NCAA Div. II Cross Country National Championships

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 10:23 pm

4th Place!!!! $\:D/$

Well, I have been away in sunny California for the past four days with the cross country team competing in the NCAA Division II cross country national championships. When leaving Michigan on Thursday we flew out in a snowstorm and there was 6 inches of snow on the ground. When I landed in California it was 75 degrees and sunny! HAHAHA
But it was almost 90 degrees on race day and dehydration was everywhere, including myself.

Regardless, I managed to finish 50th overall in the race (including foreigners) and 39th in the team score. Our team finished 4th place and got to go home with a big @$$ trophy. I was our 6th runner. Just thought I would share the news

Anyway, Here is a pic of me with our team trophy!

And our women's team took an amazing 2nd place! Here is a pic of the whole gang with our hardware:

This was the best the guys and the girls teams have ever done in the school's history. My goal was to be All Americal (top 30 americans in the race), but I think the heat just got to me too much and I kindof died the last 2000 meters of the 10,000 meter (6.2 mile) race. I was only about 26 seconds away from All American honors

Brueck · Post by **Brueck** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 10:31 pm

Congratulations!

sbohdan · Post by **sbohdan** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 10:57 pm

congrats gvblake!! next time you will get it, just keep on the effort. it's allready very nice. 10 000m

holly cow! I wish I could just run that long without stopping, but I was never good in long runs (even when I was swimming, it was sprint distances). keep up the good work and next time you can report on how you got to be all american

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 10:58 pm

Yeah man, hell of a job you did there......sucks you fell out though because of the heat, lol......you can only push your body so far before it gives you the finger, granny extension style, rofl

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:15 pm

Hey, thanks for the praise guys!
I wish there was a "next time", but alas, that was my last cross country race for the rest of my life. Kindof bittersweet to finally be done, but not to be able to have another shot at all american. Oh well, I guess there's always indoor and outdoor track this year where I can give it another "last" go around

14:30 5,000m here I come!

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:18 pm

yep, and a compound fracture to your tibia because you didn't get enough calcium to your bones, rofl....kidding kidding........like always you gotta know what to supplement in your diet to keep the bone and muscle integrity high, and apply it

no regrets right

bubba · Post by **bubba** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 5:17 am

congrats, but as for no more races... there is a guy here at my work that runs. He does 4 or 5 marathons a year here in stl.

Bite-Me-2 · Post by **Bite-Me-2** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 9:19 am

Good job dude, keep it up and don't stop after you've finished school.......

The best I've ever done is finish in the top 100 when I ran in the International Championships over in Belgium years ago...........

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:27 am

gvblake22 ----> CONGRATS!!!!!!!

I'll have a pint in you honour tonight!

Post by **Apoptosis** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:30 am

Awesome job man! Pretty weird being a senior and knowing it is all over eh?

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 10:31 am

isn't that the truth? going into my last year of college myself after this semester, and it feels like a short field already......but, it's as my parents told me before: the older you get, the more times flies eh?

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:40 am

kenc51 wrote:gvblake22 ----> CONGRATS!!!!!!!

I'll have a pint in you honour tonight!

AWESOME!
LOL, I knew I could always count on you downing a pint for one reason or another!

Apoptosis wrote:Awesome job man! Pretty weird being a senior and knowing it is all over eh?

Indeed

Definately somewhat of a reality check. What the heck am I gonna do after this?!

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 12:07 pm

Work your ass off for the rest of your life, like me, rofl, what else

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 12:11 pm

killswitch83 wrote:Work your ass off for the rest of your life, like me, rofl, what else

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 12:13 pm

heyyy, it's better than working in a damn manufacturing plant (talk about something that sucks your soul out of your body).....the economy down here is in severe disarray, which is why Nate might be receiving a neighbor in about a year or so

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 12:36 pm

killswitch83 wrote:heyyy, it's better than working in a damn manufacturing plant (talk about something that sucks your soul out of your body).....the economy down here is in severe disarray, which is why Nate might be receiving a neighbor in about a year or so

Watch out Nate!......LOL

killswitch83 · Post by **killswitch83** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 12:38 pm

ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

he better watch out for real, lol......no telling what drunken Paulie can do, heheh

LVCapo · Post by **LVCapo** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:22 pm

Congratulations man....... just a thought, but I have a few friends who are almost in their 40s and who are still in college....you can hang on as long as you want. You can still run the CC course.....you won't get any credit for it, and the kids will always be talking about the "creepy old guy" who follows them around the course, but hey, you never have to give up the things you love.
In all seriousness, congratulations, and now that you are done with CC, we need to put you to work on the site!

gvblake22 · Post by **gvblake22** » Mon Nov 21, 2005 2:50 pm

capper5016 wrote:Congratulations man....... just a thought, but I have a few friends who are almost in their 40s and who are still in college....you can hang on as long as you want. You can still run the CC course.....you won't get any credit for it, and the kids will always be talking about the "creepy old guy" who follows them around the course, but hey, you never have to give up the things you love.
In all seriousness, congratulations, and now that you are done with CC, we need to put you to work on the site!

HAHAHAHAHA, I don't want to be "that guy"!

But yeah, I will actually have more time on my hands this next semester as I will only have 7 credits of classes, but I will still be involved full time with indoor and outdoor track. Lemme know if I can help you guys out at all