Sablle's Cross Country Report, Part IV

Hey guys!

Its Sablle here! As you know, we ran in beautiful Golden Gate Park this weekend at the SFSU Invitational. This meet went really well for our team as a whole! Everybody on our team finished with a great kick at the end, and for the most part, we were pleased with our performance.

A lot of us are recovering from injuries and I think we all handled it very well. The course was a nice 6k with a couple hills, terrain and grass. As far as running in the late afternoon goes, it was actually very, very cold rather than what we were preparing for, heat. The end of our race was very rewarding too because Yvonne brought us a delicious spaghetti dinner. I know i can speak for the entire team and give special thanks to Yvonne for supporting us throughout our season and constantly cheering and helping out!!! THANKS YVONNE!

Now, our next two races are definitely the most important ones! On Oct. 25 we have our CCAA Championships in San Bernardino, Calif. and our coach really wants us to all to get PR's (personal record), so we will definitely be fighting for them. Our very last race is in San Diego for Regionals and it is also very important. We will be fighting for a good place there as well.

Also I would like to do a short Q and A on here because us cross country runners get
these questions ALL THE TIME...

1.)Do you like to run?
YES, we all love to run, despite it being extremely hard at times we love what we do.
"Our sport is your sport's punishment"

2.) How many miles do you run?
Our longest run this year has been twelve miles.

3.) Is that all you do for practice...run the same routes?
NO! we do a variety of workouts, here is a rundown of our week...
Mondays: 6:00 a.m. practice, drive to Annadel, Run 12 miles.
Tuesdays: 7:00 practice, drive to Crane Creek Park and do a variety of hills (it changes every week)
Wednesdays: 7:00 practice, 5-6 mile runs (of coaches choosing around Rohnert Park...usually Copeland creek trail)
Thursdays: 7:00 practice on the track, varies from mile break ups to pyramids
Fridays: 7:00 practice, usually 5 miles and then go into the Sonoma State pool and aqua jog for about 15-30 minutes.

So there you go, if you have any more just ask!
-Young Sablle