I find it
quite ironic that today is the first blog posting ever… This blog was actually
created at least a year ago, but as you see nothing ever really got going. The
blog has simply been stuck in the files of interweb for 365+ days. A few days
ago I was musing around some running blogs and I though it was time to get one
going for the UBC cross country and track (distance) team. As I came to the
blog site it seemed as though the one I created last year was still around, so
I though what the hakmenyadmadinijhad, this one should be good enough to use.
To this
date the team has been together, training for nearly eight weeks. It began up
at Whistler with training camp (and a certain half Japanese man puking enough
for a small village) and now up to this point has brought us through our four
required meets prior to regionals. Most would say the four meets ran by the
team this season were successful. We won the open sections at both Sundodger
(Seattle, WA) and The Charles Bowles Invitational (Willamette, OR). Several of
our runners ran exceptional at these meets, especially Tim Huebsch ripping up
the field in Oregon. At our third meet of the year, a 10km hosted by Western
Washington, our team was beat heavily by UVIC. Though it looked bad on the
score sheet, several members of the team ran a conservative race, so as to save
themselves for the final meet at Santa Clara. I think the team being rested an
going head to head with Victoria, we would give them a run for their money. The
last meet of the ‘regular season’ saw the team run on a fast course, The Bronco
Invitational hosted by Santa Clara University. The team averaged 24.55 on the
course, as well as setting a school record for overall time, 2.04.38. This all
seems very good, and is, however some members of the team didn’t have their
best races, as well some of the guys had missed a bit of training due to minor
issues. Needless to say I think the team is even better than we showed at Santa
Clara.
The
conclusion of the meet in Santa Clara brought a new confidence to the team, as
we beat the then number two-ranked Cal State San Marcos team. For the first time
I think we all, even coach Marek, realized that we have a legitimate shot at
winning NAIA’s (knock on wood). We moved up to the second rank in the National
Polls, as well as garnishing several first place votes. Though we seem to be
facing a bit of adversity with a few members of the top five having minor set
backs, it seems that everyone is putting in the necessary work. Most of the
team members are in the best shape of their career, come November 17 (NAIA) and
the following week at Canadian XC Nationals, the men of the UBC cross country
team will be making a splash in the water.
Coming Soon… Regionals team bios
Au revoir and
crystalnacht to everyone
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