Although quite a few runners on our team had very strong races at the League meet(such as Bailey Bangerter, Sharaya Bradley, Kalen Hardwick, Stephen Root, and several others), the two people who have excelled the most recently based on their workouts and their races are Kenneth Yuen and Andy Dean. They are this weeks Runners of the Week. Here is why.
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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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Well we all have a few races under our belts now, and am sure that the question has come up “how can I be faster?” I am here to help give you some advice that has come to me from former runners and 3 1/2 years of race experiences. The most important thing is…
On Friday, right after school, the whole team, minus a few poor souls, namely the sick, lame and Eric Fischer (who is suffering through a week at disneyland) piled into some vans and carpooled in mass up to Bellingham for the Mt. Baker Invitational that Saturday. I will comment on the top ten things learned. But, as a general rule what happened in Bellingham… Stays in Bellingham!
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Rettmann has given the Captains admininistrative powers! This means that Andy, Ranvier, Olga and I will, from time to time, post stories, comments, thoughts or any other random factoid. Today I will be tackling a safety issue that is of great concern to all of us.
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