Millrose 2015

Monday-took off

Sunday--Went to Y.  Mile/lift/mile/lift/mile.  Miles were in 6:40.

Saturday, Feb 14

Millrose.

Picked Dave R. up and headed to Willow Grove to get Rob and Scott.  We made our way to NJ Turnpike Woodrow Wilson rest stop to get Bruce.  Note to self: pick Bruce up from Cherry Hill area rather than having to negotiate drop off issues on the way back home....Love ya, Bruce!

Met up with the rest of the team at about 1:00 inside the athletes’ entrance.  

I warmed up on the track, stretched a bit, did some pick-ups, strides and drills, and then spent a good deal of time trying to stay loose.  We hung out for a while.  I eventually made my way to hallway on the second floor.  We were late checking in on the first floor at the bottom of the central stairway.  

I was feeling as good as I could feel, given my fitness and persistent injuries.

The lineup was Rob, to me, to powerhouse newcomer John Curtis, to good-spirited Carl Stocking.   

   

The race...

Millrose M40+ 4x400 meter relay-2015

Millrose M40 4x400 MR 2015 another view

Rob got out pretty well, although he stumbled out of start.  Ed Winslow and some guy from Central Park TC were ablaze.  They ran 51-high!  OMG!  I took the baton and proceeded conservatively, knowing my limitations.  My goal was to run an even race, which I believe I did.  I felt pretty smooth across the first 200.  I went to my arms and toes over the last 100, feeling unpressed as I came in at 56.41.  I handed the baton to John in no man's land.  John ran an uncontested 54.85.  Carl brought it home for us in 3:52.79.  Even though we were far outside of last year's 3:41.55, we had fun and snatched third place...to Rob's delight.

The official splits:

57.91 Rob

56.41 Delvin  (compared to last year's 53.66)

54.85 John

63.62 Carl

3:52.79 (FAT)

PL	Team	Squad	Final	Splits
1	Southwest Sprinters	A	3:30.81	51.99 1:45.83 2:39.81 3:30.81 (51.99) (53.85) (53.98) (51.01)
2	CPTC New Balance	A	3:41.01	51.93 1:45.99 2:40.94 3:41.01 (51.93) (54.06) (54.96) (1:00.07)
3	Greater Philadelphia TC	A	3:52.79	57.91 1:54.32 2:49.17 3:52.79 (57.91) (56.41) (54.85) (1:03.62)
4	Northport Running Club	A	4:20.54	1:06.08 2:13.66 3:17.19 4:20.54 (1:06.08) (1:07.59) (1:03.53) (1:03.36)
5	Prospect Park TC	A	4:21.30	58.84 2:09.42 3:17.11 4:21.30 (58.84) (1:10.58) (1:07.70) (1:04.20)

The M50 4x400 put on a great showing.  Dave (58.46), Scott (57.43), Bruce (57.93), Daryl (57.25) all ran well.  Look how close their splits were.  Moreover, at 3:51.06 they beat our M40+ team's time.