Here for the Party

One year ago today, Zach, Jacob, and I stopped all whole distance team in the first bay of the locker room to reveal was then known as “the surprise.” We went through our whole semi-rehearsed “Picture This” unveiling. Announcing at the end that the surprise was a team blog titled the Milk Table.

In the first post ever, we asked that you guys hang in there while the Milk Table got off the ground. You have done so much more than that. The support, encouragement, energy, and excitement have been incredible. Thank you so much! For running, for reading, for commenting, for taking pictures, for everything.

Happy Birthday Milk Table!

Now, A look back at the first year:
The Milk Table Year One- By The Numbers
68,736 Words
19,500+ Page Views
481 Comments
147 Posts
119 Pictures
104 Likes on Facebook
52 Milk Table Shirts
51 Followers
49 International Page Views
32 Awards
8 Sunday Conversations
4 Blog Masters
3 Hall of Famers
3 Babies
2 Many Miles & Memories to count
1 Awesome Year

For more memories click here to reread the first week of posts.

Today’s practice found the DeSmet distance team at Creve Coeur Lake. The guys ran anywhere between 30 and 50 minutes around the scenic park. A DeSmet favorite, the crewers of CC Lake were in action this morning. For me, I had a 70 minutes on the elliptical which I knocked out at DeSmet before meeting up with everyone else. 70 minutes seemed daunting, but the time flew by because I was joined by none other than Taylor Swift.

After the run, strides, and core were complete, we celebrated by singing happy birthday and eating cupcakes. The delicious Disney Princess cupcakes (with rings!) were a huge hit. We had Jasmine, Snow White, Ariel, Cinderella, Aurora, and Belle. Jasmine seemed to be the most popular and I guess that means she’s the hottest Disney Princess. If you disagree, comment who you think it is below.

Quote of the Day: “Where’s the clapping?”- Michael as his group was in the middle of on one of their strides. Since I couldn’t do strides, I was cheering the other guys on. Michael was upset that I didn’t clap for them after I clapped on the pervious stride. I made it to them by giving my best slow clap their next time by.

Joke of the Day: “She’s a boy most of the movie!”- Someone (sorry, I’m not sure who it was). People were upset that Mulan wasn’t on a cupcake.

Best Dressed: Scherping, Waller, and Patrick. All three of them wore their Blog Shirts today not even realizing that today was its birthday. Very Festive. It the first time we’ve ever had three winners on the day, but it’s a special day. Some guys had it on yesterday. Good work, but you missed by a day.

Kinda Cold for Spring Break

The highlight of today was the appearance of to alumni who are currently running at the collegiate level. Andy McWhorter (’09), Bellermine, and Zach Boyle (’10), Maryville, both are on spring break this week. They came up to DeSmet to catch up with Tbone and the team and get their run in. It was a lot of fun to see these guys and get a chance to hang out with them.

Today’s workout included an AE run on the Chasselle courses and core. It was chilly but another solid day for the distance squad. And of course it was ended with a tasty, refreshing carton of chocolate milk.

Scherping and I extended practice with a good weights session. Building up strength so we’ll be ready to run some fast times late in the season. It ended up being a long practice, but we know it’s these extra things that will help us reach our potential and put us in position to go after some school records. Scherping is eyeing the 800m record (1:55.68) which was set back in 1997. It’s a good drop from last year, but Brian is a totally different person, way more fit than he has ever been. I’m going after the record in the 1600m (4:17.1) set in 2002. We’re both super excited to be in this position. Keep it locked into the Milk Table to follow all the action.

I should also mention that two of three distance relay records could be broken this year—the 4x800 (7:57.5) from 2006 and the DMR (10:58.6) from 2009.

Check out these either new or updated posts:
Ellipticarty (weekend practices) – added today
Sprinter Like Me (Potter’s position) – added Friday
Let’s Go! – New picture
Legend of the FET (final winter post) – completed!

Quote of the Day: “Coach, is the baseball team still too good to use their own field?”- Zach Boyle, HOF

Joke of the Day: During core.“What’s this?!?” [throws it in the grass]- Seiler. “Hey! That was my watch.”- Scherping.