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Friday/Saturday, September 16, 2005
It's the night before New Prairie and I feel like writing some more. I want to begin by apologizing for not keeping the sight updated while I had bronchitis. It just knocked me out and I didn't do anything at all. I am now getting better, and am mostly just excited for tomorrow. I started to get really excited for running again today at practice. We were running Valentine's with a nippy breeze, everybody was wearing their Under Armour, the leaves were starting to change colors, and New Prairie was coming up the next day. It felt so much like playoff season. I just have a great feeling about tomorrow. The Varsity guys are going to just tear up the competiton, Blake and Pope and the freshman are going to have great runs, Jason's going to take the Reserve championship, and I'm going to be back in the 18's. I'm so excited I'm getting goosebumps on my arm. Wait, that's a mosquito bite. Never mind. I probably should be getting to bed as it is 10:53 mountain time on my watch. We're going to tear it up tomorrow. If the guys leave my house at a reasonable hour tomorrow night, I'll try and get some new pics up, if not, that'll be a Sunday task when the Lions demolish the Bears 24-7. And Bittersweet Symphony just came on my iTunes. It's been about two weeks since my last column, so here's another (get off my back dad). It's been a busy two weeks with the team going to camp and a trip to the state course in Terre Haute. To begin, last week, the top ten runners set off for Pokagon State Park. I personally was not in attendance, so I'll try to get someone who was to write a guest column on camp. Or I can just make up lies. But anyway, upon arrival back in Valpo, the team breakfast was held at Nupps's grandparents' house. The breakfast shenanigans had me asking an interesting question:If you know that when you jump off a diving board, you know that various people are going to be throwing balls, innertubes, and other etceteras at you while you are in midair, why do you keep doing it? Please e-mail me a response. But anyway, I would like to say thank you to all involved in the breakfast. Last Saturday, the team broke off, sending twelve runners to the shadeless LaVerne Gibson Cross Country Course in Terre Haute for practice on the state meet course. It was very hot and humid. It is a very uninteresting course to run on: you run down and wind your way back to the top of the hill. Where's the imagination shown at courses like IU in Bloomington, New Prairie, or Rensselaer(?)? Okay, maybe not Rensselaer(?), but you get my drift. The other side of the team went to the Hilltop Neighborhood House 5K in Valpo, where the weather was at the complete opposite of the spectrum. Several of Valpo's young runners hit the roads of Valparaiso University in a downpour, and if you haven't run in a downpour, it's not the most fun activity. It's like watching Da Bears on Sunday. Congrats to Donny Johnson, the winner in Terre Haute and to Brendan Pope, the Hilltop VHS champ. NFL PREVIEW: AFC North 1.Baltimore:Defense wins championships AFC South 1.Indianapolis:Best passing offense ever AFC East 1.New England:Tom Brady is really good.Wait, they all are. AFC West 1.San Diego:Drew Brees gets the job done NFC North 1.Detroit:High powered offense is ready to succceed. NFC South 1.Carolina:John Fox's Panthers are the class of the division NFC East 1.New York:Eli has too many options to fail NFC West 1.St. Louis:Bulger's weapons are too good My name is Glen Mueller, and if you haven't guessed by now, I am the new ValpoCC webmaster. For those of you who have no clue who I am, I have been running cross for the past two seasons(PR 18:07). This is my first attempt at writing a column for this website, so if you find it to be boring and mechanical, bear with me:it's bound to get better. If you have any better ideas for the title of this column, just e-mail your suggestions to me at sundevil109@yahoo.com. "Glen's Avenue" was just a trial balloon thrown out by Rocket at practice, so if you have any better names, I'd like to hear them. This weekend, several Valpo Runners sojourned to Davenport, Iowa for the 26th annual Bix 7 Mile Run. The race was mostly a battle from the start for me, as I incorrectly filled out my registration form, landing me in what was basically a non-competitive division. I had to battle up Brady Street with Matt Meyer, a sophomore who also incorrectly registered. We had to fight through several joggers and walkers who were not trying to be in serious competition. By the time I was able to claw my way to the first mile mark,I knew that I was in a deep hole. My first mile time was over ten minutes, way over the pace I was hoping to average. I was able, hovever, to utilize the curbs, sidewalks, and hills to try and keep advancing up through the field. I ran the next six miles at about an average of seven minutes per mile, which was about what I was hoping to run. Overall, it was mostly a fun run, as I was just passing people left and right all through the day. My time should have been better, but I just buried myself at the start and just couldn't make up for it. Mostly, I hope that this column didn't suck too much and is partially coherent.
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