Cherry Tree Week

Congrats to Pat for increasing his 5k lead over all and PR'ing at 20:35 and

finishing 14th overall (male 5k PRs and RI don't mix))

Congrats to Lauren for putting up a new PR: 26:48 and 3rd ranked on the

female 5k list. (2011 racing apparently is the year of the PR)

Congrats to Knapp for breaking 1,000 miles. Double what these

guys would walk. I googled 1,000 miles to see how far you can go from

here and came up with this.

Or going from Providence to St. Louis, which is roughly 1,000 miles.

Race Preview

While we may have raced under the same team name or raced in a relay before, we have never had team shirts and a team of 5 racing against other teams. The Cherry Tree Half Marathon will be the debut of the team "competing".

There are some story lines to follow for the race as we race as a team. There's the ringer, Pat Henderson, fresh off of a little known marathon and 5k PR who will be gunning for a half marathon PR that will help the team's average.

The Cumberland Comeback Kids, Knapp and Kevin, have had some time in between races (that 10k in December?) and we'll see where those times will be. Knapp is making the comeback after marathon training and Kevin, the rising second banana on the team, is also making a comeback after a long hiatus.

Can the two Cox runners, Jess and Aaron, continue to PR their half times after only 3 weeks since the last half marathon? This year's runners have PR'ed 6 times out of the last 6 tries.

Forecast calls for rain, how will this affect the team?

We'll find out soon enough before most awake this Saturday morning.