-- Morning run correction: 23 of the 26 team members were there. D. Raucci and J. McElhoney, our commuters and high-mileage boys, were not required to trek into Marist for the early miles. Rest assured, they did their share, wherever they were.
-- Van talk maturity: Note to Walsh/Prinz, etc. You would be surprised and perhaps proud of the level of baseless "humor" in the co-ed van rides.
-- Bowdoin Park tempo: Tougher than I thought today with the heat, but as a group I thought we got through it quite well. With the morning double, it was an extremely productive day of training.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Morning run
Today was the first of our morning run doubles practices: 6:30 a.m., McCann Center. A weird start. When I got out to my car at a little after 5 a.m., the car thermometer said it was 77 degrees outside. Humid, too.
By the time the boys arrived at McCann, it was pushing 80, the sun was up and the humidity was still there. Sunshine and 80 degrees ... these are not usual morning run conditions. By next week, expect dark and about half the temperature.
The most recent captain regimes (Harris, Rolek, et al) started the team morning run doubles tradition. Most guys complain about getting out of bed early, but doubling is a fact of life if you want to be a halfway decent D1 runner. Getting it out of the way first thing makes sense most of the time.
Out of 26 men on the roster, 25 showed up. I won't single out the culprit here on the fancy blog. I texted him to see what the big idea was. He immediately replied with apologies of a faulty alarm clock, and a report that he arrived 20 minutes late and did a 33-minute double.
Nicely done, everyone. See you at Bowdoin Park this afternoon.
By the time the boys arrived at McCann, it was pushing 80, the sun was up and the humidity was still there. Sunshine and 80 degrees ... these are not usual morning run conditions. By next week, expect dark and about half the temperature.
The most recent captain regimes (Harris, Rolek, et al) started the team morning run doubles tradition. Most guys complain about getting out of bed early, but doubling is a fact of life if you want to be a halfway decent D1 runner. Getting it out of the way first thing makes sense most of the time.
Out of 26 men on the roster, 25 showed up. I won't single out the culprit here on the fancy blog. I texted him to see what the big idea was. He immediately replied with apologies of a faulty alarm clock, and a report that he arrived 20 minutes late and did a 33-minute double.
Nicely done, everyone. See you at Bowdoin Park this afternoon.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Van Talk
Because of the nature of our program, I (we) spend a fair amount of time in vans -- transporting to and from practice venues mostly, but also to meets in the winter and spring seasons as well.
The past few years, Marist has provided us with not-so-subtle, big white vans with Kansas (Kansas?!?) license plates. They are fantastic vans -- usually new and powerful, because they are leased.
Anyway, the past few years -- probably starting sometime around the Harris/Schab/Prinz Era -- Van Talk reached legendary levels.
Van Talk: What's Spoken In The Van, Stays In The Van.
Mostly, I'm a listener. Most of what I hear is hilarious and insightful; sometimes shocking; always entertaining.
Well, my friends, Van Talk has reached new heights now that our men's and women's programs have merged. The men's and women's teams practice together on an almost daily basis. As a result, we are traveling together on a nearly daily basis, which is fantastic.
On Thursday, our workout was at Bowdoin Park (perhaps our next poll question?). Since Coach Chuck works at RCK and that is very close to Bowdoin, I decided to load up the van with men AND women, along with the other cars in our caravan, and away we went.
Van Talk is now co-ed! Naturally, as the maturity level of the men's team continues to plummet while their running gets faster, the level of Van Talk has gotten more interesting. I would have to say the biggest ringleader in Van Talk is currently sophomore Tim Keegan. Now, I know Timmy's mom is a regular blog reader. And so I must interject to Mrs. Keegan that Tim is still the good (and goofy) guy as always.
But alas, I cannot reveal anything further. Because, as we know:
What's Spoken In The Van, Stays In The Van.
The past few years, Marist has provided us with not-so-subtle, big white vans with Kansas (Kansas?!?) license plates. They are fantastic vans -- usually new and powerful, because they are leased.
Anyway, the past few years -- probably starting sometime around the Harris/Schab/Prinz Era -- Van Talk reached legendary levels.
Van Talk: What's Spoken In The Van, Stays In The Van.
Mostly, I'm a listener. Most of what I hear is hilarious and insightful; sometimes shocking; always entertaining.
Well, my friends, Van Talk has reached new heights now that our men's and women's programs have merged. The men's and women's teams practice together on an almost daily basis. As a result, we are traveling together on a nearly daily basis, which is fantastic.
On Thursday, our workout was at Bowdoin Park (perhaps our next poll question?). Since Coach Chuck works at RCK and that is very close to Bowdoin, I decided to load up the van with men AND women, along with the other cars in our caravan, and away we went.
Van Talk is now co-ed! Naturally, as the maturity level of the men's team continues to plummet while their running gets faster, the level of Van Talk has gotten more interesting. I would have to say the biggest ringleader in Van Talk is currently sophomore Tim Keegan. Now, I know Timmy's mom is a regular blog reader. And so I must interject to Mrs. Keegan that Tim is still the good (and goofy) guy as always.
But alas, I cannot reveal anything further. Because, as we know:
What's Spoken In The Van, Stays In The Van.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Here come the naysayers
I keep checking the Vassar Farm poll question. The YES category was doing well, but now the NO category is making a big surge.
Me? I'm sort of neutral and curious.
I'll admit to not liking VF too much last year because it seemed every day we went there it was like 150 degrees with a blast furnace south wind. Wind is an issue there.
However, there are many plusses too.
Keep voting. And keep reading.
Me? I'm sort of neutral and curious.
I'll admit to not liking VF too much last year because it seemed every day we went there it was like 150 degrees with a blast furnace south wind. Wind is an issue there.
However, there are many plusses too.
Keep voting. And keep reading.
Alumni Race Results: Joe T. tunes up
Joe Tarantello (class of 2008) checked in with a race report from the Labor Day New Haven 20k road race in his home state of Connecticut. Joey Tat did great! He ran the 20k in 1:11:53 and reported the following in an email to his old coach (me):
I was really pleased with it, felt fantastic and felt like I could have gone a little faster so it was a really good confidence booster as the marathon approaches.
Joe T. is running in the Hartford Marathon in a few weeks. He'll tune up at the Iona MOC, where our Alumni Racing Team stands at 11 runners entered. Pretty cool.
Nice job, Joe.
I was really pleased with it, felt fantastic and felt like I could have gone a little faster so it was a really good confidence booster as the marathon approaches.
Joe T. is running in the Hartford Marathon in a few weeks. He'll tune up at the Iona MOC, where our Alumni Racing Team stands at 11 runners entered. Pretty cool.
Nice job, Joe.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Alumni Race Results: How sweep it is
Up at the ARC Half Marathon and 5k in the Syracuse suburb of Liverpool, it was a Marist Alumni sweep.
-- Steve Hicks (class of 2005) won the half marathon by a whopping 5 minutes in 1:13:41, an average of 5:38 per mile. Steve will be racing at Iona MOC.
-- Mike Melfi (class of 1999) won the 5k in 15:43 (5:04 pace). Mike has had some physical and health issues over the past few months, but he is on the rebound and working on regaining his leg turnover while still pounding out the mileage.
It's pretty cool that these two alums from different Running Red Fox eras are now training together as well.
-- Steve Hicks (class of 2005) won the half marathon by a whopping 5 minutes in 1:13:41, an average of 5:38 per mile. Steve will be racing at Iona MOC.
-- Mike Melfi (class of 1999) won the 5k in 15:43 (5:04 pace). Mike has had some physical and health issues over the past few months, but he is on the rebound and working on regaining his leg turnover while still pounding out the mileage.
It's pretty cool that these two alums from different Running Red Fox eras are now training together as well.
Alumni Race Results: Celic 4-mile, Staten Island
Mike Rolek (class of 2008), our esteemed former team captain and 10km record holder, nailed a nice 4-miler at Clove Lakes Park on Staten Island -- home of recent alums B-Dix and T-Dix and long-ago and very loyal alum Marty McGowan.
Rolek placed 2nd in the 4-miler to former Iona star Abraham Ngetich. Rolek ran 20:44.9, 10 seconds behind Ngetich. A nice effort. Mike has had some strong road race performances in New Jersey since graduation.
Like many alums, he will be at the Iona Meet of Champions next week and then at the Philadelphia Marathon/Half Marathon in late November.
Nice job, Rolek.
Rolek placed 2nd in the 4-miler to former Iona star Abraham Ngetich. Rolek ran 20:44.9, 10 seconds behind Ngetich. A nice effort. Mike has had some strong road race performances in New Jersey since graduation.
Like many alums, he will be at the Iona Meet of Champions next week and then at the Philadelphia Marathon/Half Marathon in late November.
Nice job, Rolek.
Alumni Race Results: Ocean to Sound Relay
Courtesy of Matthew "Balls To The" Walsh, via email:
Pursuant to your Marist XC web log (aka "blog"), here are some results from yesterday's cross-Island Ocean to Sound 8-person 50 mile running relay-race, or simply "Ocean to Sound" relay.
I am going to break everything down for you, but here are the results...http://www.pigmantri.com/jmsracing/results08/ocean08b.html
Sean Hopkins ran the fastest split for the 2nd leg, representing Sayville Running Company.
(Place for the leg // time // pace)
1 33:40 5:37 ...6 mile leg (flat)
He then came back, immediately, to run the third leg for the Sayville "B" team.
8 41:08 6:26 ...6.4 mile leg (hilly)
Charlie Williams also ran the 7th leg for Sayville "B"
47 51:19 7:33 ...6.8 mile leg (very hilly, toughest leg)
I myself ran, anchoring the Team Runner's Edge co-ed/mixed open team, ran 5:38 pace which if duplicated at VCP (doubtful).. would represent a PR! Exciting stuff.
6 38:17 5:38 ...6.8 mile leg (hilly)
I don't know if you want to put this stuff up on the blog, but it was nice to see 3 Marist alums (though not officially racing for the team) out there on the course, working hard. I'm excited to be running post-surgery PRs..and hopefully soon lifetime bests.
This is a race Hopkins and I are going to push for an alumni team to run next year, hence why I am kind of pushing for some exposure on the site. Maybe if people saw how much fun LI running could be, they would come out more to do some of our many road races.
Coach Pete adds: Nicely done, men! Great to see Walsh healthy and back at it. Hopkins remains an animal as always. And glad Charlie is still running strong (although our Yankees are not doing so well!)
Pursuant to your Marist XC web log (aka "blog"), here are some results from yesterday's cross-Island Ocean to Sound 8-person 50 mile running relay-race, or simply "Ocean to Sound" relay.
I am going to break everything down for you, but here are the results...http://www.pigmantri.com/jmsracing/results08/ocean08b.html
Sean Hopkins ran the fastest split for the 2nd leg, representing Sayville Running Company.
(Place for the leg // time // pace)
1 33:40 5:37 ...6 mile leg (flat)
He then came back, immediately, to run the third leg for the Sayville "B" team.
8 41:08 6:26 ...6.4 mile leg (hilly)
Charlie Williams also ran the 7th leg for Sayville "B"
47 51:19 7:33 ...6.8 mile leg (very hilly, toughest leg)
I myself ran, anchoring the Team Runner's Edge co-ed/mixed open team, ran 5:38 pace which if duplicated at VCP (doubtful).. would represent a PR! Exciting stuff.
6 38:17 5:38 ...6.8 mile leg (hilly)
I don't know if you want to put this stuff up on the blog, but it was nice to see 3 Marist alums (though not officially racing for the team) out there on the course, working hard. I'm excited to be running post-surgery PRs..and hopefully soon lifetime bests.
This is a race Hopkins and I are going to push for an alumni team to run next year, hence why I am kind of pushing for some exposure on the site. Maybe if people saw how much fun LI running could be, they would come out more to do some of our many road races.
Coach Pete adds: Nicely done, men! Great to see Walsh healthy and back at it. Hopkins remains an animal as always. And glad Charlie is still running strong (although our Yankees are not doing so well!)
Monday, September 8, 2008
Hey! I just created a poll!
Check to the right, I figured out how to do a poll question. So let me know what you think about this (see previous post for details).
Hey Rolek, you happy? You wanted more posts, you got 'em ...
Hey Rolek, you happy? You wanted more posts, you got 'em ...
Vassar Farm: Yay or Nay?
OK, time for a little reader participation.
Current team members and alumni are all welcome to chime in.
There seems to be a polarization of opinion on a certain practice venue: Vassar College Farm.
Past and current team members are divided in a Marist Cross Country sort of Civil War. There seems to be no in between. Either you think it's the greatest workout venue ever, or you can't stand it.
Since we have a fairly large number of newcomers this year, there was a lot of new and raw opinions and emotions after our fartlek on the usual gravel road.
The workout, by the way, went great.
Whaddaya think? Is Vassar Farm a great place to train? Does it stink? Does it matter?
Let me know. Post a comment or shoot me an email at runhed246@hotmail.com
Current team members and alumni are all welcome to chime in.
There seems to be a polarization of opinion on a certain practice venue: Vassar College Farm.
Past and current team members are divided in a Marist Cross Country sort of Civil War. There seems to be no in between. Either you think it's the greatest workout venue ever, or you can't stand it.
Since we have a fairly large number of newcomers this year, there was a lot of new and raw opinions and emotions after our fartlek on the usual gravel road.
The workout, by the way, went great.
Whaddaya think? Is Vassar Farm a great place to train? Does it stink? Does it matter?
Let me know. Post a comment or shoot me an email at runhed246@hotmail.com
Sorry for the exclamation points
I just noticed that the titles of the past three posts have had exclamation points on them. That's a pet peeve of mine, overuse of exclamation points. I could go back and fix them. But I won't.
Some friends and family of the program took photos from Friday's Bowdoin Park meet. When I figure out how to get them up on this blog, I will do so periodically throughout the fall.
Note to teams:
Workouts: Our "quality" workout days this week will be Monday (fartlek/tempo timed) and Thursday (Bowdoin hills and pushes), with our long run on Saturday. Next week, the quality days will be Monday and Wednesday, with Monday the harder of the two days and Wednesday a longer day with some light pushes.
Doubling: Guys should be doubling on the road or in the pool 3 times this week (no race) and twice next week.
Mileage: Check with me individually to see what mileage level I would like you all at. For the most part, everyone should be between 65-85/week this week and next. I know it's a big range. But it's a big team.
See you soon ...
Some friends and family of the program took photos from Friday's Bowdoin Park meet. When I figure out how to get them up on this blog, I will do so periodically throughout the fall.
Note to teams:
Workouts: Our "quality" workout days this week will be Monday (fartlek/tempo timed) and Thursday (Bowdoin hills and pushes), with our long run on Saturday. Next week, the quality days will be Monday and Wednesday, with Monday the harder of the two days and Wednesday a longer day with some light pushes.
Doubling: Guys should be doubling on the road or in the pool 3 times this week (no race) and twice next week.
Mileage: Check with me individually to see what mileage level I would like you all at. For the most part, everyone should be between 65-85/week this week and next. I know it's a big range. But it's a big team.
See you soon ...
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Note to alumni: Send your race results to me!
Now that fall road racing season is in full swing, I know a lot of alums are hitting the road -- hopefully sporting the new Marist Alumni Racing Team gear! A few requests to alums from your old coach:
1. If you run in races, any races, and you would like me to post the results here on this blog, please shoot me an email to runhed246@hotmail.com with all the pertinent information. Time, place, age-group, awards, etc. I'm interested, and your teammates and friends are too.
2. If you have any race photos you would like to share, please do so as well.
3. If you want or need new Alumni Racing Team gear, I still have some available, although a lot of it was sold in recent weeks/months.
Best of luck and run strong, everyone!
1. If you run in races, any races, and you would like me to post the results here on this blog, please shoot me an email to runhed246@hotmail.com with all the pertinent information. Time, place, age-group, awards, etc. I'm interested, and your teammates and friends are too.
2. If you have any race photos you would like to share, please do so as well.
3. If you want or need new Alumni Racing Team gear, I still have some available, although a lot of it was sold in recent weeks/months.
Best of luck and run strong, everyone!
Take notice of our women's team!
To all alumni and friends of the program who read this primarily for news of the current men's team: Take notice of our women's team! Coach Chuck Williams has done a great job of recruiting this past year and we have a lot of new and fast women's runners.
As many of you know, Chuck and I are working together and practicing together with both teams. He is leading the way with the women and I with the men, but we are assisting each other and working as a team. Not that Phil and I did not do that, but we sort of had separate training schedules.
Anyway, take note and take interest in our women's program. It's up and coming. It's exciting. And it's a lot of fun.
See you soon!
As many of you know, Chuck and I are working together and practicing together with both teams. He is leading the way with the women and I with the men, but we are assisting each other and working as a team. Not that Phil and I did not do that, but we sort of had separate training schedules.
Anyway, take note and take interest in our women's program. It's up and coming. It's exciting. And it's a lot of fun.
See you soon!
Friday, September 5, 2008
Hot stuff at Bowdoin Park!
Man, it was hot! Temps in the upper 80s, humidity up there too, and a blast furnace hot breeze out of the south kicking up dust at the park. And yet ...
We ran very well for our first meet of the year, and our first home meet in 11 years. Check www.goredfoxes.com later tonight for complete meet results. I was especially pleased with our freshmen performances -- on both the men's and women's sides. Great to see our new athletes debut with such fine efforts. We welcome them all.
Here are the guys' times for the traditional 5k at Bowdoin:
1. Girma Segni 16:08
4. Conor Shelley 16:34 (with a really nasty blister on his heel!)
5. Will Griffin 16:39 (freshman, welcome aboard!)
6. David Raucci 16:41
7. Joe McElhoney 16:48 (grad student, welcome aboard!)
8. Matt Flint 16:49 (freshman, welcome aboard!)
9. Nick Webster 16:50
11. Brian Townsend 16:56 (freshman, welcome aboard!)
13. Curtis Jensen 16:57 (freshman, welcome aboard!)
14. Justin Harris (alum, running unattached) 17:01
15. Tom Lipari 17:09 (freshman, welcome aboard!)
16. Mike Slinskey (friend of the program, running unattached) 17:10
19. Tim Keegan 17:28
20. Sam McMullen 17:33
21. John Keenan 17:34
22. Zak Smetana 17:36
23. Frank Stewart 17:39 (freshman, welcome aboard!)
25. Alex Emerel 17:40
27. Pat Duggan 17:55
31. Greg Masto 18:19
32. Matt Janczyk 18:27
34. Ryan Brown 18:30 (freshman, welcome aboard!)
36. Kyle Havard 18:40 (freshman, welcome aboard!)
42. Mike Holinko 19:29
43. Kris Geist 19:37
After taking an off day on Saturday because of the monsoon, it's back to work on Sunday for a hard week of training as we do not race next week.
It was great seeing all the alums and families at the meet. In all, a fine day and we'll do it again next September.
We ran very well for our first meet of the year, and our first home meet in 11 years. Check www.goredfoxes.com later tonight for complete meet results. I was especially pleased with our freshmen performances -- on both the men's and women's sides. Great to see our new athletes debut with such fine efforts. We welcome them all.
Here are the guys' times for the traditional 5k at Bowdoin:
1. Girma Segni 16:08
4. Conor Shelley 16:34 (with a really nasty blister on his heel!)
5. Will Griffin 16:39 (freshman, welcome aboard!)
6. David Raucci 16:41
7. Joe McElhoney 16:48 (grad student, welcome aboard!)
8. Matt Flint 16:49 (freshman, welcome aboard!)
9. Nick Webster 16:50
11. Brian Townsend 16:56 (freshman, welcome aboard!)
13. Curtis Jensen 16:57 (freshman, welcome aboard!)
14. Justin Harris (alum, running unattached) 17:01
15. Tom Lipari 17:09 (freshman, welcome aboard!)
16. Mike Slinskey (friend of the program, running unattached) 17:10
19. Tim Keegan 17:28
20. Sam McMullen 17:33
21. John Keenan 17:34
22. Zak Smetana 17:36
23. Frank Stewart 17:39 (freshman, welcome aboard!)
25. Alex Emerel 17:40
27. Pat Duggan 17:55
31. Greg Masto 18:19
32. Matt Janczyk 18:27
34. Ryan Brown 18:30 (freshman, welcome aboard!)
36. Kyle Havard 18:40 (freshman, welcome aboard!)
42. Mike Holinko 19:29
43. Kris Geist 19:37
After taking an off day on Saturday because of the monsoon, it's back to work on Sunday for a hard week of training as we do not race next week.
It was great seeing all the alums and families at the meet. In all, a fine day and we'll do it again next September.
Home meet today
For the first time since 1997, Marist Cross Country is hosting a home meet at Bowdoin Park.
Men and women will run the traditional 5k course at Bowdoin. Our new assistant coach, longtime local coach Terry Horton, has done a great job as always preparing the Bowdoin course. He has organized race officials and will handle the scoring of the meet. It is a small meet, just 3 teams: Marist, NYU (last year's D3 National Champions in Men's XC) and St. Peter's.
The weather forecast is, in a word: HOT.
I'll post results later in the weekend, or just check www.goredfoxes.com for details.
Men and women will run the traditional 5k course at Bowdoin. Our new assistant coach, longtime local coach Terry Horton, has done a great job as always preparing the Bowdoin course. He has organized race officials and will handle the scoring of the meet. It is a small meet, just 3 teams: Marist, NYU (last year's D3 National Champions in Men's XC) and St. Peter's.
The weather forecast is, in a word: HOT.
I'll post results later in the weekend, or just check www.goredfoxes.com for details.
Friday, August 29, 2008
12-hour relay
We revived a tradition after about a decade layoff today, 12 hours of running from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
The women paired up and did a 1-mile campus loop, each runner doing between 8 and 10 miles throughout the day.
The men paired up and did 30-minute runs, all doing at least two runs and several doing three runs.
With 10 new men and 12 new women on the team, this was an excellent way to do some team bonding, and in my case, try to learn some of the new girls' names. I'm doing my best.
Everyone had a good time as I3 and I4 served as gracious hosts. The weather was good, no rain!
This also served as our primary Disney fundraiser. Any alumni and friends reading this that would like to contribute to our rather hefty pricetag to bring 20 men and 20 women to Disney for the MAAC championships can send checks made to Marist College to the address below:
Pete Colaizzo
Marist College
Track/XC Office
McCann Rec Center
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601-1387
All donations (however small or large) are welcome.
Thanks in advance, and thanks as always for reading ...
The women paired up and did a 1-mile campus loop, each runner doing between 8 and 10 miles throughout the day.
The men paired up and did 30-minute runs, all doing at least two runs and several doing three runs.
With 10 new men and 12 new women on the team, this was an excellent way to do some team bonding, and in my case, try to learn some of the new girls' names. I'm doing my best.
Everyone had a good time as I3 and I4 served as gracious hosts. The weather was good, no rain!
This also served as our primary Disney fundraiser. Any alumni and friends reading this that would like to contribute to our rather hefty pricetag to bring 20 men and 20 women to Disney for the MAAC championships can send checks made to Marist College to the address below:
Pete Colaizzo
Marist College
Track/XC Office
McCann Rec Center
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601-1387
All donations (however small or large) are welcome.
Thanks in advance, and thanks as always for reading ...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Bowdoin Park on Wednesday
This morning, we (re)introduced the team to our official Home Course: Bowdoin Park.
We did a hill fartlek workout on the course, followed by some roughly 1k repeats on the flats/trails around the soccer fields/finish area.
It was early, but the team was peppy and ran well. And very little complaining about the hills.
We'll be going to Bowdoin more this year.
Back to Minnewaska on Thursday, followed by a return to the 12-hour relay tradition on Friday.
We did a hill fartlek workout on the course, followed by some roughly 1k repeats on the flats/trails around the soccer fields/finish area.
It was early, but the team was peppy and ran well. And very little complaining about the hills.
We'll be going to Bowdoin more this year.
Back to Minnewaska on Thursday, followed by a return to the 12-hour relay tradition on Friday.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Fast kid with an old man
Check out the photo with this post from a 5k trail run recently in Beacon -- Dennings Point 5k. Joey was the youngest finisher at age 8 and he dragged his old man through the course in 27:32. Part of the course was single-track trails. Nothing too tough, but not a flat road, for sure.
Pretty respectable effort for the young guy. And he ran negative splits and had a kick!
It was fun running with him, but I came to the realization that his "race" pace is about the same as my "easy" training pace. This means that, in a few years if he keeps at it, his "race" pace and my "race" pace may be one in the same! How weird is that?
Joey enjoyed running around at the Ogden hills workout and is looking forward to attending other practices this fall.
Enjoy the day.
Minnewaska
Today's preseason destination was a perennial favorite: Minnewaska State Park Preserve west of New Paltz. Returning athletes love this trip. New runners learn to love it.
This year, we are planning a second Minnewaska adventure -- on Thursday morning. Any and all alumni and friends of the program are welcome to join us. We'll be there as soon as the park opens, at 9 a.m.
We'll do the usual 9- and 11-mile loops.
The weather today was absolutely perfect. It's always a few degrees cooler up at Minnewaska and this morning was no different. The team dipped into the lake afterwards.
The highlight/lowlight of that was when a pretty big and scary water snake slithered around unaware team members, until those of us out of the water pointed it out. Conor, being Conor, splashed menacingly at the snake, no doubt pissing it off -- and he pissed off the lifeguards, too! Ah, it's nice to have the guys back ...
This year, we are planning a second Minnewaska adventure -- on Thursday morning. Any and all alumni and friends of the program are welcome to join us. We'll be there as soon as the park opens, at 9 a.m.
We'll do the usual 9- and 11-mile loops.
The weather today was absolutely perfect. It's always a few degrees cooler up at Minnewaska and this morning was no different. The team dipped into the lake afterwards.
The highlight/lowlight of that was when a pretty big and scary water snake slithered around unaware team members, until those of us out of the water pointed it out. Conor, being Conor, splashed menacingly at the snake, no doubt pissing it off -- and he pissed off the lifeguards, too! Ah, it's nice to have the guys back ...
Monday, August 25, 2008
Save the date: Friday, September 5
To all (any?) alumni reading this blog:
On Friday, September 5th, we will be hosting our first home meet at Bowdoin Park in 11 years. It will be a small meet. The only teams attending, other than your favorite Running Red Foxes, are:
St. Peter's
NYU (D3 National Champions, 2007!)
We will run the 5km course for men and women. A low-key, time-trial type meet.
After the meet (4 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. race times), we will have a retirement celebration party at Bowdoin for outgoing women's coach Phil Kelly. Befitting our style (Phil and I), it will not be fancy: Pizzas, Gatorade, water, etc.
Please spread the word as all alums are encouraged and invited to attend this event.
Please get the news going via email, facebook, texting, etc.
Or even better: Direct your friends to This Fancy Blog!
Take care and thanks for reading.
coach pete
On Friday, September 5th, we will be hosting our first home meet at Bowdoin Park in 11 years. It will be a small meet. The only teams attending, other than your favorite Running Red Foxes, are:
St. Peter's
NYU (D3 National Champions, 2007!)
We will run the 5km course for men and women. A low-key, time-trial type meet.
After the meet (4 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. race times), we will have a retirement celebration party at Bowdoin for outgoing women's coach Phil Kelly. Befitting our style (Phil and I), it will not be fancy: Pizzas, Gatorade, water, etc.
Please spread the word as all alums are encouraged and invited to attend this event.
Please get the news going via email, facebook, texting, etc.
Or even better: Direct your friends to This Fancy Blog!
Take care and thanks for reading.
coach pete
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