It's Not the Heat, It's the Stupidity

OK, so we appear to be headed for 90 again today (and probably tomorrow and Thursday), so it's a good time to point to some of my favorite Runner's World articles on heat.

This one discusses some of the barriers posed by heat and how to overcome them.

Here is an article with a couple of stories and then some tips (avoid caffeine!)

Here are a few more tips (although some are geared toward beginners).

Remember, practice today is at 3:45pm (at Schroeder), with pizza (bring $3) and WABO to follow.

Blue & Gold Results

Gold swept all 3 races on Saturday, thanks to several outstanding performances for so early in the season. 5 of the top 9 Blue & Gold Boys times were achieved this year, and 3 of the top 4 Girls times were set. AJ's time was a School Record for the Webster Park course. Meanwhile, Val and Amanda posted the 3rd and 4th fastest times in Schroeder history on this Webster Park course.

Boys

Nasello, AJ 5:32 11:13 16:31
Kelly, Geoffrey 5:42 11:37 17:18
Matthew, Justin 6:10 12:17 17:51
Wiseman, John 6:10 12:18 18:10
Makowski, Joe 6:03 12:25 18:28
Reed, Justin 6:21 12:53 18:41
Meritt, Alex 6:21 12:53 18:42
Fitzgerald, Ethan 6:21 12:53 18:59
Killigrew, John 6:35 13:18 19:51
Mallery, Eric 6:20 13:32 20:14
Dana, Steven 6:35 13:40 20:24
Lyons, Zach 6:41 13:54 20:44
Devries, Jacob 6:56 14:20 21:04
Lipari, Philip 7:06 14:54 21:51
Wicks, Joe 7:17 14:58 21:52
Eberth, Jake 7:19 15:01 21:53
Doherty, Patrick 7:24 15:12 22:25
Ash, David 7:24 15:19 22:47
Benitez, Juan 7:42 16:11 22:56
Hohl, Michael 7:24 15:30 23:05
Thompson, Ben 7:48 15:57 23:32
Patel, Arjun 7:24 15:45 23:37
Killigrew, Kevin 23:38
Bay, Cooper 8:05 17:14 25:46
Hughes, Joe 8:08 17:15 25:51
Way, David 8:00 17:14 26:15
Hughes, Jake 8:15 19:12 28:44
Snover, James 9:18 20:12 29:57
Ford, Mike 9:47 21:00 30:26
Hamouda, Amir 9:47 21:38 33:20

Girls
Palermo, Val 6:56 14:30 20:56
Paratore, Amanda 6:56 14:30 20:57
Bay, Anneleise 7:15 14:56 21:51
Bailey, Alaina 7:45 16:26 24:15
Fitzgerald, Natalie 7:51 16:33 24:15
Edwards, Katie 7:51 16:44 25:46
Yursaitis, Sarah 8:10 17:24 25:51
Esley, Lillian 9:42 20:54 31:25
Wehrle, Jenn 10:39 23:28 34:58
Claire 10:44 23:28 34:59

Hojack Trail

Since our long run was on the Hojack Trail today, I thought I'd document the distances involved. I used gmap-pedometer to measure today's route (saved here).

We started near the "Start" line at North Ponds Park. Here are the distances on the way out:
Start of Hojack Trail: 0.87 (1.74 out and back)
Hard Rd: 1.58 (3.15)
Klem Rd: 2.10 (4.21)
Van Alstyne: 2.67 (5.34)
Drumm: 3.27 (6.53)
Vosburg: 3.83 (7.65)
End of Trail: 4.27 (8.54)

I haven't typed in the Blue & Gold results, so look for those in tomorrow's post!

Blue and Gold Rosters

Here are the rosters for today's Blue and Gold meet (* = team captain)...

Girls

Blue
Katie E
Allie E
Lillian E
*Val P
Jen W
Sarah Y

Gold
Alaina B
*Annelise B
Natalie F
Claire L
Amanda P

Boys Varsity

Blue
Steven D
Jacob D
Zach L
Joe M
Alex M
*AJ N
Justin R

Gold
Jake E
Ethan F
*Geoff K
John K
Eric M
Justin M
John W

Boys JV

Blue
Juan B
Patrick D
Amir H
Michael H
Jake H
Joe H
Kevin K
*Arjun P
Jordan T

Gold
*David A
Cooper B
Mike F
Aric J
Phil L
James S
Ben T
Joe W

2009 results are here

2008 results are here

2007

Boys

Lyons, Nate 18:31
Brett, Alex 18:58
Grzebien, Patryk 18:59
Miller, Kenny 19:30
Saunders, Tyler 20:26
Owczarczyk, Marcin 20:58
Bober, Jacob 21:30
Whittemore, Steve 21:45
McKeown, Trevor 22:18
Kelly, Geoffrey 22:25
Prahler, Josh 22:36
Pawluk, Drew 22:42
Farrell, Tom 24:35
Wiseman, John 25:09
Urbanek, Gary 25:12
Rekers, Arik 25:32
Piotrowski, Wade 26:02
Patel, Arjun 26:41
Koshak, Zach 27:02

Girls

Rieger, Megan 22:10
Lyons, Chelsea 22:48
Sherelis, Brianna 23:03
McMahon, Clare 23:33
Dilai, Khristyna 28:33
Wiegand, Sarah 28:55


2006 (at Center Park)

Boys

Hohl, John 17:44
Priddy, Marc 19:07
Grzebien, Patryk 20:23
Brett, Alex 20:26
Saunders, Tyler 20:38
Mauro, Chris 21:07
Piotrowski, Wade 21:10
Hohl, Daniel 21:11
Lyons, Nate 21:22
Siviy, Greg 21:41
Owczarczyk, Marcin 22:56
Krawiec, Kyle 23:36
Pilato, John 23:42
McKeown, Trevor 23:50
Farrell, Tom 24:46
Johnson, David 24:49
Pawluk, Andrew 25:06
Rekers, Arik 29:18
Miller, Kenny 29:55

Girls

Cocuzzi, Ashley 21:41
Sherelis, Brianna 23:15
McMahon, Clare 23:39
Duke, Emily 23:48
Albert, Erin 23:49
Lyons, Chelsea 24:52
Miller, Sarah 24:52
Varechtchouk, Olga 25:12
Cole, Emily 25:18
Cheung, May Gin 25:24
Neels, Casey 29:10
Mathew, Tricia 29:15
McMahon, Paige 29:56
Nickason, Kelly 29:57

And We're Back

Now that the XC season is underway, you can expect to see some notes back here again.

Tomorrow is the 5th Annual Blue & Gold Meet at Webster Park. Practice is scheduled for 5:30. I would expect the race to go off between 6:30 and 6:45. The teams should be announced at practice today.

I should also point out that the link to the "Current Practice Schedule" on the left-hand side of this page has been updated to actually point to the current practice schedule (which also includes meets).