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<\/h2>\n<\/h2>\nOn another stunning Saturday morning I ran a 5K at Tatum Park, number five in the autumn series of six.\u00a0 I had two goals for today. The first was to use this Saturday race as a hill workout. I vowed to attack every Hill on the very mountainous Tatum Park course. Throughout the race I did manage to do that and my legs held up very well. My finishing time was 31:13.\u00a0 I was surprised and a bit disappointed when I read that time. I was thinking to myself that I’m getting slower every week and not liking it very much. Now, I did get a covid-19 booster shot on Monday which made me quite fatigued on Tuesday and Wednesday, and I did not do any form of workout until Thursday at the clubhouse.\u00a0 I went through about one hour in motion on the bike, the elliptical machine and the treadmill all in very moderate effort. On Friday I walked a great deal but that is all. A week like that usually makes my legs light and leads to a positive performance on Saturday. That is why my 31 minute time was so disappointing. But when I looked back at my times at Tatum Park in previous years I realized that I ran a pretty okay time. In 2020 I ran 30:36 and in 2021 I ran 32:27.\u00a0 So, today’s time was over a minute faster than last year and only 30 seconds off two years ago. Not so bad after all!\u00a0 One to go!<\/p>\n
The second goal of the day was to hustle over to Monroe\u00a0 Township and watch the sectional races at Thomson Park. I had a keen interest in a number of the races , and everybody that I was rooting for had to successful day .<\/p>\n
My grand-nephew, Ryan, competing for Howell Township had a personal best at Thompson Park in the final cross country race of his career.<\/p>\n
I was excited to watch boys from Liberty High School, a team I coached\u00a0 with over the last 5 years, finish 4th in the Group III Central Jersey Championship. That is the best performance by a Liberty team in history. I could not be happier for coaches Todd and Jim\u00a0 for the great performance they got from the boys this year.<\/p>\n
And finally, coach Rich Refi’s Hillsborough girls ran a terrific race to finish second\u00a0 in the Group IV Central Jersey Sectional Championship to continue their outstanding season.<\/p>\n
Plus along the way I was able to spend some quality time with a few of my friends from the cross country world that had not seen in quite a while.<\/p>\n
Truly, it was a delightful way to spend an October Saturday.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Stats- Everything is as it should be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
October 29, Saturday On another stunning Saturday morning I ran a 5K at Tatum Park, number five in the autumn series of six.\u00a0 I had two goals for today. The first was to use this Saturday race as a hill workout. I vowed to attack every Hill on the very mountainous Tatum Park course. Throughout … Continue reading Saturdays in October<\/span>