Team Championships

West Side YMCA Road Runners

Today: 7 miles

Week: 35.5 miles

Workout: 2 mile warm up from YMCA to 102nd Street Transverse, Team Championship 5-Mile Race.

Both the women and men of WSY really came through today. The women were 19th out of 30 teams, and the men were 20th out of 31 teams. Many people from the team set PRs or were very close to PRs. We were fortunate to have the exact number of men necessary to field a team, 10. For the past couple of weeks, we were worried that we wouldn't be able to field a team. Some people really sacrificed to be here today.

I ran 29:39 in the race. It was the fastest 5 mile race I've run since the 29:28 I did in the Team Championships of 1999, 10 years ago!!! My splits were 5:47, 5:47, 6:02 (Thanks Farbod for pacing.), 6:13 (Damn you Cat Hill!!!), 5:50 (Thank you WSY women for cheering at the finish!).

After the races, we had a great picnic! Loved the curry chickpeas and brownies!