Machines

Due to a soccer game the team was split in two. The top 9 headed to CBC for a 1000s workout. The rest of the guys stayed at DeSmet for a mile time trial. The top finishers were A. Morgenthaler, M. Callahan, Vieth, Jimmy, Mackenzie, and McGann (not positive if that is the exact order).

Upon arriving at CBC, we started with the first Standard CBC warm-up the team has seen in well over a year. The normally dreaded 2+ mile loop was actually great today. We went through skips and drills with a slight sense of urgency as we were trying to get the workout finished before a soccer game started on the CBC turf field.

The workout was phenomenal. 5x1000s on short rest. Everyone was dominating. The workout as Coach Williams Quote of the Day said, was like brushing our teeth. We just went out there and knocked it out no problem. Kabes was the last to finish and he finished right as the horn went off to start the soccer game. That’s how great a day it was. The pack was under 17 and kabes was under 16. Afterwards, T-bone pointed out how far we have come and that we are ready for the Districts.

Potter was out and running again, getting ready for Clayton. Brian drove most of us to CBC in the Pondering Man Van which stemmed our cool down conversation. We decided where everyone would fit if the Varsity was a family. Kevin & Jacob are the parents. Potter is the grandfather. Madey (prodigal son), Martini (middle child who doesn’t look like anyone), O’Connor (whining middle child), and Husmann (baby) are the children. Goetz is the cool uncle who would tell war stories and stuff. Scherping is the Nanny, aka Soccer Mom. Waller is the neighbor who is always around. And Seamus is the dog.

We went back to DeSmet for a fist-pumping good Upper-Body Circuit. Some of followed Madey’s lead and went big since it was only one time around. Next was core, and we finished with some delicious chocolate milk.

In other News, today marked the end of the Quarter Quest. The Quarter Quest was an attempt started by Coach Williams and adopted by the rest coaching staff to acquire all the State quarters through milk sales. It could not be done without the team though as guys were always trying to bring in a quarter that was missing from the list. LaBelle brought in the final piece, Alabama. We have all 50 states, DC, the five territories (Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, Virgin Islands, and Northern Mariana Islands), and the bicentennial quarter. An impressive collection. Way to go everyone!

The only disappointment of the day was that we didn’t get to see Bernie.

Quote of the Day: “We’re only doing one circuit. I gotta get my moneys worth.”- Madey after we were all stunned by the weights he was picking up.

Title: The way we were all hitting paces and running smoothly Coach commented on how it we were all like machines.