| About Me |
 |
| Photos |
|
| Archives |
|
|
| Links |
|
|
| Powered by |
|
|
| Mudders and Grunters |
| Sunday, March 30, 2008 |
 I don't know who she is, but that's one of the classiest trail running outfits I've ever seen.
To get an idea of what this race is like you have to take a look at the photos that Chris Walsh took. Click Here From looking at the photos it appears Charlie Sprauer doesn't get any smarter with age as he was back again this year. Roger Billings and Leo Saposnick ran, as well as Arlington track coach Colleen Napora.
|
posted by Steve @ 8:58 PM  |
|
|
|
| POTPOURRI |
| Sunday, March 16, 2008 |
Let's start with an alumni update. Hakon DeVries ran the lead-off leg on Stanford's DMR at the NCAA D1 championships. The team finished 4th overall earning All-American honors. This is Hakon's second All-American ranking since being at Stanford. Hakon lead off with the 1200m leg in 2:55.81. He was followed by the 400m leg in 46.92, the 800m leg in 1:51.45 and the 1600m leg finished up in 4:00.36. Their total time was 9:34.03. During Hakon's senior year he anchored the John Jay DMR to an Indoor National Championship, which they ran in the fastest time in the country that indoor season with a time of 10:09.31. That time is also a New York State Indoor Record.
John Jay had some excellent performances at this years National Scholastic Indoor Championships. Karlie Dean led the way setting two school and county records. She ran the 200m dash in 25.73 seconds and the 400m dash in 59.26 seconds.
If you check the MHRRC web site there are some great pictures by Bob Kopac and Chris Walsh of the Ed Erichson 5 and 10 mile races. Bob uses the bib numbers to help him put names on as many pictures as possible.
It wasn't an easy day to run with the chilly temps and gusty winds. I ran the first mile with Art Boyko so I could get a mile split off his GPS watch. When we got the split I slowed down and he picked it up. Once he pulled away I was alone the rest of the race. No one in sight in front of me and no footsteps behind. It made for a good situation to practice staying focused and pushing the pace with the right effort. |
| posted by Steve @ 8:27 PM |
|
|
|
| Is he cute or what? |
| Saturday, March 15, 2008 |
|
| posted by Steve @ 8:50 PM |
|
|
|
| More Pictures of grandson Otavio |
|
 I can't resist putting on pictures. Otavio is about a week old.
|
| posted by Steve @ 8:45 PM |
|
|
|
| Olympic News |
| Friday, March 7, 2008 |
| Big news in the family today. My nephew Daniel will be going to Bejing to swim in the Olympics. Daniel is my wife, Marlene, sister's son. Daniel's father was originally from Puerto Rico and Daniel, who swims for the Puerto Rican national team, will swim the 100 meter breaststroke. He made the Olympic qualifying standard today at a meet at the University of Texas in Austin, TX. My son, Josh, is currently living in Austin with his wife, they will take Daniel out to dinner tomorrow night to celebrate. Daniel will also try for the 200 meter breaststroke qualifying time tomorrow. |
| posted by Steve @ 8:35 PM |
|
|
|
| A New Grandchild |
| Tuesday, March 4, 2008 |
We have our first grandson, Otavio Josiah Nacari. He came into the world at 8 pounds, 5 ounces and 21 inches long.
|
| posted by Steve @ 9:40 PM |
|
|
|
| You might be a runner if ... |
| Sunday, March 2, 2008 |
"OK, that's two laps at my interval pace during a track workout."
I was cooking dinner, the timer read 3:00 until the veggies were ready and my reaction was the thought above. It made me chuckle, then it made me wonder if I'm spending too much time thinking about my training.
I've seen lots of finishes to the line, "You might be a runner if ...", but I don't think I've ever seen one about timing the food you're cooking based on interval lap times. If you want to see an exhaustive list of these sayings check out this thread on letsrun.com. |
| posted by Steve @ 9:38 PM |
|
|
|
| More College Championship Season Results |
|
NYSCTC at St. Lawerence University: Julie McCloskey (Oswego) had a busy meet, running on three relays. The DMR took 6th in 13:06.99, the 4 x 200 took 10th in 1:51.09 and the 4 x 400 also finished 10th in 4:14.55. James Kennedy (Brockport) had an even busier meet. He competed in the pentathlon (55HH, long jump, high jump, shot put, 1000m run) and the individual pole vault and long jump. James finished 4th in the pentathlon with 3107 points, 9th in the long jump at 20' 7" and 12th in the pole vault with a vault of 12' 11.75". Ryan Joyce (Geneseo) took 10th in the triple jump with a performance of 42' 6". In looking through the results I spotted a couple of other local athletes (Arlington High School) who had good meets. Julia Hopson (Fredonia) took 1st in the weight throw with a toss of 53' 6.25" and second in the shot put with a throw of 40' .75". Ashley Wirges (Cortland) was 6th in the 400 meter dash in a time of 60.98. Full results.
Day 2 MPFS Championships, University of Washington: Hakon came back on day two and took second place in the mile in a time of 4:07.83. He also ran the 3K later that day in a time of 8:17.63. Hakon has had a nasty cold for over a week and I think it finally caught up with him in the 3K after two excellent races in the DMR and mile. Full results. |
| posted by Steve @ 4:29 PM |
|
|
|
| John Jay Alumni Update |
| Saturday, March 1, 2008 |
MPSF Conference Championships: The Stanford Cardinal DRM took 1st in an NCAA Championship automatic qualifying time of 9:31.52. Hakon DeVries ran the 1200 meter lead-off leg for Stanford in a time of 2:58.0. Other splits were 400 meters in 46.5, 800 meters in 1:50.3 and 1600 meters in 3:56.2.
Other news: I finally found out why Laura McCloskey is not running this season for Northeastern. She is doing a co-op in Hawaii from January to July. Life is tough. Her younger sister, Julie is running very well for SUNY Oswego. She will be running in the ECAC Championhips on the 4 x 200 meter and Distance Medley Relays. Could two sisters be spending the winter in more different climates? |
| posted by Steve @ 2:47 PM |
|
|
|
|
| Announcements |
MHRRC track workouts are scheduled for:
Tues. July 22
Tues. July 29
Tues. August 5
Tues. August 12
Tues. August 19
please email me at
runtuff@hotmail.com
with any questions.
|
|
