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First Race: St. X's Tiger Run

8/26/2012

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    We had the first race of the season for our varsity runners, and as coach I've got to say I'm mighty proud!
    Typically, we've only taken a few kids up to the Tiger Run each year, and for good reason: it's a killer-competitive meet, and HUGE.  Starting the season with a meet of this size has wigged out many a runner.  It's no way to start the season for the inexperienced, but with so many seniors, I thought we'd give it a try.  I'm glad we did!  (And our I'm especially proud of our rookie Jonathan!  He didn't let it phase him a bit!  Way to go!)
    Almost everybody started the season with a PR, or awfully close.  There was a real correlation between performance and summer training, and that's both reassuring and gratifying.  It's nice when effort pays off.  That's the plan.
    At the same time, starting with a PR means we have our work cut out for us to keep improving.  Sure, it's a fast course, but most of us have ran it before, multiple times, in far cooler and less crowded conditions, and gotten worse times.  So things look good.  But we've got to be prepared to bring our best efforts to daily practice to keep getting better.
    A REMINDER: don't compare PRs from course to course.  That's deceiving.  Make sure you compare times from one course to other times FROM THAT SAME COURSE.  Otherwise, you'll be in for some serious confusion and maybe even disappointment.  Saturday was the easiest course of the season, in my opinion.  Not the easiest RACE, but definitely the easiest COURSE.  This Thursday is the hardest (besides our home course, ha ha)--Asbury College--a.k.a. "Death Valley."  Don't expect to run Saturday's time this Thursday (although, please feel free to).   
    We'll be taking more than just the top fives, so wrap your brains around it.  Let's have a great week of practice.
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Kickoff Party

8/11/2012

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    It sure was great seeing all the new faces at the XC Kickoff party tonight.  We had 54 kids at it!  Wow!  But I've got to tell you, 27-on-27 NerfWar is pretty ridiculous.  I'm just glad nobody got REALLY killed.  It sure was fun, though.
    I'd like to thank our booster club for funding it and Dee Vernon and Debbie Hughes for helping make it go off without a hitch.  And of course, a big thanks to all my runners who invited their friends and brought in the crowd.  I was able to talk to many new kids about Cross Country, and I'm hopeful that many of these contacts will join the team.  Stay on them, folks!
    It's an exciting time.  Keep up the good work.
    
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    Coach Dan Bradley has been working with Nelson County athletes in Cross Country since 1993 and Track & Field since 1995.  An avid runner and sometime competitor, Coach Bradley was a USATF masters-level road race series gold medalist in 2010.  He is also an English teacher and Journalism advisor at NCHS in Bardstown, KY, where he lives with his wife and their four children.

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