Sunday July 11-Tuesday July 13
Wisconsin
This week me, Justin Potter, the Callahans, Jimmy Reed, Collin Sullivan, Collin Vieth, Cleaver, and Seamus went to the Stevens Point Running Camp in Wisconsin with Coach Traughber and Coach Leeman. We all left DeSmet at 6 a.m. on Sunday (we would have left earlier but Justin decided to sleep in).
The camp started with a mile time trial and everyone from DeSmet ran great time showing that the summer training is paying off. The next morning we all woke up early and went on an easy run of about 4 miles with our groups. Then the Stevens Point cross country coach, Coach Witt, talked to everyone about summer training and after that we got ready for our afternoon workout. It was 20 minutes of tempos on the track. My group was going at 6:12 pace and everyone from DeSmet did great.
On Monday we also challenged the counselors to a game of wiffleball. It was everyone from DeSmet and a guy at the camp who we nicknamed Super Jimmy. It was a 5 inning game and very close. Cleavers pitching and some great defense is what kept us in the game. In the bottom of the fifth we were down by one run with two outs and Super Jimmy hit a walk off home run to win the game.
Quote/Joke of the day-"It doesn't matter guys because we've already lost". Collin Sullivan said this literally one second before Super Jimmy hit the home run that won the game.
Dream Mile
On Tuesday we did another short easy run in the morning followed by another afternoon workout. Todays workout was different than anything we had ever done before. It was called the Dream Mile. For the workout we took our mile pr and added around 20 seconds to it and tried to run a mile in that time. We could divide the mile however we wanted and would get 6 minutes of rest to split up . My group was aiming for a 4:32 mile. We ran a 200, 300, 400, 500, and another 200 at that pace with around a minute rest between each. It was a great way to finish the day, and my group ran exactly 4:32.
Quote of the Day- "If it was easy we would stand around and call it football". Coach Witt talking about cross country.
Joke of the Day- Coach Witt was showing a weird way that one of the girls on his team used to run and Michael whispered to us "Thats the Stack Shuffle".
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Steven's Point
Here is a recap of the first couple days of the Wisconsin running camp from Jack Husmann.
Sunday, July 11, 2010
A 5k of Angels and All-Stars
On Sunday morning I woke up early in my Huntington Beach Hotel to travel inland to Anaheim for the 2010 All-Star Game Charity 5k. I had setup my running schedule so that the race would be my tempos for the week. After hoping out of the car a couple blocks away for the Angel’s Stadium of Anaheim, I tracked down my number: 13 – Brendan Ryan. Being a MLB run event of course I had to associate my number with a player.
I took my place among the 7,000+ 5k runners in the 6 minute pace section of the start line. I was hoping to run right at or just under 6 minute pace for the race, but I wasn’t really sure how I would do. I was a tired from traveling and sightseeing, and still sore from the solo beach-side half-marathon that I ran two days before.
After words from former players and representatives of the charities the horn sounded and the race begun. I absolutely love the start of big races like this. I got to weave in and out of the masses. Splitting people and hitting gaps, so much fun. The course took us around on some streets around the stadium. I came through the first mile ahead of pace at 5:55. I continued to move up and pass the people that went out too hard. This actually sped me up as my second mile split was 5:53. The 3rd mile was the best. The field was thinning, but I was still passing people. We turned on to the parking lot and I knew it was too early for the finish, and to my surprise the course led right into the stadium. It was cool and I picked it up a bit and flew around the track as the grounds crew was working on the grass art. Coming around the dugout they had a camera and I saw myself on the video board as I finishing my loop. Made one more turn and finished up.
I finished in 18:17 which means my last mile was pretty fast, but I didn’t care. My tempo was good for 38th overall and 2nd best out-of-state finisher. I dropped over 60places and almost 2 minutes from my All-Star 5k time last year in St. Louis. I received my very nice medal and some free Nike socks.
But, I wasn’t finished I was doing a 5 mile tempo so I headed back to the start line and did an out-and-back on the first mile. A guy joked to his wife as I ran by, “This is his 3rd time through the course.” I flew by the rest of the walkers who gave me weird looks, only to be more surprised when they saw me running back at them. I heard multiple, “You’re going the wrong way!” and “Look at 13!” I enjoyed it.
Once again, I had lots of fun running out of St. Louis, and I’m glad I can share me experience with you guys. That’s one of the great things about what we do. It’s the same everywhere: St. Louis, Spain, California. It’s always one foot after the other.
I took my place among the 7,000+ 5k runners in the 6 minute pace section of the start line. I was hoping to run right at or just under 6 minute pace for the race, but I wasn’t really sure how I would do. I was a tired from traveling and sightseeing, and still sore from the solo beach-side half-marathon that I ran two days before.
After words from former players and representatives of the charities the horn sounded and the race begun. I absolutely love the start of big races like this. I got to weave in and out of the masses. Splitting people and hitting gaps, so much fun. The course took us around on some streets around the stadium. I came through the first mile ahead of pace at 5:55. I continued to move up and pass the people that went out too hard. This actually sped me up as my second mile split was 5:53. The 3rd mile was the best. The field was thinning, but I was still passing people. We turned on to the parking lot and I knew it was too early for the finish, and to my surprise the course led right into the stadium. It was cool and I picked it up a bit and flew around the track as the grounds crew was working on the grass art. Coming around the dugout they had a camera and I saw myself on the video board as I finishing my loop. Made one more turn and finished up.
I finished in 18:17 which means my last mile was pretty fast, but I didn’t care. My tempo was good for 38th overall and 2nd best out-of-state finisher. I dropped over 60places and almost 2 minutes from my All-Star 5k time last year in St. Louis. I received my very nice medal and some free Nike socks.
But, I wasn’t finished I was doing a 5 mile tempo so I headed back to the start line and did an out-and-back on the first mile. A guy joked to his wife as I ran by, “This is his 3rd time through the course.” I flew by the rest of the walkers who gave me weird looks, only to be more surprised when they saw me running back at them. I heard multiple, “You’re going the wrong way!” and “Look at 13!” I enjoyed it.
Once again, I had lots of fun running out of St. Louis, and I’m glad I can share me experience with you guys. That’s one of the great things about what we do. It’s the same everywhere: St. Louis, Spain, California. It’s always one foot after the other.
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