Dartmouth killer workout.
http://www.flotrack.org/videos/play/361332-dartmouth-college-pre-heps-workout
But the real story is the guys that didn't compete in the workout.
1) No robbins. 2) No 5th guy.
Dartmouth is barely 5-6 deep and yet those two don't workout.
What's up with those two?
confused123 wrote:
Dartmouth killer workout.
http://www.flotrack.org/videos/play/361332-dartmouth-college-pre-heps-workoutBut the real story is the guys that didn't compete in the workout.
1) No robbins. 2) No 5th guy.
Dartmouth is barely 5-6 deep and yet those two don't workout.
What's up with those two?
There are two perfectly logical explanations to this.
The first is that Tom Robbins has disassociated himself from anything Michigan related ever since learning that his great-grandfather died building the Michigan-Illinois Canal. According to Wikipedia, "the work was considered dangerous and many workers died, although no official records exist to indicate how many."
The reason for the second guy not participating in the workout is a more recent development and results in a disassociation from Michigan as well. He was not pleased with Michigan Professor Kenneth Langa's proclamations in his July 2009 publication comparing intelligence between American and England. According to the Furturity.org article, which has a nice picture of a brain wrapped in American flag design, "On a population level, the overall difference in cognitive performance between the two countries was quite large—approaching the magnitude associated with about 10 years of aging. In other words, the cognitive performance of 75-year-olds in the U.S. was as good, on average, as that of 65-year-olds in England."
That was hardly a killer workout. Those guys are running 9:20, 4:31, and 2:07 on a track. Im pretty sure the top 20 at HEPS every year could do that workout. Lets wait and see how that works out for them on Friday...
C/M Runner wrote:
Who is going to the meet? I can't due to work and distance (live in PA).
I plan to be there. I remember that many years back there was an alumni race the same day as Heps. I don't think they have had that in a long time.
Would anyone be up for doing an alumni run (or race, but it would probably be easier to just go out and run the xc course) before the races, say around 10:00?
Alumni races back in the day? When did that stop happening? Are there any records of that anywhere?
I ran the 5 mile alumni race in 1988. I know it was going on for at least a few years before that, and probably for several more after. So no takers on an alumni run at VCP?
When I was running in grad school there was a pretty good miler at Pomona College (DIII) preparing for the end-of-season meets. He did a workout of 1:56(?), 4:10, 8:58. He had plenty of rest between each of these efforts but otherwise, this workout is in completely different league than the 9:20, etc. He was the best on the team and set a school record or two, but this was DIII back in the 70s.
Huh, really? As a D3 runner of that era, my memory must be fuzzy or you're mistaken. I checked out Pomona's school records--best time for the 3k/2 mile is 8:56 for 2 miles. Best 5k is 14:19, best mile is 4:07...
Well, still not clear whether I'll get to the meet tomorrow, though I hope to; but I had hoped to download the meet guide from Hepstrack.com, in any case.
For whatever reason, attempting to click on the guide shuts down Internet Explorer. Anybody else having this problem?
The printed version worked fine for me.
I'd like to read more analysis. Seems like the real battles are for 2nd in men's and 3rd in women's. Is tha t right?
Anyone willing to pick a surprise?
Rudy L wrote:
The printed version worked fine for me.
I'd like to read more analysis. Seems like the real battles are for 2nd in men's and 3rd in women's. Is tha t right?
Anyone willing to pick a surprise?
I think it will be a battle for 2nd on the women's side: Harvard, Cornell, and Columbia all seem to be pretty close.
Women predictions:
1. Princeton
2. Harvard
3. Cornell
4. Columbia
5. Brown
6. Dartmouth
7. Penn
8. Yale
Men predictions:
1. Princeton
2. Dartmouth
3. Columbia
4. Cornell
5. Yale
6. Harvard
7. Brown
8. Penn
This just in: Claire Richardson will not be running due to a stress fracture.
"The Crimson was led by [Claire] Richardson, who recorded the eighth-fastest time in the women’s team’s history at the meet, but Richardson will not be running this year, due to a stress fracture. She remains confident that her teammates will more than make up for her absence after the squad’s strong showing this season, peaking at 31st in the nation.
“I hope that they will work together, stay confident, believe in themselves, and have fun,” Richardson said. “If they do all of those things, they’ll do their best.”
" - thecrimson.com
Ok, time to rework my predictions...
Updated women predictions:
1. Princeton
2. Cornell
3. Columbia
4. Harvard
5. Brown
6. Dartmouth
7. Penn
8. Yale
anybody at the meet, please post updates/results here for us working stiffs.
This is the first heps I've missed in 6 years....bummer.
damnit. i won't be there either. please keep us posted...
Bump...
Banfich and Princeton win. That's all I got.
Columbia women second. Going into Cemetary on men's side it looks like its a race between Princeton and Dartmouth.
cabral won, chenoweth 2nd. princeton had 5 in through 15 i believe, so they won it.
congrats princeton!!
Women:
Official team scores: 1. Princeton, 33; 2. Columbia, 60; 3. Brown, 63; 4. Cornell, 98; 5. Harvard, 121; 6. Penn, 168; 7. Dartmouth, 177; 8. Yale, 182.
Individual results: 1. Alex Banfich (Princeton), 16:58.9; 2. Caroline McDonough (Columbia), 17:18.9; 3. Jackie Drouin (Columbia), 17:22.3; 4. Ashley Higginson (Princeton), 17:27.1; 5. Margaret Connelly (Brown), 17:29.5; 6. Jeanne Mack (Harvard), 17:29.6; 7. Devin McMahon (Cornell), 17:35.0; 8. Mel Newbery (Princeton), 17.45.7; 9. Sarah Cummings (Princeton), 17:45.7; 10. Lauren Pischel (Brown), 17:49.2.