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Another Great Workout for the Entire Team, In a Rainstorm

September 6, 2011 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Comments:
Man, we haven't had a bad workout yet. Today was dedicated to another negative split run on the rail trail, same workout we did at the beginning of camp week. It was pouring again today. We warmed up to the park in Hellertown and did drills there as a team. Then we got right into it. The way out always sucks because we run slow and increase our pace really gradually, anticipating the tempo run back the entire way. There were puddles everywhere and the whole time I was having visions of us winning Patriots on our home course. The rain really pumped me up too I was soaked. The Md's turned first, 18 minutes in. Paez, Merwine, Kenny, Caldwell, Steve, and Mitch headed for home and we cheered them on. The freshmen and Russ turned next, 23 minutes in. The rest of us turned at 25 minutes. We were in a nice, big pack until about 12 minutes in, when Evans took off. Flach and I picked it up to stay with him, but after a couple minutes Flach started to drop. Evans and I stayed together until the end of the run, and finished about ten second ahead of everybody else, who all finished as a big pack. This impressed me a lot. Everybody looked great today, and this is just another step toward victory. Their pace was 5:20, so we were about 5:18 or 5:19. I was very pleased after this workout. Running back to the varsity house completed our mileage. We did a really hard core session in the varsity house lobby afterwards. This is the year.