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[Dan]

That's not good.

My training sucked from March through June. I was basically running 3 miles a day, 5 days a week, and getting nowhere. I finally upped it about 5 weeks ago, doubling that level to close to 30 miles a week on average. Other than tapering down this past week, I've just been trying to maintain that level and build back some fitness.

Dan

[Dan]

Results are in, and I didn't get beat by any JV girls!

PLACE FIRST LAST TIME AGE GROUP
1 Noah Megowan 17 24 26-30
2 Peter Marks 18 45 LOHS
3 David Madden 18 55 LOHS
4 David Harding 19 01 41-45
5 Jake Blei 19 27 31-35
6 Jon Puskas 19 37 31-35
7 Chris Marks 19 43 46-50
8 Jim Ruff 19 45 51-55
9 Ryan McCune 20 27 LOHS
10 Spencer Crim 20 45 LOHS
11 Peter Watts 21 25 21-25
12 Dan Kaplan 22 40 26-30
13 Stuart Martin 22 42 LOHS
14 Pete Werner 22 46 46-50
15 Lorenzo Nardini 22 55 LOHS
16 Nick MaGaurn 22 58 LOHS
17 Stephen Hodges 22 59 LOHS
18 Molly Zeliff 23 01 LOHS
19 Ali Weber 23 10 17-20
20 Nick Brouhard 23 26 LOHS
21 Rick Rosenbloom 23 28
22 Bruce Plato 23 55 LOHS-Admin.
23 Chris McNamee 23 58 LOHS
24 Matt Hodges 24 04 17-20
25 Annemarie Southwell 24 07 26-30
26 David Greer 25 24 17-20
27 Todd Miller 25 24 26-30
28 Becca Frasier 25 27 LOHS
29 Alex Pajunas 25 28 17-20
30 Kate Lenszer 25 28 17-20
31 Elijah Greer 25 46 pre 17
32 Caity McKean 25 48 LOHS
33 Susan Murray 26 53 Coach
34 Mitzi Lau 29 26 LOHS
35 Ryan Catlin 29 38 LOHS
36 Torri Crim 30 58 LOHS

I guess that makes me 5th man on the HS team... I had my time at 22:39.47, but I guess the official time was 0.03 higher and rounded up... My estimate of 40 runners (I didn't think to count beforehand) wasn't too far off, either. Note the 1:15 gap in front of me, yikes.

Dan

[Anselm Murphy]

What does "JV" girls mean? is that the junior girls group or something? Lucky they didnt beat you! What kind of race was this? was it to do with a college or something or was it just a public open to everyone kind of thing?
Is 17:24 a good time for a 5k? Because I think I could nearly do that. Just on Sunday before I hurt my leg I broke my record for my normal daily run of 2.75k, in 9:10. I estimate the remaining 2.25k would take about 8 mins. Thats on a flat circuit though, - do a lot of these races go up and down hills etc to make it harder?
As soon as im better I'm going to run 5k and see how long it takes

[Distance_Guru]

JV stands for Junior Varsity. Which is the designation for athletes, usually young ones, that are good enough to be on the first team at their high school. JV teams allow athletes to get experience competeing but, against athletes that are at their level as opposed to the Varsity (first team) which are usually a fair bit better than them.
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[Dan]

It was an alumni run for my high school. There are usually quite a few of my old teammates at the event, but only a few showed up this year. 17:24 isn't terribly fast, which is largely why I think the course was long. Noah was running hard, and I know he's capable of 16:20 or so. That course is pretty flat, so aside from some sharp turns and sloppy stuff in one spot, mis-measurement is the likely culprit. I think the extra distance was somewhere in the first 3k, based on an early split of mine that didn't seem right.

The race started out as alumni-only (began the year after I graduated) with a separate community race, then combined the races, then made it open to anyone, be it alumni, community, or otherwise. It's a nice atmosphere and good fund raiser for the team.

Dan

[Micah Ward]

Great race Dan

Now please don't wait 364 days before you toe the line again. Especially since you have Paul as a one man cheering section.

In fact, Paul should toe the line with you
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[Conway]

Good race Dan ... Congrats on the effort ... Now ... The next race is when ??? When you run in Californai I'll come watch ... Although i do have relatives in Portland so if there is a race there perhaps I could kill a few birds with one stone !!!!

Conway

[Dan]

As long as I'm not one of the birds getting stoned...

Paul's still got more of a limp than I expected, so we'll all have to pull together and wish his knee a speedier recovery.

Next race in less than 364 days? We'll see...

Dan

[Micah Ward]

Dan, I checked my 24:20 from my last race on the WAVA age graded tables. It adjustes to a 22:24...let's see...you ran 22:40...hehehe
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[Dan]

I don't get an age grading?

Dan

[Micah Ward]

Sorry

Age grading starts at 34 and it's purpose is to give a way for old farts like myself to engage in trash talking.
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[Dan]

Yeah, but here's a little back and forth between my dad and I 5+ years ago:

Dad: My body's starting to act its age.

Me: Well, it's about time your body acted its age, because my body has been acting your age for years!

So you see, I was deserving of age-grading in my early 20's...

Dan

[Dan]

The date for this year's Alumni Run is tentatively set ... Wednesday, August 27th, 6pm @ LO Junior High. Exactly 4 weeks away!

Supposedly some new trails throughout the woods and a revamped first-time course. I guess that means it will be measured about as accurately as last year...

Dan
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[Dan]

Hey, I just realized in looking back at last year's results, I was second in my agre group.

Dan
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[graeme]

Not bad
How far was last year's course?