XC
Ed Lowery XC Bash
Thoroughly enjoyed the Ed Lowery XC Bash this morning at Bells Mill Park in Chesapeake. It turned out to be cross country at its best, with a rain-soaked course and several muddy areas to run through. Of course, Ryan Carroll, coach of the Western Branch XC team, made light work of the course and the [...]
Ed Lowery 5k Cross Country Bash
Saturday’s race will be a 5k cross country run at Bells Mill Park in Chesapeake in honor of Ed Lowery, a local coach who lost his battle with cancer last year. I’m not expecting a fast time and will just treat it as an intense tempo effort. The XC 5k will be my 28th race [...]
Never Say Never
With a week of sickness behind me, I decided late Friday afternoon to attempt the third race in the Mud in Your Eye XC Series which was taking place the following morning. I hadn’t missed one of these cross country races since the series began back in 2005, and really wanted to keep the streak [...]
Weekend Catchup
Ran the Mud in Your Eye XC 6k on Saturday morning and ended up running pretty well. I warmed up for a couple of easy miles, and wasn’t too happy with my calf still feeling the effects of Thursday’s track workout. However, once the race was underway I soon forgot about it as I concentrated [...]
Kale Running Mud In Your Eye 5k
My third race in ten days was another good one. The 5k cross country course at Mount Trashmore isn’t the fastest, but I managed to run a course record and finish fourth overall in 18:21. At one stage I’d forced myself into third place, but I was out-sprinted (again) in the final tenth of a [...]
A Muddy Mud In Your Eye 8k
What a great race! I don’t think I’ve ever competed in a muddier cross country event. Yesterday’s showers, coupled with driving rain before and during the race, made for perfect “Mud In Your Eye” conditions – in my opinion anyway. My legs were a tad achy this morning after yesterday’s solo World Media Run, but [...]
