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April 19, 2006 - Quick's Boston Marathon
Plus Results!
As many of you know, I qualified in October
to run in the Boston Marathon. My 2:53 and change in Chicago was well
under qualifying for my age, and I was allowed to go this year and represent
Palatine and our running programs in the greatest of all American marathons.
It was quite an experience from beginning to end. I ended up running
2:57.37 for 817th place out of more than 20,000 competitors. My goals
were to break three hours and finish in the top thousand so I was fairly
happy. More importantly, I had a great time during the race and
finished strong. Comparing Chicago splits to Boston splits is apples
and oranges since Boston is so hilly and Chicago is so flat. Boston is
a net downhill, but that is most of the problem - your quads get real shot
running hard downhill and shut down for the tough hills at the end of the
race. I ran conservatively early, and it paid off by allowing me to
have solid momentum at the finish.
|
Mile |
Boston Splits |
Chicago 2005
Splits |
Comments |
| 1 |
6:56 |
6:20 |
The start in Hopkinton is
great. You can't see the crowd of people because you are in the
corral, but there were thousands lining the first downhill. What
a rush! I of course had to pee because I over drank so I wasted
25 seconds in the woods. Only a track coach would time his pee
break. |
| 2 |
6:30 |
6:36 |
I was jogging and getting
blown away by everyone. I tried to be conservative and smart on
the early downhills. |
| 3 |
6:34 |
6:25 |
Jogging. Getting
passed all over. |
| 4 |
6:38 |
6:18 |
Jogging. Ditto. |
| 5 |
6:49 |
6:26 |
Somewhere in here there
was a biker bar with a bunch of tough looking guys. A band was
jamming really hard on Pink Floyd's "Run Like Hell" from The Wall.
It was sweet. |
| 6 |
6:43 |
6:35 |
For these three miles, I
followed the Joe Johnson rule of marathoning: find the cutest girl in
the crowd and follow her. I ran right behind a fit young woman
with a giant C on her jersey for about three miles before she slowed
down. |
| 7 |
6:41 |
6:30 |
Still following the fit
chick. |
| 8 |
6:42 |
6:27 |
Joe Johnson is a genius.
I think it was this mile where a guy was holding a sign that read,
"Check out your style in my window!" His store had a long window
where you could see yourself. |
| 9 |
6:40 |
6:34 |
Lost her.. |
| 10 |
6:49 |
6:25 |
I relaxed a lot in here
trying to jog and save myself for the hills. I was still getting
passed a lot. |
| 11 |
6:44 |
6:27 |
Cruise control. I
was in a daze and have no recollection. |
| 12 |
6:44 |
6:33 |
Totally dazed and lost. |
| 13 |
6:45 |
6:32 |
God bless the women of
Wellesley. If you ever want to see a bunch of males act
impressive, go watch us accelerate as we run by the co-eds from
Wellesley. These beautiful young women were a nice sight after
12 miles of grinding. |
| Half |
1:28.04 |
1:24.54 |
I ran too conservative in
retrospect, but I was enjoying myself. My mantra I kept
repeating was "Attack in the last five. Attack in the last five.
Be patient." |
| 14 |
6:43 |
6:30 |
I started getting mentally
ready for the hills that start at mile 16. My quads were really
fresh and I felt great. |
| 15 |
6:52 |
6:27 |
This mile was plain
stupid. I just jogged and had no good reason to slow down this
much. |
| 16 |
6:40 |
6:39 |
The last mile before the
hills. |
| 17 |
6:59 |
6:35 |
The weird thing about the
Newton hills is that they aren't steep. They have nothing on the
hills in the Bix 7. I simply continued my same effort and never
really went into oxygen debt. |
| 18 |
7:02 |
6:24 |
Ditto. |
| 19 |
6:56 |
6:19 |
All through here I kept
hearing people yell, "Go Pete!" I started to convince myself
that I was Pete and that they were cheering for me. Finally I
slowed down and ran with the actual Pete for awhile. He was a
Boston veteran and helped me assess where I was in the race. |
| 20 |
7:07 |
6:22 |
In my mind this hill was
the hardest and steepest on the course. Mentally, it's in a
tough spot. Heartbreak Hill is coming in the next mile and you
want to be ready for it, and then this hill slaps you in the face.
I just tried to stay even. |
| 21 |
7:09 |
6:27 |
This was it. Running
up Heartbreak Hill was one of the coolest experiences ever.
There were thousands of people lining the street and everyone was
struggling. I actually felt good and started passing people left
and right. I started to recognize a lot of the early movers
going backwards. I almost starting crying because I was on
freakin' Heartbreak Hill, the most famous hill in all of marathoning,
and I was blowing people away. What a cool feeling! |
| 22 |
6:27 |
6:36 |
When I crested Heartbreak,
I turned my hat around because it was time to get serious. Like
I tell Terrence (and others), it was time to stop being a little
b----. I had my legs under me and started to race. |
| 23 |
6:20 |
6:56 |
I ran down some hill in
here where there were just tons of people. They were all going
nuts, and I was blowing people away. I pumped my fist in the air
and they went crazy. |
| 24 |
6:34 |
7:32 |
I started tying up a
little, but I was just pounding by people now. There were a ton
of walkers and broken down cars with no momentum. |
| 25 |
6:42 |
7:24 |
I used a Steve Currins
method here to keep going. I'd jog for a little while and then
surge in fartlek style. Every time I did that I caught more
people. |
| 26 |
7:07 |
7:28 |
The hill in the middle of
this mile killed me, and I hung on desperately to finish in 7:07.
I gave up a little in here and was pissed at myself later. I
could've had top 800 with a little more courage. Oh well, I had
great action in the last 10K and that was my goal the whole race.
I ran smart for once and had a good experience at the end of a
marathon. |
| Final |
2:57.37
(1:29.33) |
2:53.29
(1:28.35) |
What an experience!
If you ever qualify, make it a point to go and do this race. The
exuberance of the crowd, the competitiveness of the overall field, and
the course itself are all top notch. |
Libertville F/S Relays Results - Palatine
Wins!
Coming soon...
Prospect and Barrington Triangular - 3200
Team Race
Coming soon...
Five Team Invite - Finley wins 3200 and
1600
Coming soon...
April 15, 2006 - Morris and Finley Sign
Division I Scholarships
It's not every year that a program yields a
Division I scholarship athlete. This year, I am proud to say that the
Palatine boys cross country and track teams had two such athletes in Glenn
Morris and Steve Finley.
All of the coaches and athletes are very
proud of these athletes. The young men and women above show there is
much more than talent required to earn a scholarship. These kids all
possess solid character, model the appropriate values for success, have
solid work ethics, and love to run and compete. Furthermore, all of
them have had to overcome significant adversity to reach this point.
Morris, Bates, and Millin all had to overcome surgeries while Laskowske and
Finley have missed significant time due to injury or illness. I know I
speak for Fred Miller, Steve Currins, John Nalley, and many other teachers
and coaches when I express my pride in and my deep gratitude to these
student-athletes. Congratulations!
Photo Galleries - Check out the new
photo galleries for the Schaumburg and Elk Grove Triangular as well as
National Signing Day. I'd like to thank Mike McCain for taking
pictures for me last Tuesday.
Schaumburg and Elk Grove Triangular
Results
The wind was blowing out of control on
Tuesday so that kept times a bit slow, but our guys delivered a ton of
competitive efforts. I updated the
Performance Lists with the runs that managed to set season PRs.
The highlights of the meet for me were the runs of Tom Barsella and Andrew
Bollman in the 3200, Mat Smoody's tough time in the 800, and Glenn Morris'
great negative split run in the 1600.
4 x 800 meter relay - I put a bunch of
guys in the varsity race that hadn't run a 4 x 800 yet this year, and Chris
Perry and Kevin LeClair paid off with their best splits of the year in 2:15
and 2:21, respectively. I also pitted two F/S teams against one
another. The team of Baran, Kwak, Murphy, and Morlock managed to win.
Tom Laskowske ran the best F/S split in 2:24 for his best 800 ever.
3200 meter run - I asked our guys to
work together in this race, and Matt Dettloff and Sagar Patel looked great
in doing so. They traded leads throughout and looked comfortable.
Sagar won in 10:11 and was followed closely by Dett in 10:12. Tom
Barsella battled throughout the race for some points and ended up in 4th,
running a sweet all-time best of 10:37. Andrew Bollman also broke
11:00 for the first time in 10:57. I was also proud of Phil Conley,
who competed his butt off to run a 10:55.
100 meter dash - Terrence beat Holbach
in a wind-aided 11.8.
400 meter dash - Holbach beats
Terrence 55.1 to 55.1. It was very close. I love watching these
two race against each other. Hopefully, it will yield great 800 meter
times for both of them in the long run. Finley also placed well in the
varsity 400 on short rest, running a 54.1.
800 meter run - Smoody, Morris, and
Finley all went into this event fresh. Mat seized the lead early and
never gave it up, running an impressive 1:58.9 to take the win. Fin
held off Schaumburg's Joey Myszka in the stretch to run 2:02 while Morris
ran a 2:07. I was also happy to see Don Macatangay and Kevin Yee
return from illness to record a 2:14 and 2:16. Hopefully, they can put
together a nice end to their senior season now.
1600 meter run - We didn't have any
new guys break 5:00 or anything, but there were some great competitive
efforts. Eddie Lopez showed that he fears no one, going right to the
lead for the first 800 of the varsity 1600. He would finish in a near
season best of 4:49 even after doubling back from the 800. The real
race was between Glenn Morris and Mike Spain. They crawled through the
800 in 2:20. Morris impressed though by running away from a good
runner in Spain, closing in 2:08 high to run 4:29.3, which was pretty sweet
for the conditions. More importantly, Glenn hasn't had a move like
that since his surgery. This race showed that his explosive power
speed is coming back.
4 x 400 meter relay - I ran 10
distance relays, and all you need to know is that Andrew Haney ran out of
his mind to anchor his group to victory. His 66 had to be a career
best as he walked down Tim Anderson in the last 200 meters of the race.
I had a ton of fun putting these together and watching all of the boys get
fired up to compete. Go PHS distance!
April 8, 2006 - Top Times and Outdoor
Results
It's been a busy couple of weeks and things
will get more hectic this week. We have meets on Tuesday and Saturday,
incoming freshman night on Monday night, and the Boston Marathon (for me at
least) a week from tomorrow. These updates have been a bit sketchy,
but there is a ton in this one. I've created a new
Picture Gallery, updated the
2006
Performance Lists with new PRs, written race reports on the last two
meets, and created a page with
a story about our trip to Chicago.
Illinois Prep Top Times Meet - Finley,
Smoody, Morris Run Well
We stayed overnight for the first time ever
on this trip, and it paid off with some solid results from our big three of
Smoody, Finley, and Morris. Neither of our relays fared too well
though, and Tim Williams had to drop out of the triple jump after hurting
his heel. Still, the meet was a good learning experience, especially
since it lasted forever (8-9 hours) and simulated a bit of the experience of
waiting to race at state.
4 x 800 meter relay - We pulled 3 of
our 4 fastest guys from this, and without Soto and Holbach ready to run yet,
I was hoping for some PRs. Instead, we started badly, got behind
early, and ran poorly. I'm not sure these guys want me to relive this
one so I'll just say that we ran 8:48. Enough said.
3200 meter run - Morris and I have
been plotting his return to track racing all winter and spring, and he was
finally able to show glimpses of his old self in this race. He
finished with a lifetime best of 9:22.3 and placed third behind Christian
Escareno and Ryan Jacobs. More importantly, our pre-race goal was to
go through 1 1/2 miles in under 7:00 and be in the lead at that point.
Glenn executed that goal perfectly, coming through at 6:58 and holding the
lead until 600 meters to go. It was great to see him racing well, and
we will continue to add speed into the mix as we go through outdoor.
800 meter run - Mat Smoody learned a
ton about racing the 800 in this race. He was disappointed in his 4th
place finish, but his 1:56.58 set a school record and is only three tenths
off of the best in school history for a sophomore. Mat hit the 400 in
55.3, the 600 in 1:26.3, and then made a tactical error. He had an
opportunity to get out at the 600 mark, but stayed inside and got boxed for
the entire last lap. He broke free a little in the last 30 meters, but
there was no room for the usual Smoody burst. Still, 1:56.58 is
phenomenal for a soph.
1600 meter run - Steve Finley had not
raced much this indoor season, and he was out to run fast and break the
indoor 1600 school record. He narrowly missed the record in clocking a
4:17.9 (4:18.10 or so FAT), but I was happy with his aggressiveness.
He hit the 400 in 60, the 800 at 2:06 and the 1200 at 3:13, which are solid
splits. Evan Jager, though, ran a more even race and had a great kick
to nail Steve and the meet record in the last 200 meters. His 4:14 was
impressive for a junior. Steve was a bit disappointed, but this was a
key step on our way to outdoor track. With this only being Steve's 4th
race, we know that the sharpness will come soon.
4 x 400 meter relay - We brought Tony
Figueroa and Syed Ajmal just to run this race, but our plans got a bit
screwed up when Tim Williams hurt himself in the long jump and couldn't run.
With Smoody's foot ailing, we put Tom Barsella on the anchor. We got
beaten up, but gained experience. Our first three guys split 54s and
Barsella split a 59 while volunteering to help out the team.
Fremd and Hoffman Estates Triangular
Coming soon...
Picture Gallery
- I created a combined
Picture Gallery for both the Manderson Classic and the team train trip
to Chicago. I only had pictures of my group so check out our
adventures in the city.
Mileage Updates - I updated the
Week 9 and
Week 10 miles as
well as the
Mileage Progression for Track 2006. The averages should be right
this time (thanks Bethke for noticing my error).
March 29, 2006 - Manderson Results
Only on the Palatine distance crew can the
sweet results of a Friday night invite be trumped by the heated action of an
intra-squad CC meet, but the Manderson delivers every year. In the
closest finish in meet history, Gasolina took the title by virtue of the 6th
man tie-break over The Fellowship of the Bean. Those two tied with 55
points, but freshman newb Eric Blyth saved the day with his 24th place
finish, beating Hussam by ten seconds to serve as the tiebreaker.
Behind them, Thug Nasty placed 3rd with 56 pts, Finoody Knights 4th with 68
pts, and Manderson Mafia 5th with 93 pts. Check the full
Manderson 2006 Results to see how the race went down. I'll post a
full race review along with pictures in the next couple of days.
1st place - Gasolina (55 pts, Captains
Ducore and Barsella)
2nd place - The Fellowship of the Bean
(Captains Patel, Reynoso, and Rakaric)
3rd place - Thug Nasty (56 pts, Captains
Morris and Dettloff)
4th place - Finoody Knights (68 pts,
Captains Finley and Smoody)
5th place - Manderson Mafia (93 pts,
Captains Soto and Holbach)
