in Practice by coach mike on 25 Aug 2008
Started the week with an AM run-had a good turn out, all the girls that were to be there and most of the boys. Found out later that Jacob was sick and also missed the afternoon practice. The girls did the Roddy Road Run, running with reckless abandon and relentless grace. The boys add several miles to start the week off. The afternoon consisted of a warm up and then several 400M on the nature trail. The girls worked in 8 and boys put 12 on the board. Mr. Jones and Mr. Goff put in some good times. You wonder how good you are, you aren’t sure and you wouldn’t know until you race. I have notice good teams start out good and get better, sometimes teams that start out good falter, but most of the time teams that start bad never get any better.
Went to Chicago this weekend to see my daughter and son-in law. Ryan was competing in a triathlon. 1 mile swim, 26 mile bike and 6.2 mile run. He did very well, I was proud of him. There were over 8000 folks in this triathlon all types, all sizes. My wife and I had a very nice weekend, the weather was great and we had a great time visiting with Audrey and Ryan. Then off they flew back to New Jersey and we headed down I57 back to southern Illinois.