Monday: 8*40m in's and out's. Felt pretty flat. For some reason I felt like I just couldn't turn it over at all. Lifted weights.

Tuesday: Took it easy. Did some light lifting.

Wednesday: Took it real easy and did nothing.

Thursday: It was a balmy 39 degrees outside, so I was forced to practice on the indoor track. I ran three sets of the following: 600, 300, 150. After that I lifted.

Friday: Went to play king of the hill with Cassidy. I think he won. The workout was 4*200's and 8*100's. I only got 6 of the 100's done before my legs went numb at which point I decided I probably should stop. Lifted afterwards.

Saturday: Me, Cass, and his girlfriend Ashly drove up to Saint John's to watch our football team play. If we won the game there was a strong chance we would make the NCAA Playoffs. We ended up getting smoked. 0-21.

Sunday: As usual, I took the day off. Did homework as well as stretched and got in an ab routine.

ROUND HERE

It was a sad week for Saint Thomas athletics. Not only did the football time finish their season with a 0-21 loss to our rivals Saint John's, but our cross country teams didn't fair too well either. The women's cross country team finish in 4th place and just missed making a trip to NCAA's. And the men's cross country team got worked! These cats finished 10th and were way off the pace. I know it was a disappointing season for our distance crew because everyone was battling injures all year long, so a 10th place finish was sort of expected. I just hope all our guys can heal up in time for the indoor season. Supposedly our DMR team is going to be a contender. A contender for what? I don't know. Everyone will just have to wait and see.

Despite our loss to Saint John's it was good to see all the track athletes out on the gridiron do well. Quicksand was matched up against fellow Saint John's trackster Lee Clintsman. Both had good games. Quicksand had a pick and like 10 tackles and Lee had some great grabs too. Paul Gans from Saint John's also had a good game and is a decathlete and pole vault specialist. I'm not too sure what he did well at in the game, but the radio announcers gave him the coveted player of the game award. Nice job Paul! And my roommate, Peaches, also had a good game too.

Monday begins the official start of the 2005 campaign. So this means practice with coaches finally start and hopefully we can start to begin to see some of the new faces on the team.

LEADER OF THE PACK

The seventh installment of my Leader of the Pack Award goes to none other than Phillip Theisen. No one ever calls Phillip by his real name. Heck, I didn't even know Phillip's real name until halfway through last season. When Phillip is acting cool then we call him PJ. Otherwise it's almost always Peaches. Peaches is a sophomore on the team who runs the 400 hurdles and the relays. Peaches is also a wide receiver on the football team. He was arguably one of the best-unutilized talents in the entire conference. The man has furious speed and great hands, but the coaches never threw him the damn ball. He finished the big Saint John's game with like 96 yards on 5 catches all in the 4th quarter. Nice work man.