Rainy With a Chance of Duck

Today was a chance to get away from the streets of Desmet with a free for all run in Queeny Park. After taking a long hiatus from Queeny the Desmet distance team returned with a start of a new season. The park welcomed us back with a variety of new changes including a brand new path along one of the most dangerous roads in the park. Although some say that you have to be super human to run at Queeny (Big A) the park always serves as a nice break from the Desmet environment.

Congratulations to Coach Bryan T. and Liz T. who celebrate their 1 year anniversary tomorrow. T-Bone loved the card so thanks to all that signed it.

Lastly we have our first submitted story from the 800 champ Alex Potter… enjoy

When you think of the dangers of running, a few things come to mind. Maybe slipping on a wet hill, steping on a rock or stick, or crazy drivers on Olive. But today Alex P and Jack H had an expierence with a duck…Alex and Jack's workout for the day was a 30 minute running. After running around Queeny Ice Rink a few times, we had time left to run. So we ran around the parking lot the Big River Running is located in. As we turned the corner at the restaurant, we noticed a duck. We both pointed and laughed. It didn't like that. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Jack "duck" and cover his head, so I did the same. Apparently it flew at us. Then, it bent it's head down, and started making wierd noises. We thought let's get out of here, and as we then see it take off right at us, so we put our head down and ran. Jack says it was about a foot from my head…Right when the team thought the duck was finished bother us. Sailor Man decided to do strides, right by the duck. After the first stride down, the duck was eyeing him, a little too close. On the third stride, it attacked Jacob too. Luckily, we have just as many distance runners as we did this morning.