The national high school rankings came out this week, and it's pretty exciting stuff for our team. All summer we've had our sights set on going after Ferris HS from Spokane and Jackson HS from the west side of the state. On paper we should be about even with these teams. Ferris is currently ranked #1 in the country and Jackson #13. The defending national champions, North Central, also from Spokane, are at #14. Of course, preseason rankings are spotty at best, but this team is good enough to run with those top two teams. The head coach said he got an information request form from the guys who do the rankings, but decided he didn't want his guys focused on rankings and didn't fill it out. Ferris and North Central are our second race of the season, and the guys are totally stoked for it. Anyway, 12 miles on my own today. Had a golf thingy with work so I missed the morning practice. Realized about halfway through that I had not been drinking nearly enough and finished severely dehydrated. The last 4 miles or so were not fun. Estimated pace at 6:45ish but rounding total mileage down to 12. 1:25:46 total time.
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