One Super Run

Today we returned to practice after the Alumni Run on Saturday for a nice aerobic endurance (A.E.) run. Coach Tom joined Nick, Matt, MC, Sully, and I for a Super Spoede. We were also accompanied by Coach Traughber's magic watch that makes sure we stay exactly on pace for our run. Alumni two-mile champion, Connor Callahan, ran with us for the first mile of the run before he broke off from the pack and sped into the distance. Shortly after Connor disappeared, Nick found an old rusty knife that he carried with him for the remainder of the run. I began to tease Nick about how we look like a group of thugs, because we were running around without our shirts on and carrying a knife.

Shortly after passing Villa School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Nick also found a hubcap. We decided to take turns carrying it for the four miles remaining in the run by switching carriers each mile when Coach's watch beeped. The sytem worked out quite well, with Nick carrying the first mile, myself the second, Matt the third, and Coach Traughber bring it home in the final strecth. We left the knife and the hubcap at Nick's stash of treasure that is located near the school. Coach Traughber joined us for the reaminder of the run after our waterstop at Villa. Coach is training for the Boston Marthon, and has greatly improved his endurance with a lot of hard work. Good luck Coach! ...the boys are cheering for you.

One of the more entertaing parts of the run occured when we stopped for water at our usual spot on Olive Road. We were met as usual by Coach Williams, but we were suprised by his grand eterance in a rental moving truck. The truck looked exactly like the moving van from Toy Story 1, and we joked about placing a sofa and plasma t.v. in the back of the van and turning it into a De Smet Cross Country lounge on wheels. All kidding aside, we wish Coach Williams the best of luck as his family makes the transition into their new home. While on the topic of coaches, Coach Russo brought his two kids to practice today. We all laughed as we watched them play tag on the football field, while Coach Russo tried to keep them from getting trampeled by the soccer team.

After practice we were joined by Kevin Abernathy, and we began to discuss the summer training shirt for this year. We threw out many ideas including Donkey Kong, Harry Potter, and Batman. We have decided to go with a batman shirt that is yellow with black lettering. This shirt will be in memory of former De Smet runner Jacob Seiler, who love Batman and justice. Here is my design for the shirt, but it is by no means the final copy. Designs will be shown to Jacob tommorrow, who will ultimately get the final say on the shirt.

Quote of the Day: "Nick put that knife away the children are watching" by Coach Tom as we passed a schoolbus full of children on the way to their first day of school.