So my cross team and I were doing our long run in Sioux Falls, SD when we look across to the bike trails and see a guy running rather fast. We quickly came to the conclusion that is was Solinsky, who was in town for the Nike Team Regional meet.
I proceeded to take a direct shot to where he would be about 1k up ahead, clipping low 5 min. pace... with 200m to go, he shoots out of the woods where the bike path is and is gone before I could cut him off. Fail.
After practice while walking across campus to eat, 2 guys are running towards me at a fast clip. I only looked at one of them, trying to figure out which former Augie runner he was. To my dismay, when I turned around to see who the other one was after they passed, it was Solinsky...
All I wanted was a "Good luck at nationals" from this very fast runner. Oh well. Fail x 2.