Lisa Chase = stellar 5km race in Albany!

 Congrats to Marist Running Superstar Lisa Chase for her truly outstanding race at Albany's Run For Women 5km last Saturday. This is a national/international caliber field of women's racers and Lisa proved that she is "mastering" her new age division! 

But rather than telling you more about it, allow me to poach Lisa's post-race post on Strava, along with the finish photo. Great job, Lisa!

Run for Women 5k: 17:58

Really proud of this one - not quite as fast as Barn to Bridge last fall but on a harder course I'd say this was my best 5k ever. Super motivated by all my amazing teammates and humbled to be part of the elite field. 19th overall; 3rd master.

Addie also ran the 5k, with her friend Sonia, and they finished holding hands in 33:10. But the real hero of the day was Will who thought he was running the mile but no one was there to tell the kids to turn around so he got sucked into the 3k (and finished in under 18 minutes!)

Thanks John Kinnicutt for the finish photo.

First place! (in something)

 Thanks to loyal alum Marty McGowan for sending me this nearly month-old link from GoredFoxes with one of the worst headlines I can imagine (see also, "burying the lead") about the MAAC All-Academic Teams for track. "MAAC Announces Outdoor Track & Field All Academic Teams" was the headline. Back when I was in journalism class (or out in the Real World of journalism), we would call this a "no sh*t" headline. As in, no sh*t, they announced the team! What's buried deep in the story? Marist's men's track team had the most number of All Academic selections in the conference! How about "Men's Track Leads the Way in Academic Honorees" ... or something like that.

Gosh, I sound like a Bitter Old Man, don't I?

Anyway, we had 28 men (first place) and 28 women (third place) who qualified for MAAC All Academic honors. We are proud of this. And, as we always used to say, "hey, at least we're First Place in Something!