The Sasquatch 5K Run on Saturday Sept. 15, 2012 in York County was a nature trail run as opposed to a street and pavement run. Daniel is not accustom to running up and down mountains on dirt and grass trails. He ran on about 600 feet of pavement. I have to analyze this race to see how he can improve on his running just like any other race that he takes part in. In this case, we will work on his weaknesses before his next cross country race on Sept. 29, 2012, the Merrick Fund Foundation 5k in Mechanicsburg, Pa. That race will be a street and pavement race. I expect his time to be better than the Sasquatch run.
In the video below, Daniel is on the left end beside the high school runner in yellow.
Some people have behavior problems. Others have anger problems. Who is who in this video?
The Flash’s official time was 27 minutes, 59 seconds. He ran in the “boys 17 and under” class. The winner was a 17 year old that is a member of the Northern York Cross Country Team with a time of 18 Minutes, 18 seconds. He is twice as tall as Daniel and a lot stronger. There were 29 people in his group and he came in 18th. He beat one 17 year old, one 16 year old, one 15 year old, one 12 year old, two 11 year olds, two 10 year olds, and two 8 year olds.
Daniel was beaten by three 17 year olds, one 16 year old, one 15 year old, four 14 year olds, two 13 year olds, two 12 year olds, two 11 year olds, one 10 year old, and one 8 year old. I am concerned about the 8 year old because in USATF, he will run against 8 year olds. This one ran in 23 minutes, 11 seconds.
That is 4 minutes, 48 seconds faster than Daniel.
In the overall male results, Daniel came in 77 out of 161 people. In the overall men and women, Daniel placed 102 out of 279 people. The last person ran the race in one hour, 10 minutes, and thirty four seconds. The last place man is 59 years old. A 73 year old female came in 136 with a time of 30 minutes, 28 seconds.
More than 300 people signed up to run the race. Some did not show up. Others did not finish the race.
This race was in Runner’s World Magazine’s List of America’s Top Trail races. York Road Runners was responsible for timing the race.
Conclusion
Daniel was running against the York Road Runners Team and he did very well. To my knowledge, none of these children that beat him run in the USATF organization. If so, only the 8 year old would compete against Daniel. However, Daniel will probably see the 10 year old and 8 year old when he attends Central Dauphin East High School in 7 years and competes in the schools cross country program.
Near term, the 8 year old showed us that we will have to work on more power and speed training.
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