Summation

Friday--Penn Relays. 
Took the day off from work. 
Made my down to Penn to meet up with the team at 10:00 adjacent the ice skating rink near the newly built turf field and athletic area.
Was on time--yes!
Waited for some team members to arrive.
Made way to stands at about 10:30.
Hung out there only for a few minutes before heading out to warm up with the team.
Headed back down to the turf area to warm up.  Chilly--about 55 degrees at the highest and with 30-40mph winds.  Glad we decided to wear long, black tights!
Stayed down there until about 11:45, then headed back.
Felt pretty warmed up especially after I dipped my legs in Icy Hot!
Stayed warm while in the paddock areas. 
Had to wait what seemed like forever in the first paddock.
Time in the second paddock was minimal.  Yes!
Was awesome being escorted to the second exchange zone for the third runner.
Got a chance to stride onto the field and do a pick-up or two, unlike for the 4x400.
Lane 3.  Not bad at all.
And the gun went off.
Couldn't see Brandon until 20-30 meters before he handed off to Ross.
First exchange successful.
We seemed to be doing fine.
Ross came barreling down the straightaway.
I felt like I got out fine.
Got the baton successfully.
Seemed like I caught two guys on the curve, definitely the one in lane 4.
Handed the baton off to Wayne, who took it home.
The race went so fast.

The team seemed disappointed.  But, it was all in good fun, right.

Here is what Wayne wrote this morning:

Nice job yesterday. I am a little disappointed that the Second Wind anchor


passed me but I looked and was surprised to see the he runs a 11.7 FAT.

Still I should have held him off.
I was talking with the OD 4 x 1 team and they are running in the June 3rd NJ
championships and the Mid-Atlantic Champs on June 9th.

I would be up for running in both of those.
Thoughts?

Wayne

 
Here is what I wrote to my comrads--

I know you guys are a little disappointed, but I think everyone ran just fine. Perhaps next year, as I mentioned yesterday, we can get together for a few full speed workouts well in advance of the meet.
Incidentally, based on historical knowledge of the 4x100, relay teams typically run about 2-3 seconds less than the sum of their (4) open 100 meter times. That means if our open 100 meters times total 49.0 seconds (average of 12.25 apiece, then we should be able to run 47.0. In a sense, yesterday's race suggested that our average open 100 time is more like 12.5, bringing our collective total to 50 seconds. Deduct two seconds and we get 48 seconds. There you have it! 48.08.
I am up for racing on the 3rd and especially the 9th of June. Last year I ran the 4x800MR at Widener. Chances are I won't be doing both the 4x100 and 4x800 (or the 4x400!).

Wish the GPTC M40 4x400 luck today!


Thurs--drove to the Y, warmed up, lifted upper body, and cooled down.

Wed 4/25--went to the track and ran 3 150s in 20 sec.

Tues 4/24--ran 4.4M and stretched.

Mon 4/23--went to the track.  Warmed up, stretched, then cooled down.

Sun 4/22--ran 4.4 recovery run.