The Tour de Creve Coeur

Hello there Milk Table followers. I would first like to apologize for the lapse in recent blog posts. School has started this week and I've been very busy. Today was our weekly long run of 10 miles. Although Coach Tom had to work today, we were joined by T-Bone who ran the entire 10 miles with us. He's pretty legit now. Anyway, the heat today was almost unbearable today at 96 degrees with little to no wind. We were able to survive with the four water breaks in the shade that refreshed both the mind and the body.

We started today's run by playing a game where we acted like we were riding in the Tour de France. We split the run into different stages and awarded the classic jerseys to the runners in our group. After breaking away from the Pelaton (JV and freshmen) the lead pack of myself, Nick Martini, Sully, and MC opened with in a torrid pace of 7:30 that we maintained for most of the run. Matt took stage one and quickly earned the green jersey for being the best sprinter on the team. I battled back to take the hilly stage two to grab the jersey of the Mountain King (white with red polka dots). Sully with his consistent effort was able to take the yellow jersey for the overall best time, and we awarded MC the young rider's jersey (white) for hanging in their tough. As you can tell, we have a lot of free time to try and entertain ourselves during these long runs that help make the time pass quickly.

Tonight is the Back to School Bash at De Smet so I will be signing off now to go and help set up. Stay tuned this week for final posts from Kabes and Padre and an update on tomorrow's pancake breakfeast at coach's house. Thanks for reading. Stay Classy!

 Matt O'Connor

 MC and Sully

Me