We will be in Indiana until Saturday afternoon, when we fly back to Newark. Today, we explored downtown Bloomington, which has a wealth of really nice little shops. I was especially enamored with a very excellent used book store. I found an excellent copy of a David Halberstam baseball book. He is one of my favorite authors.
Speaking of baseball books … check out the brand new book about Derek Jeter called “The Captain: The Journey of Derek Jeter.” I am currently about halfway through it, and it is a fantastic read. Of course, I am biased, as the author – Ian O’Connor – is a Marist ’86 classmate of mine. We were fellow communication majors who took many of the same journalism classes with David McCraw, a professor who taught us both a lot about writing and editing. Ian is a true star in the industry, and this work will further cement his legacy as a fantastic sports journalist.
Anyway … here are a few links from some interesting and wide-ranging tidbits for you:
--Team captain Matt Flint send along this Flotrack link about stride analysis and Chris Solinsky. Very interesting and thought provoking stuff. Check it out and let me know what you think.
--Marist alum Kris Geist sent along this link about Marist Alumni runners in an Albany-area race. Pictured is former Marist distance runner and former 1,500-meter school record holder Chris McCloskey, who is now a triathlete. Kris said Marist Running and Crew alum Lisa D’Aniello was also in the race. Thanks, Geist!
--Here is a link to post-meet coverage of Will’s race at www.goredfoxes.com. Thanks to Marist Sports Information Director Mike Ferraro and his assistant Alex Lumb for their continued support and encouragement of our program. They have a lot on their plate, publicizing 23 teams, and they are loyal followers and promoters of Marist track and cross country.
We will be heading over to the meet in a little while to check things out and cheer on some fellow MAAC athletes who are hoping to advance to Des Moines.
2 comments:
Fascinating stride analysis video. Thanks for making the link. I've now decided that I'm not getting slower because I'm old, it's because I have the world's tightest hips. Time to start stretching.
I just checked out the picture with McCloskey. There are two John Jay grads in that picture, two people to the right of Chris is Dan Jordy, class of 01. He ran on our 4 x 800 that ran 7:40.2.
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