Sunday, February 28, 2016

Michigan State Indoor Track Meet

Saturday at Aquinas College Reid Parsons set a new school record in the 3200m run with a time of 9:53.60. Reid was seeded 31st and improved to 14th place overall. Nice running young man!

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Multi Talented CP Athlete

Photo credit: Brian Forde

mLive Nice story on Andrew Taylor

Not only can he run and jump but he has some serios basketball skills.

Sunday, February 21, 2016

Run the White Pine Trail

Great 10 mile run on the WPT from Rockford to the 13 mile marker. Trail is completely clear, temp was in the low 40's. Perfect day to run.

GVSU Indoor Results

Congrats to our participants from Saturday's GVSU Indoor Track Meet:

  • Isaac Morse Shot Put 32-3
  • Sam Racalla 1600m run 5:24.87
  • Sam Borisch 1600m run 4:52.17
  • Reid Parsons 1600m run 4:43.53
Next Saturday Reid will be running the 3200m run at the Indoor State Meet hosted by Aquinas College.
Come over to Aquinas to watch him run.

Thursday, February 18, 2016

Beautiful Weather for Running

Hope you have gotten outside the last 3 days weather has been great for running. Looks kike even warmer weather for the next few days.


Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Comstock Park Track and Field Regional

No. 17-2Grand Rapids-Houseman Field
Ada-Forest Hills Eastern
Belding Area
Cedar Springs
Comstock Park
East Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids-Catholic Central
Grand Rapids-Christian
Grand Rapids-Kenowa Hills
Grand Rapids-South Christian
Howard City-Tri County Area
Kentwood-Grand River Preparatory
Stanton-Central Montcalm
Wayland Union
Wyoming-Godwin Heights

Wyoming-Kelloggsville 

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Aquinas Indoor Meet

Results from Monday's indoor meet at Aquinas College.
Congrats to the following runners who ran the 1600m:
Sam Racalla 5:18.95
Sam Borisch 4:50.93
Reid Parsons 4:43.04 Reid's time is a new school indoor record!

Sunday, February 14, 2016

New School Indoor Record

Saturday in the 3200m run at Saginaw Valley State University, Reid Parsons ran a time of 9:56.54. Reid's time is a new school indor record and also qualifies him for the Indoor State Track Meet February 27 at Aquinas College.

Keep Running


Thursday, February 11, 2016

Rockford Native Trying for 4th Olympics

Dathan Ritzenhein is running the US Olympic Trials Marathon this weekend in Los Angeles. He is trying to make his 4th US Olympic Team.

Ritz on way to Rio

Sunday, February 7, 2016

Great Weekend

Beautiful weekend for running. Saturday 8 miles on White Pine from Belmont to Rockford. Sunday 10 miles on WPT from Belmont to North Park Drive Trail almost entirely clear of snow and ice.


Results of USATF XC Championships.

Info on US Olympic Marathon Trials

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Core Workouts for Runners

Core Workouts for Runners

There are many different core routines that runners can use. The routine linked above is from Competitor Magazine. As with any routine/training program consistency will produce your results.

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Workout Wednesday: Penn State Women Ladder Workout

Workout Wednesday: Penn State Women Ladder Workout:
FloTrack took a trip to Happy Valley to see the Penn State women do their ‘go to’ workout for opening up the 2016 indoor season.Workout:3x2002x3001x4002x3003x200w/ 90 sec rest Group 1 featuring Tori Gerlach10min Warm-Up/10min Tempo/10min Cooldown33.8/34.3/34.0/50.5/51.5/66.2/49.5/49.1/31.1/33.2/28.5Group 2 featuring Tessa Barrett10min Warm-Up/10min Tempo/10min Cooldown34.4/35.1/34.6/52.8/52.3/70.3/52.0/52.0/32.8/32.9/29

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Best High School Boy Since Alan Webb

Pretty high praise from Alan Webb for Drew Hunter

I did have the opportunity to meet Alan Webb a few years ago at the Big Ten XC Championships at U of M after he turned professional.

Monday, February 1, 2016

Riverside Park

Great day to run outside- 4 mile run south on Monroe then north through Riverside Park.