Rylan decided to do Cross Country this season. In theory, it is an 800 runner's version of CC. He will be focused more on speed than distance. Here Rylan is about 1/2 mile into the race and in the top 30 overall. I told him "a little hot Rylan" as he went by and he said he appreciated me telling him he was probably a little faster than he should have been. He said he slowed down a little to conserve energy.
This is Rylan at about halfway. Even though he slowed down he was moving up in the field. The first mile of the race is often the fastest as the kids are running on adrenaline. I heard a kid tell his coach that he PR'ed the mile and we both thought that probably was not the best approach to a 3-mile race.
Here is Rylan with 800 meters to go. He had been hoping to get here all race. He passed all of these kids in a great finishing kick. He looked very strong here and looked exhausted at 300 to go, but finished 18th overall, in 18:07 in his first 5K cross country meet and 4th on PCHS. what a great debut.
He later said that the cross-country race is 800 meters, no about 2.5 miles too long. But even last night he said he was going to race again, so that is a good thing.
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