American Milers Club High Performance Series recent blogs Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:08:20 +0000 ross@runnerspace.com (Ross) 60 American Milers Club High Performance Series recent blogs http://www.runnerspace.com/members/images/4/7627.jpg Blog - Fast Times 1.1 - AMC HP I (May 30) Wow!  Does anyone know what happened?  Tornado warnings then severe thunderstorm warnings with high winds, flash flooding and hail warnings... everyone to the storm shelter tunnel!  In the tunnel (anyone have a picture to share?), we understandably had initial frustration, doom and gloom with the delay as it is crunch time for so many. During the two hour huddle in the tunnel, something interesting transpired as tension turned to comic relief, which then turned to a group-think fighting spirit.  A little after 10 PM, the call was made and the men's 5,000 meter athletes pumped up the huddled masses in the tunnel by charging into the still falling rain to start their warm-up.  GAME ON!  In the ensuing Midnight Madness of racing, 25 athletes posted season best efforts, 13 were lifetime best marks and 9 USA National Championship qualifying marks were posted!

All volunteers and athletes/coaches did a great job and had a great attitiude working together in the spirit of this modest little series where everyone from contract athletes to aspiring first-time national qualifiers work together in sharing pace-setting duties and creating the setting for the fast times we all seek at this time of the year.

Still drying out and cleaning up in INDY... we will be ready for anything starting June 13th with AMC HP II for 2009.

-Coach Harger

]]> Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:49:34 +0000 Blog - Webb running the 800 at AMC?!?!?!? So I got to watch Webb at the Pre Classic this past weekend and to be honest I was hoping he was going to run faster, but I'm hoping he'll be ready to go by the trials. In an Olympic year that's all that matters- make sure you're ready to run fast when it means the most.

I was looking around at some of the other events on the site I came across the Milers Series. To my surprise I saw that Webb was entered in the 800. Unfortuatnely I won't be at the race but I would love to see him rip up the track and run something fast. I feel like he hasn't had a great start yet (and he already had a few races this year) so a good 800 will help shake some dust off.

Best of luck to Webb!!

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