After the first Cross Country race had to be cancelled (106 heat index) , the boys were able to run tonight!
It was a tough race. Joel (and his team) were not very happy with their runs. The course was a bit of a mess, with some overlap between the fastest and slower runners at a couple of places, even really close to the finish. Normally there are at least 2 races, JV and varsity, but today they all ran together which caused some confusion. Two of our freshman weren't directed to the final loop and finished in 18 minutes, only because they hadn't run the whole race....The course monitors didn't separate them from the super fast kids who were finishing at that time.
Worse still 2 of our boys went down with Heat Stroke. It wasn't really extremely hot and the race was late in the evening, but of course that was the perspective of a participant and not a runner. It being the first race, I also think the boys didn't have their usual race perspective. All the boys were sweaty sweaty, but these two boys passed out near the finish. One was Joel's best buddy and in talking to his mother, he had not eaten enough that day and didn't drink anything but water before the race, so he didn't have enough calories or sodium. It was scary, he really pushed himself to go fast (he is one of our top runners), but it was too much for his body. He didn't race the next week to be cautious.
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