Cross Country Thread

**HellAshes** · Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Posts: 8320 Location: Livingston, NY

I ran it for 2 of the 3 years my school had it. (I did the 1st and 2nd years, then I graduated.) Our school decided a CC team was too expensive somehow, seeing how since our school is small there were 20 people on the team. Apparently one school bus a week and 20 uniforms is sooooo expensive. My best 5k time is 20:08, and I'll always kick myself for never breaking the 20 mark.
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**LlamaYip** · Joined: 23 Dec 2008 Posts: 3151 Location: Chicago, IL

Whoa, I'm legitimately surprised we got this many responses.

Makes me feel good, heh.

So a little more about myself running. Last year was my first year, and I was awful. The very first time I ever ran I got like 28:20 for 3 miles. I swore to myself I would take 10 minutes off of that by the time I graduated (I'm a sophomore now). Heh, I've already gotten 10 minutes off of that. :U Anyways, my PR for that year was 20:39, and I remember that I felt like I was FLYING the whole race, but in retrospect I know I wasn't going very fast. xD

So I kept working at it. Track started pretty much right after Cross Country. I suddenly found myself not running last behind everyone. By the end of track season I had run 5:24 in the mile and 11:27 in the 3200. This was astronomically better than I ever thought I could do, lol. I pledged to run over the summer, which I did. I think I came close to 500 miles by the end of the summer, which isn't super impressive in a nine-week summer, but I was satisified.

This year, I'm proud to be part of a solid Frosh-Soph team. There are seven of us who could finish, really, in any order, and our times all seem to be confined to 18:15 - 17:45, which is very tight but consistent for a F/S team.

So, I live in Illinois. I believe Illinois is the third fastest state in the country, behind California and then Texas (but don't forget, we have the fastest runner in the country). The meets are so exciting, seeing records broken and challenged every week, no matter what course or even who is running, it's a golden age for running in Illinois (then again, it always is

). The team that I'm on (well, Varsity) is ranked 26th in the state. Top 25 go to the state meet in Peoria. There are several teams that are ranked far above us that we know we have beaten and will beat, so this is exciting for us.

We've always run without the spotlights, but this year is different. Some eyes are actually on us.

We have a big meet this Saturday, where I'm going to meet SAW4135

. There are 19 of the most competitive teams there and some analysts (lol who analyzes IHSA XC?) have us written in as a potential dark horse to win this meet. The odds are long but we're a very hard working team.

Some responses to you guys...

**diddin** · Joined: 08 Mar 2008 Posts: 1688 Location: Evanston, IL

Hey Llama, I'm from Illinois too. CC is a BIG thing here, isn't it?

**LlamaYip** · Joined: 23 Dec 2008 Posts: 3151 Location: Chicago, IL

**SAW4135** · Joined: 17 May 2008 Posts: 750 Location: Moline, IL

Well, just got done with our friendly meet.

O.o

I'm not exactly where I thought I would be. Finished 4th on the team, 17:56. Took the first mile out in 5:30, brought it back in 6:16 and 6:10. Not good for me, I expected to at least be under 17:30.

We won the meet, but it didn't feel like it since all of our guys ran bad (except for our sophomore kid, he did well).

Also, Stojanovic is being held out indefinitely, he has been working out but idk exactly when he will be back. Unfortunately, without him, we stand almost no chance of going to state. It'll be a tough year, hopefully our team drops down, we have about 5 guys competing for the 5th spot on our team, which will hopefully boost us up.

Also, I got to see Cody Webster run, idk if you know him Llama, but he was 25th in the state last year, and he is one fast kid. 4:16 1600, 9:37 3200. Yah, he's pretty good

Hopefully I will get a chance to knock off the rust and break 17:00 at St. Charles.

Also, PR-wise

Mile: 4:50
3 mile: 15:57

I placed like low 200s at state, our team was 21st overall (out of 26). I ran 16:30.
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**diddin** · Joined: 08 Mar 2008 Posts: 1688 Location: Evanston, IL

**FingerQuick** · Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:33 am Post subject:

I remember yesterday we were training and it was 90-100 degrees outside. Half of our group didn't think it'd be that hot out at 3pm (I was one of them). We all ran slugishly, sweat about a gallon, got dizzy, etc.

tl;dr Dehydration/overworking

Eh, felt nice running earlier today though. And we have a 2-mile course at this place called Rosemount I believe. I suck though, so my time last year was 15:xx (close to 15:05). I'm looking forward to try getting 13:00-13:30 this year.
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**LlamaYip** · Joined: 23 Dec 2008 Posts: 3151 Location: Chicago, IL

I swear, this won't be a daily workout update for me, but today was great. We were doing 400 repeats up a hill, which seems like it would be really hard at the start, but I felt great during it. I ran 10 of them, not a whole lot, but they were all about 80s, which is equivalent to maybe 72 on a track. I'm pumped for the meet on Saturday.

SAW, I was just thinking. How can I find you without it being like, all awkward and stuff lol
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**FingerQuick** · Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 2:47 pm Post subject:

lol Generic, Iamlrning2runinheat

So yesterday was our 2-mile and I did somewhat okay. PRed by about 1 minute. Ended with around 14:15. I puked twice after the run which felt great lol. Now I can't wait until Faribault next week >_>

Also warmth piles during meets are hella good

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**ShonSuperStar** · Joined: 28 Apr 2007 Posts: 931 Location: Cardiff, Wales

I used to do Cross Country in school but it was never over a set distance. I did run a 5k CC once last year though and got 17.10 I think.

I'm more of an 800m runner though. I used to do 800 and 1500 though my strength outweighs my endurance so I'm starting to do 400 and 800 now.
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**SAW4135** · Joined: 17 May 2008 Posts: 750 Location: Moline, IL

Well, I got to see Llama up at St. Charles

Never got a chance to talk with him about his race, I hope he did well and posts soon!

I ran a 17:15 for 3 miles. I was our 2nd guy, a lot of guys are sick or injured (and one kid missed the bus >.>), but I was kinda aiming for sub-17 minutes.

Ah well, I'll have Peoria Woodruff next week. Llama, you said you might go to that too? P.M. me if you wanna talk individual races and stuff

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**LlamaYip** · Joined: 23 Dec 2008 Posts: 3151 Location: Chicago, IL

Hey guys! After first weekend of meets, I'm feeling alright haha.

I got the pleasure of meeting Seth (SAW4135) today, but at very awkward times lol, so hopefully next week at Peoria, we can have a better talk lol.

Personally, I sucked so badly. I ran 19:10 and felt like complete crap the entire race, especially the last mile which was overly awful. Our whole F/S team finished between 18:15 - 19:45, so we're consistent, but alot slower than where we need to be.

However, our Varsity team stood out today. Two of our top runners went out really fast, like at 4:58, and they finished 2nd and 3rd today finishing at 15:14 (one is a Sophomore) and we finished 3rd at the meet, so its awesome.

I'm gonna PM SAW lol
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**blackhawk12** · Joined: 14 Feb 2008 Posts: 448 Location: ¯\(°_o)/¯

I had a meet... Dunno, I got 18:48, which isn't really a bad time, considering it was run on the State course, a really, annoying, hard course. The worst part about it is the constant shirt from grass to gravel as the course is tilting sideways up some hill or another. Kills the legs.

I know I can run faster, but I have a feeling that the next barrier I need to cross isn't a physical one, it's a mental one. I'm positive I can break 18 minutes, I just have to get that into my head, have to focus on that in the middle of the race, from 2k to 4k, the roughest section of my race. Any advice?
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