast. Even in conditions that don’t favor running and racing well.” To an extent, I do believe this. I ran 29:00 for 10k and was an All-American… more »

So yesterday we did 4 x 1500 meter repeats..and I did pretty horrible. Not sure what is up with me lately--I feel super tired! Maybe Im dehydrated? Stressed? Thinking about Track too much instead of focusing on Regionals? I don't know! I gotta hit the gym today. That's for sure! more »

Fear not sophomore girls of cross country, I was only kidding when I said there would be no blog today! I wasn't really planning on making one because absolutely nothing happened today, so here is my best attempt at keeping the people happy. Actually since I am doing this late and I already told people that there would be no blog tonight no one is going to realize this exists until sometime tomorrow :( oh well the blog must go on! So this was it. The final spaghetti dinner. After four years of coming to these every week, this was… more »

This week, after running the NY marathon, I'm just taking time off to recover and relax my over worked muscles. All I've been doing is stretch, and I've been eating a lot of veggies and fruits, I'm getting quite hungry since the marathon. I cant wait to get back in workout mode and find the next adventure! more »

Today we went down to Thompson park and ran 4 miles on there. We av. a little under 6:50 per mile and then did some strides on the finish. more »

In case you do not know, which I don't know why you wouldn't because it is a common fact, triskaidekaphobia is the fear of the number 13. Phobias are so cool! Like hippopatomonstresquipedaliophobia is the fear of long word, I swear I didn't even look that up. Ahh! Upon looking it up it appears that first 'a' is actually an 'o', well I got close to spelling it right. But my all time favorite phobia is luposlipaphobia: "An abnormal, persistent fear of of being pursued by timber wolves around a kitchen table while wearing socks on a newly waxed floor"… more »

Today we did a good speed workout, hear are my splits. 1 mile warm up/ 200m- 31sec, rec45sec/400m-66sec.rec.1min,600m-1:47,rec.1:30min,800m-2:24rec.2:30min,600m-1:46rec.rec.1:30min,400m-63sec,rec.1min,200m-26sec./2.5 mile cool down/ 4x100m strides. Today was a good Day. more »

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Today I did a 5 mile Tempo run with my first mile 6:30 which was my sowlest and than I finish in 5:27 for my last mile which was my fastest. Then I did a 1400m run while pacing a runner ( droped out at the 1400m mark ) I was going 5:08 pace. 6 miles Total. The 1 mile TT went real well for the JV guys! Amazing! more »

First up--let me clarify who's writing this ultrablog because, for one day and one day only, Allen Raquelle Trevino will be taking a break. I'm Trey Gustafson, and I'll be the "guest blogger" for #12. Now keep in mind that this won't just be a "one time only" deal--I'll be making regular appearances on Allen's megablog every couple of weeks when he is busy, unproductive, or can't think of anything to blog about. And don't worry, Allen devotees, you'll still get your daily dose of puns, childhood media references, and funny stories. So without further ado, here goes! We'll start… more »

HEY EVERYONE IM DONE WITH CROSS COUNTRY FOR THE SEASON!! NOW I CAN EAT FRIES AT SCHOOL!!!! more »

Today we Did a mile warm up then 4x800m. I went 2:26,2:28,2:32,2:28 and I tried one moe 800m and drop out after the first lap , 73sec. Then I did a 2 mile cool down geting 5.5 miles for the day. I felt good and my hamstrings were ok. I just felt a little sick that whole day. more »

Ok so Saratoga didn't go exactly as planned. I knew I was going to have a tough time with the course and well I did. Probably a bit of self prophecy there...oh well. Its over. Time to look ahead towards, well, the final battle. For XC anyways. Yesterday I ran a good 11 miles with Elisabeth and today I had a good 8 mile farlek with Crawford. My ankles feel great and I am going to be icing them a little bit smarter. No movement once I get out of the ice bucket! Should prevent injury. Also, no icing before… more »

OK so this blog will be relatively short considering I have to read a large chunk of Crime and Punishment in the night ahead of me. I've been very slothful lately and so I am being defrocked by having to do it all in one night. Oh and by the way, it pains me to say that no one was able to figure out my weekly blog challenge, not without hints anyways. My next challenge will have to be written in a way so that the hard part is figuring out what the question is really asking. Today was my… more »

I finally found a schedule thart acually works for me! i found it on runnerworld.com, It design just for me you just fill out the SmartCoach and it is so awesome i start 2morrow and its for 16 weeks and it lokks like it will work for me! i cant want until 2morow,t more »

Hi everyone, This being my first blog let me tell you some stuff about me. I am from Derry New Hampshire and run at Keene State. I like the middle distance events but want to be better at the longer ones. The four years I have spent at Keene I have ran events ranging from 200m - 5000m on the track. I came into college recurited by no one. I wasn't even going to run untill my Dad and my coach talked and thought it was a good idea to try to change my mind. I was heading to Plymouth… more »

Wow I did it in 4 hours 34 minutes and I'm so proud! Running the NY Marathon was one of the toughest things I have ever done in my life, it was also an experience I will never forget, going through the five boroughs, seeing the crowds cheering was uplifting, and the Team For Kids support was outstanding. more »

In the last couple of meets i had they were an average of 22 minutes; one was at Sharptop which wasn't my best race (23:00) because it was hilly and the other race was at the Carollton state course, which was pretty good (22:40), but was hilly also. Then I had my Region meet. It was not an awful race but i didn't improve my time and the fact that Morgan beat me (again!) brought me down. I tried to work on splits while running, and got a time of 22:08, one second off my time last year! I was… more »

Yesterday's race was quite an experience: it had ups, it had downs; but mostly, it was a huge helping of humility and a reminder of how unforgiving the marathon can be. I want to thank everyone for their encouragement and support, especially Janet and Brian Danza for providing gatorade and gel on the course and my family from Long Island for cheering me on the last mile (or was that stretch on Central Park South 10 miles?).The trip as a whole was a blast! The city was electrified with both the marathon and Halloween falling on the same weekend. Our… more »

It was a near perfect weather for the annual Texas Heart Institute Great Pumpkin Run. I want to say 53 degrees with no wind, low humidity, and not a cloud in the sky. Once again I arrive early so that I can park at my usual free spot for the downtown races. This time, however, it is a good half mile from the start/finish – it is a good thing I have to do a warm-up. I’m expecting Sean Wade and Adam Davis to be there to compete for the overall title. I also expected Joe Flores to give me… more »

M - 5 miles in 37:30 (7:30 avg). T - AM: 3 miles in 24:00 (8:00 avg). PM: 11 miles total. 3 mile wu in 22:30 (7:30 avg), 4x100 strides with jog, 5 mile tempo in 29:21 (5:52 avg). Splits - 5:56/5:57/5:51/5:49/5:50. 2.5 mile cd. This was tough, I'm running these tempos too hard I think, should be more controlled. No faster next time until I get this a little more under control. W - AM: 3 mi in 24:00 (8:00 avg). PM: 6 mi total. Speed maint day. 4 mi wu in 29:00 (7:15 avg). 8x100 strides w/ jog… more »

Today I am taking off, hamstrings are still hurting. more »

Does Anybody have the video of Joe Rosa's CR at Holmdel park? Thanks more »