Hey Everyone!
Well, it's officially outdoor season! I think one of the best parts about track & field is that there's 2 pretty different parts to it, and that, no matter what happened in indoor, it's basically a brand new start (a clean slate!) for outdoor! This might mean improving upon what you did indoors, or for some, re-proving what they did indoors and translating it to the outdoors where you're exposed to all the "elements!"
As you know from my earlier blog post, some of us (about 18 of us to be exact) started our outdoor season down in South Carolina, but this past weekend was our first full squad outdoor meet and it was at UW-Oshkosh. I absolutely love Oshkosh's track, and this was my first race there since Outdoor Nationals last year! This past weekend would be very different races for me from the 10K that I ran there last spring, however! I ran the 1,500, 800, & 4x4 - a little "speed" workout for me. I ended up missing the 1,500 school record by less than a second with a 4:53. It's still definitely not the time I wanted to run, but an improvement on what I ran at Coastal Carolina a couple weeks earlier. My 800 & my 4x4 split were both pretty atrocious, so on to bigger and better things -- Ms. Ashley Graybill continued to show just how AMAZING she is by provisionally qualifying in the 400 meter dash! She ran a 56.39 after many times proclaiming that she's felt "slow!" I think she can now make a note to herself that she's REALLY FAST, and that just because she's a National Champ in the 800 doesn't mean she can't run a suuuuper fast 400! She nearly automatically qualified with that time, and it was very nearly a PR! Absolutely crazy awesome. Yet again, I am so proud & honored to be her teammate! :)
We had a couple other great performances on the weekend - Ash also finished in 2nd in the 200 with a 26.1, which is ridiculously fast as well, and Jordan Gobert finished 2nd in the javelin throw - the first time he ever competed in this event!!! I think he's found himself a new event :) Alex De Villers PR'd in the 5K with a time of 15:38, Emily Schudrowitz PR'd in the 400 with a 59.8, & Dann Schneider showed his versatility by claiming 3rd and 5th in the triple and long jumps! All in all, it was a pretty good first meet, although we definitely all know we still have a lot of work ahead of us before Conference rolls around - which is actually only a month away! WOW!
My Dad took over 500 pictures at the meet this past weekend, so rather than try and post some on here, I'll just let you take a look at them HERE! (Thanks Dad, team photographer ;) You're the best!)
Now today we had no classes due to advisement day (got to sleep in, hooray!) and we are off on Friday for Good Friday, so it's a relatively easy 3 day week. Most everyone is headed home for the holiday, but Ash & I will be heading to Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania to run at Slippery Rock U on Saturday the 11th. Our Coach is from that area and he's headed home for Easter so we decided to tag along with him and get in some good competition along the way :) This week worked out perfectly in our training schedule to compete so I'm really excited that I'll finally be running the 10K! We'll both fly back on Saturday night so we're home with our families for Easter - and with SNC being a Catholic school, we also have Monday off, so that will be nice!
Our next full squad meet will be on the 18th at Wisconsin Lutheran College, followed by the Private College Championships/Gina Relays, Wisconsin Twilight (at UW-Madison!), and then CONFERENCE at Carroll!
Hopefully the weather will hold up for this weekend - it'd be nice if the wind would die down! We did a workout on the track today with 30+ MPH wind gusts! It wasn't easy, that's for sure! But I guess it's like they always say, "what doesn't kill ya makes ya stronger!" ;) I'm just appreciating that Spring seems to finally have arrived and there's only small traces of snow remaining! It's so nice not to have to watch for ice with every stride taken...
Well, I wish everyone a very happy, blessed Easter! I'll be back next week, hopefully with plenty of good stories about our road trip to PA!
Till then... enjoy the holiday...,
~Jenny ;)
***Oh, and this week's running website to visit is: CoolingRunning.com self-described as 'the complete online resource for runners of all abilities!" Definitely check it out! I learned about coolrunning.com from Twitter! I'm definitely starting to become a fan of Twitter and think I'm getting the hang of it! You can "follow" me and we can "tweet" together if you'd like - knightrunner22 is my profile name!
~One more shout-out to my MOM - it's%
Well, it's officially outdoor season! I think one of the best parts about track & field is that there's 2 pretty different parts to it, and that, no matter what happened in indoor, it's basically a brand new start (a clean slate!) for outdoor! This might mean improving upon what you did indoors, or for some, re-proving what they did indoors and translating it to the outdoors where you're exposed to all the "elements!"
As you know from my earlier blog post, some of us (about 18 of us to be exact) started our outdoor season down in South Carolina, but this past weekend was our first full squad outdoor meet and it was at UW-Oshkosh. I absolutely love Oshkosh's track, and this was my first race there since Outdoor Nationals last year! This past weekend would be very different races for me from the 10K that I ran there last spring, however! I ran the 1,500, 800, & 4x4 - a little "speed" workout for me. I ended up missing the 1,500 school record by less than a second with a 4:53. It's still definitely not the time I wanted to run, but an improvement on what I ran at Coastal Carolina a couple weeks earlier. My 800 & my 4x4 split were both pretty atrocious, so on to bigger and better things -- Ms. Ashley Graybill continued to show just how AMAZING she is by provisionally qualifying in the 400 meter dash! She ran a 56.39 after many times proclaiming that she's felt "slow!" I think she can now make a note to herself that she's REALLY FAST, and that just because she's a National Champ in the 800 doesn't mean she can't run a suuuuper fast 400! She nearly automatically qualified with that time, and it was very nearly a PR! Absolutely crazy awesome. Yet again, I am so proud & honored to be her teammate! :)
We had a couple other great performances on the weekend - Ash also finished in 2nd in the 200 with a 26.1, which is ridiculously fast as well, and Jordan Gobert finished 2nd in the javelin throw - the first time he ever competed in this event!!! I think he's found himself a new event :) Alex De Villers PR'd in the 5K with a time of 15:38, Emily Schudrowitz PR'd in the 400 with a 59.8, & Dann Schneider showed his versatility by claiming 3rd and 5th in the triple and long jumps! All in all, it was a pretty good first meet, although we definitely all know we still have a lot of work ahead of us before Conference rolls around - which is actually only a month away! WOW!
My Dad took over 500 pictures at the meet this past weekend, so rather than try and post some on here, I'll just let you take a look at them HERE! (Thanks Dad, team photographer ;) You're the best!)
Now today we had no classes due to advisement day (got to sleep in, hooray!) and we are off on Friday for Good Friday, so it's a relatively easy 3 day week. Most everyone is headed home for the holiday, but Ash & I will be heading to Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania to run at Slippery Rock U on Saturday the 11th. Our Coach is from that area and he's headed home for Easter so we decided to tag along with him and get in some good competition along the way :) This week worked out perfectly in our training schedule to compete so I'm really excited that I'll finally be running the 10K! We'll both fly back on Saturday night so we're home with our families for Easter - and with SNC being a Catholic school, we also have Monday off, so that will be nice!
Our next full squad meet will be on the 18th at Wisconsin Lutheran College, followed by the Private College Championships/Gina Relays, Wisconsin Twilight (at UW-Madison!), and then CONFERENCE at Carroll!
Hopefully the weather will hold up for this weekend - it'd be nice if the wind would die down! We did a workout on the track today with 30+ MPH wind gusts! It wasn't easy, that's for sure! But I guess it's like they always say, "what doesn't kill ya makes ya stronger!" ;) I'm just appreciating that Spring seems to finally have arrived and there's only small traces of snow remaining! It's so nice not to have to watch for ice with every stride taken...
Well, I wish everyone a very happy, blessed Easter! I'll be back next week, hopefully with plenty of good stories about our road trip to PA!
Till then... enjoy the holiday...,
~Jenny ;)
***Oh, and this week's running website to visit is: CoolingRunning.com self-described as 'the complete online resource for runners of all abilities!" Definitely check it out! I learned about coolrunning.com from Twitter! I'm definitely starting to become a fan of Twitter and think I'm getting the hang of it! You can "follow" me and we can "tweet" together if you'd like - knightrunner22 is my profile name!
~One more shout-out to my MOM - it's%
