Fast kids!

The whole run on grass like that?  That would suck the life out of my legs!

Yeah, but it's a pretty cool layout.  Nike built a course/complex in Terre Haute (and I assume other places) where only XC races are held.  They have a 5K, 8K, and 10K course laid out.  It's all grass, but it's like running on a golf fairway, at least it was this year because the grass was cut really short.  In other years I've heard it's been longer.  The NCAA championships will be held on the same course in two weeks......I think we may run over there again to watch.  It's laid out so that you can watch quite a bit of a race without moving much.

Fisherman.....LOL....what?? 

Bro - why you gotta beat me down over my hair?

Yeah, the course is nowhere near flat.  On Sunday it was pretty optimal for fast times.  The course was in great shape, the temp. was about 37, there was little to no wind.  Last year on the same course the times were a full minute slower......windy, wet, cold.

No doubt....perfect venue to watch a race.  We may go....depends on my kid.  He's taking a few weeks off from running, but my money says he'll want to go watch the big guns race.

Welp.....we won't be there.....if you are running good luck!  Jr. has found a swim meet he wants to swim in.....I think he's already switched gears.

I don't know.  Jr. ran a 16:04 at that race and he's done 16:04 on a track with very little trouble (during a world record relay attempt for 100 5K's by 100 runners).....and has ran 16:00 off the bike in a sprint triathlon (but who knows how correct the distances are in any race).  Jr. thinks he can run 15:15 for 5K on a track without a big problem (he has a 15:58 this year in XC).....but he never does it so who knows. His mile time, from last year, is 4:18 so I guess macmillan would have a guess at a 5K. 

The winning time in that race was 15:03.....I would think he could get near 14:00 on a flat road course or on a track.

I guess I'm going to say 1 minute faster, but it's a wild arse guess.

I did some times checking.....and I don't think 1 minute is such a bad guess after all.  The winner, who was 15:03, has quite a few 3200 track runs at the 9:00 mark.....that'd put him right at 14:00 for a 5K on a track, give or take a few.  He also has a 4:11 mile.  I think Jr. is probably right on with his idea of a 15:15 5K and like I said, he ran 16:04 in the Nike race, but he was in the scrum for the duration of the race.