songs of experience

Results from our CAC opening week-end of spring racing:

UNC home meet:

800m - Jason Jabaut 1:50.9; second place (outkicked by a dude in a body suit)
1,500m - John Hinton 3:53.88; first place in a brilliantly run race (were John already 45, he would have broken the world record by 5 seconds)
1,500m - Trish Nervo 4:39.24; 6th place - 13 seconds faster than her last mile outing
steeplechase - Alex L’Heureux 9:10.03; 1st place in what amounted to a time trial, after not having steepled for 3 years.

Cooper Bridge 10k road race:

Devin Swann 30:37 - 11th overall; $200.00; first American; 1:20 improvement from last year’s Cooper Bridge (Devin trains with CAC, but races for Raleigh Running Outfitters)
Brock Phillips 32:11 - 21st overall (first in 19-21 age group); 27 second PR
Sarah Hallenback 38:02- 5th in age group; 26 overall women - PR
Caroline Blatti 38:27- 6th in age gotup; 28 overall women - PR

I’ll save the best for last ….. Fleet Feet Carrboro owner, Bobby Biles, destroyed his radical goal of breaking 7:40 (that’s 7 HOURS, not minutes) in the Umstead 50-miler by finishing 2nd male in a 7:17, which secures him a coveted primo starting position at Comrades. Bobby raced in a CAC singlet!!

My adrenalin level was through the roof all week-end!
Next up, Duke Invitational.