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2007 XC Club Nationals

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Location:

Alexandria,VA,USA

Member Since:

Jun 03, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

4:34 mile, DC RR Mile, 2007

15:39 5k, Occidental College, 2007

25:52 8k, Rockville Twilighter, 2007

32:54 10k, Shelter Island (tough course!), 2004

49:30 15k, Tulsa Run, 2001

52:21 10 mile, Broad Street Run, Philly (fast course!), 2007

1:08:49 half marathon, Hobble Creek (downhill), 2001

2:28:55 marathon, St. George (downhill), 2006

2:33:04 marathon, Chicago, 2001

Short-Term Running Goals:

15:20 5k

4:25 mile

2:26:00 marathon

Long-Term Running Goals:

sub 15:00 5k

sub 2:22:00 marathon

Personal:

I live in Alexandria, VA, but still consider myself affiliated with Wasatch Athletics in Salt Lake City, UT, and High Noon A.C. in Ithaca, NY. My coach is Demetrio Cabanillas.

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Sat, Dec 08, 2007

Race: 2007 XC Club Nationals (6.2 Miles) 00:35:39, Place overall: 201

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
10.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	10.00

2007 USATF National Club Cross-Country Championships, West Chester, Ohio.

I raced for the Howard County Striders. Our team was 42/50 :), but we had a lot of fun!

Results

I was really happy with my race. I was 201/422 with a time of 35:39... one of my slowest times, but probably one of my best performances! I felt really good about being in the top half! I had watched the masters race earlier and having raced against a few of those guys I knew about what I should be shooting for on the course. I knew a banner day would be 35ish (5:37 pace). I ended up going out in 5:25, consistent with the "Go out hard and die like a man!" philosophy! Thus, I was feeling it early. But I managed to stay semi-relaxed and not drop off too much. We hit the 3 mile in 16:45 (5:35 pace). The fifth mile was a bear! The last mile was a dog fight... but I managed to maintain my place and even passed a couple of guys in the last 0.2, which was slightly uphill... which was to my advantage against the speedy guys. Finished in 35:39 (5:44 pace)... so as you can see, we were ALL dying!

Overall, this was one of the best racing experiences ever! It was so cool to be among so many awesome runners. A link to the photos of the weekend is given below. Hope to see some of you out there next year!

Photos

Comments

From Sean on Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 03:56:57

Nice job. It was indeed a sloppy day in Ohio but fun nevertheless. Cross country is for those who like to get dirty. Hopefully you didn't get caught up in that embarassing post-race party mess.

From Randy on Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 08:42:20

Thanks Sean. But you're the Man! Top 100 in that crowd is awesome. No, I made it to bed before things got too crazy. Enjoy your holidays...

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