Lindbergh Cross Country

The team records, mileage clubs, and all-time lists are now all updated.  Check them out.

 Keep training.  Remember, there is no off-season!

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Madeline Platt, Chris Miland, and Matt Miland all ran the entire half-mile, 5 honk Road Warrior today (Sat. Oc 7).  For anyone who doesn't know, a Road Warrior is where the coach drives his car at a constant speed (15 mph for the guys and 12 mph for the girls), honking his horn every tenth of a mile.  Runners, in groups of 3 – 5, run along side of the car for as long as they can.  Once a runner drops behind the back bumper, he or she has to stop.  The goal is to see how many honks you can last.  The road we run the Road Warriors on is 1/2 of a mile.  The guys who make it the entire way run the 1/2 mile in 2:00.  The girls run it in 2:30.

Chris was able to run two Road Warriors today.  He looked like he could have run all the way to Lake Washington at that speed.

Everyone on the team ran awesome and had a lot of fun.  Check out the photo gallery for pictures.

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The conditions were perfect–the deluge of rain that hit Renton earlier in the day stopped.  The wind that often blows through the stadium calmed.  Blue sky appeared above the track, allowing rays of sunshine to warm the air to a perfect temperature.  The main grandstands were near full of fans.  The two heavy weights–Thompson and Vanuland–stepped onto the track for a rematch of their early season confrontation that saw Thompson win by two tenths of a second after leading the entire race.  Both runners ran 5:00 in that race, barely missing the chance to become the first runners in Renton middle-school track history to run sub-5:00.

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Matt Miland has set a new Lindbergh mile record for a freshman.
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Josh Kratzer makes a run for Max Ferguson’s 57:02 record around Lake Youngs last thursday Dec 15th.
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Every cross country season on the Monday of the last week before state our varsity runners race a mile on the track at Renton Stadium.  The purpose is to get the sensation of running very fast and to get the confidence boost of running a PR or close to it, even though we have been training for 5Ks and not 1600s.  Usually a few people on the team manage to run a PR.  This year, every one who ran accomplished a PR.  Here are the mile times (only the guys ran).
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Few runners have completed the famous but extremely difficult Road Warrior workout.  In a Road Warrior, I drive my car at a constant speed (15 mph for the boys, 12 mph for the girls) while 3-4 runners at a time run along side.  Every tenth of a mile I honk the horn.  The goal for the runners is to see how many honks they can keep up with the car.  As soon as a runner fades behind the back bumper, he or she must stop.  We run the Road Warriors on the road leading to Philip Arnold Park.  This road is a half a mile in length.  For a guy to make all five honks he must run the half mile in 2:00.  The girls run 2:30.  This workout requires extreme mental and physical toughness to keep up as long as possible.  Read on to see who made it to the gate.
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Brian Jensen and Kameron Peck both ran over 250 miles miles this summer, earning the coveted 250 Mile Club t-shirt and putting their names for ever on the Lindbergh Mileage Club list. 
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This summer has seen several worthy attempts by Josh Kratzer, Sam Ahlbeck, and Max Ferguson to capture the coveted 15K Lake Youngs loop record .
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