A WIN FOR THE BEAVERS!!

Where to start! This weekend went about as good as it could have for the Beaver CC teams! The men won the meet in convincing fashion and most importantly found their passion, heart and determination for competition! The plan was to get out hard and keep pushing, always fighting for that extra inch. Each man out there Saturday really pushed themselves and tried to prove something. They were really fired up this weekend and came out with alot of heart. None bigger than Kyle Baker who fell in the early miles and injuried himself pretty bad but refused to give up and wanted to finish for his team to have a chance to win. He got back up and was still able to place 11th. He wins the heart award for the week. Jacob and Jordan Flaws both ran with alot of heart and really pushed each other throughout the race, both run their best races to date with Jordan breaking 30minutes for the first time in his life! Travis Deridder battled the lead for a long while and refused to give up, placing 4th. Zach Newberg was close behind and is rounding into form after a time with illness. The men really grew as a team this weekend and are begining to believe that anything is possible if you have the right attitude. 

The Women also ran amazingly! They too really fought hard over the hilly course and refused to back down. Courtney Jones had her best race of the year as she pushed with the front pack through a majority of the race. Ali Bunde also ran a breakthrough race and set a huge season best! As a whole they really ran tough and placed 3rd out of 6 teams, last year the women were 4th out of 5 teams, so they are really showing improvement. We are battling some illness and injury so hopefully in the next few weeks they will all be healthy and ready to show the conference what we're made of!

 Things are looking great and hopefully we can stay healthy and really show the rest of the IIAC that we are not to be overlooked!

 My Training

Well my training has been going well i guess. It continues to be hard getting up early in the morning, but sometimes that's what you have to do in order to get the job done. I've tried to get in some tempo runs of about 3-4 miles at around 5:30 per mile. This morning I ran 5x800 with 2 minutes rest in an average of around 2:25. So things are looking good. I'm beginning to get back into weight training and core work. I keep reminding myself that I have a long season, but I am getting that itch to compete again. Who knows when that will be, I may jump into a thanksgiving 5k somewhere, who knows. I think I'm in about 16:40 or so 5k shape but you never know until you try. Nothing fantastic but ok for me. I recieved a comment on my last post about my training, that I am too busy and chasing a foolish dream, all I can say is....It's comments like that which continue to fuel my fire!