By Jeff Chen

Eight of us made the trek up to Ferndale recently to run in the Bill Roe Classic XC Race. Though this race is mainly a collegiate race, it is open to other runners. Both women’s and men’s races started off with a bang, with over eight teams of young collegiate runners streaming toward the horizon at high speed. Mixed in with all of that were the runners from the Lake Sammamish Run Club. 

In his second running of the race, Zach knew exactly what to expect from the course. Though keeping up with the college kids was still a challenge, he was able to run 10 seconds faster than last year. 

Joy met her goal of running even splits with only a 9 second differential between her slowest and fastest miles (fastest = Mile 1, slowest = Mile 3). Joy gets bonus points for not getting passed by anyone else after the first 200m sprint!

Even though I was lapped by energetic, young collegiate runners, I succeeded in my goal of maintaining an even pace through the race and building up my endurance for longer XC races.

Link to Results: https://pntfo.trackscoreboard.com/meets/9272025/events

L to R: Jeff, Joy, Louis, Matt, Sal, Amy (missing: Zach & Paul)

Joy and Amy relaxing after their race :)