By DP Daigle
A
review and a preview
Howdy folks, it's the
old running coach on the coast here to give you the run around. This week, I have a review and a preview for
you. After running the George County Trail
Run last Thursday, I took 12 runners on short rest to New Orleans to run in the
Cabrini 6 Mile XC Relay at City Park. It
was a great event, and we did fairly well there too. Here's how it worked - teams of 4 brought
batons and each runner ran a mile and a half for the varsity races and ¾ of a
mile for the middle school. There was a
ten meter long exchange zone and each runner ran their leg around City Park
before handing it off to the next person.
There was a chute in which the anchor leg finished. To give you an idea of times, four of my varsity
runners complete the 6 mile course in 36:41 - that's an average of roughly 6
minutes per mile. That effort was third
best on the day at the 6 mile len...
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