There were a lot of teams and great conditions for a beautiful race this morning. While we were missing Kimberly and Grace, the dynamic duos of Owen & Sky and Naomi & Bella made the most of it by focusing on their goals and trying to implement the pacing and techniques we've been emphasizing in practice. Bella really capitalized on everything today by hitting her split times for the first mile and only slowing down a tiny bit in miles 2 & 3, earning her another huge PR of 27:54. Naomi was hampered by breathing issues as she battled to hit her marks, and while she ultimately fell short of a PR, I was impressed by how much she pushed it in the 3rd mile to try to make up for lost time. I calculated their relative standings in their races as a percent. You can see Naomi is still our top runner finishing in the top 34% of the pack today. It was fun to see that Sky is still edging out Bella at 58% compared to her 71%, but I'd like to think she's “making a run” for it! ;-)

Coach Hanson