We're over two weeks into the regular season, and things are going well for us. Not only do we have victories in both of our races, but we're doing a great job of staying focused and healthy. Last week's race at Hamilton was a bit of a surprise for us, as we were expecting to be facing a historically strong Ithaca team, but they never arrived at the meet. This left us in a five team race, with opponents including Nazareth, a team who we finished just ahead of at last year's Atlantic Regional Championships, and Hamilton, a regionally ranked team on their home course. Although Hamilton's top runner, national champion Peter Kosgei, dropped out a mile into the race, a victory is a victory, and you have to finish to win.
That said, we're much more concerned about how we're going to perform come October and November. We've had a few guys in the sophomore class really step up so far, and if they can keep improving, I think we'll continue to turn some heads. We're definitely not in the kind of shape we need to be in order to meet our goals for November, but we're getting there. Not having a race this weekend will help us on two fronts; one, we'll get to rest up and let any nagging pains or injuries heal up. Two, we get to put in the kind of hard workouts this week that make a big difference without worrying about being tired for the weekend
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