Notes
Ran the race in a time of 27:23. Finished fourth in the race and fourth on my team, pretty much even with James. Dave was our top guy, then Scott, James, me and Alex for our top-five. Matt and Aaron rounded out the top-seven. We took the top four places, which is pretty cool. Mess was fifth, 23 seconds back of James and I.
I was pretty pumped about my race, considering all the mileage I've been doing. 27:23 would have been 27:54 for an 8K and 28:02 for five miles.
Went out in 5:21 and it felt very easy. Ran mile two in 5:35 (10:56) and started to feel it a bit. Ran a 5:43 third mile to be at 16:40 for three miles and 17:14 at the 5K mark. "Kicked" home the last mile in 5:33. Was hurting the last half-mile or so. Worked hard to catch James and we worked in together. Was dry-heaving on the home stretch, but wasn't going all out. The second time going up Stage Hill hurt and I had some doubts.
Hope to do better next week with more competition and more runners to go with. Got a t-shirt for the fourth-place finish and our team won the boot for the second time in my three years here.
Talked to Mess after the race, but he still has no clue who I am. Oh well. I'll make him my bitch by States and Regionals.
Pretty excited about our team. If we get the 5, 6 and 7 guys closer to us, we should be dangerous. Our times are below:
1. Dave Bolen - 26:48
2. Scott Austin - 27:05
3. James Davenport - 27:23
4. Jamie McConeghy - 27:23
8. Alex Dodd - 28:15
11. Matt Lagravinese - 28:50
13. Dave Stevens - 29:17
14. Aaron Barber - 29:24
16. John Morganti - 29:42
19. Dan Blew - 30:58
?. Jim Gashlin - ??
25. Jake Burgen - 33:40
28. Brian Kulzer - 36:09
30. Mike Dolan - 38:53
Other notables:
5. Dave Messenheimer - 27:46
6. Ian Slattery - 27:57
10. Dan Duett - 28:41
12. Justin Panarese - 29:12
18. Alex Voetsch - 30:06
21. Kevin Mille - 31:19
Team Scores
1. Brockport - 18
2. Rochester - 37
3. Finger Lakes CC - 96