40 Minute Adventure

Wednesday
The whole team headed to Forest Park. The JV and Freshmen were running in their final race of the season—the Findley Invitational. The Varsity was there for a 40 minute run and to cheer on the other Spartans.

The top 8 had Forest Park, 40 minutes, and a camera. These three things put together equaled an awesome practice. We ran around the park to all the best places and stopped to take a picture. We rotated the photographer so everyone would be in the pictures. At each stop, we gave ourselves 7 seconds to strike a pose. It was a blast. We even took a video of us running up Art Hill. If you want to check them out, the pictures and video are on facebook. They are all unique and great. You have to look closely at some to see the best parts.

Thursday
The Varsity was joined today by the JV guys that will be running in the Challenge race on Saturday. We were back at our home course (Parkway Central). The JV’s practice was a simple course preview, one time through the course. The Varsity prepped for Setionals by running the first 800 on pace and doing strides on the last 200. We ran by the DeSmet Freshmen Maroon Team playing at Central and cheered. It was a successful day; we are excited and ready to go for Saturday.

Quote of the Day: “Bear Crawl”- Martini when we were just about at the top of the Art Hill. You can hear it on the video.

Joke of the Day: “I want to having a meeting with Coach Traughber, Rob, and Potter. It would be the most epic meeting ever.”- Scherping randomly after practice and the way he said it was so funny.

Best Dressed: Madey. It has been a week of sleeves for Madey and he’s been wearing them like a champ. On Wednesday, he had a long sleeve Nike shirt with some red bball shorts—a very classy look for the Forest Park run. But even his long sleeves didn’t stop him from using one of his favorite sayings: “Sun’s out, Gun’s out.”