Tuesday Tune-up

With the State Meet only 3 days away it was time for the final workout of the season. And it was a dreamy one: another Dream 800 for Potter & Scherping and a Dream Mile for Abernathy.

The stormy, hurricane-like weather of Monday was nowhere to found. It was very sunny and hot. But that didn’t slow us down or convince Abernathy to not wear sleeves for the warm-up. He gained a lot of attention for his not-so-practical look. We skipped and did drills in the shade up by the school. It was way cooler up there. If only the whole track was shaded like that.

For the workout, it was, like last week, over in a hurry. Potter and Scherping the 4x200 with one minute rest. Abernathy 4x400 with two minutes rest. After a few fast repeats the entire workout was complete. Potter’s splits added up at 1:57 and Scherping was at 1:50. Abernathy’s dream mile came out to be 4:09. All three were sharp and definitely ready to run fast this weekend. They should be a part of a couple exciting races. It’s time to put all the hard work into one final race on the big stage and bring home with a well deserved medal.

After the cool down and stretching, it was to the trainer’s room as always for a nice post-workout ice bath. The thing that made this ice bath different from the others was we watched some race videos. On the laptop we watched the Sectional 1600m race and talked strategy for this Friday. The best part of the video was that it had a great shot of Abernathy telling Coach Traughber to get away from him when he came to congratulate him.

Quote of the Day: “Hotter Potter?!?!”- Scherping to Coach after he said “this hot or hotter.”