2009-2010 What Does the Future Hold

Well here we are 4 weeks till camp starts. Every season we sneak off for a few days to set goals, get to know each other and train for the upcoming season. We are still in the planning stages for this year but the place we have picked is going to be great! We have a lot of runners returning from last year Tressa, Ethan, Jacob, Nick and Jake and I hope the new ones coming in are training for the season. When we get together I'll drop in another blog.

2008-2009 End of a GREAT SEASON

It was a great year for the Spartans with high finishes at every meet highlighted with a second place finish at the Grand View College Invite, 4 runners Jake Bennett, Tessa Miller, Walter Bolingo and Peter Rotich earning all Region XI Honors, finishing 14th at the NJCAA National Championships in Spartanburg, South Carolina and having Walter Bolingo earning All-American Honors by finishing 9th at nationals. It was a dream season caused by a lot of hard work and great sacrifice. GO SPARTANS

Off to Nationals in Spartanburg, South Carolina

Off to nationals and I for one am ready to go and I think the team is as well. We have a lot miles and meets under our belts for this season and we are ready to go see how we stand up against the best teams in the nation. It was a good week and half of preparation for the race. We are done tapering and we need to race.

We stopped the first night in Lexington Kentucky and stayed at a La Quinta Inn. The rooms were great and we had a big meal of pizza down in the lobby as a team. Everyone was in great spirits and then the next morning we were off to Spartanburg. The scenery was incredible. The Appalachin's are a little different looking than the prairies of Iowa. We got in to Spartanburg around 2:00 P.M. got into our rooms and headed off to the course to get in a practice before the sun went down. Weather was awesome a bank clock said it was 82 and that was fantastic to run in. We kept the practice light and just covered the course and did a little speed work on a few of the really flat.

Everyone really likes the course. It is flat and there are no repeat sections there should be some fast times.

That night we went out to Ghetti Town to eat. An all you can eat pasta place. The food was great and the atmosphere was fun.

Friday before the race we took it easy and hung out at the hotel. We hit the course around 2:30 and had another good practice as we went through our pre-race routine. That night we attended a banquet put on by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the guest speaker was Jim Ryan. He gave a great speech and the meal was very good. Tomorrow is the day. It is the culmination of a lot of hard work and I know everyone will lay it on the line.