After an easy morning run and strides, a quick drive to the airport, a direct flight from DEN > GRR, and a quick ride from the airport I was at the host hotel.  Checking in at the Elite Athlete hospitality suite I received my hotel cards, bib #, and a nice little interview with runnerspace. After an hour relaxing in the hotel room, all the athletes headed over to the race expo for some introductions, followed by the Mizuno athletes stopping in at the booth at the expo.

Next up, the usual dinner stop with the Mizuno athletes.  This time food was served at Vitale’s restaurant.  A relaxing dinner and good Italian pizza and back to the hotel to relax until race morning.

As I said in the interview, I thought I was capable of running 5:00-5:05 pace.  That was my plan for the race, but I wanted to be conservative early and let go of any fast pace.  I assumed that a hot early pace would lead people to be coming back to me in the later miles.  After a 4:53 opening mile, I let the pack go and worked with a few other guys until mile 4.  Unfortunately from mile 4 until the finish I ran completely alone.  It was literally a long and lonely road the last 11.5 miles to the finish.  Nobody passed me and I passed three people, but they were all Kenyans who were walking on the side of the road as I passed them.  My splits were pretty even though as I went through halfway in 40:00 and ran the second half in 40:17.  The first half is nearly perfectly flat, with rolling hills between miles 8 and 12, so my effort was very even.  I couldn’t go any faster though and was left in 13th place at the finish, a slight disappointment from my goal of finishing in the top ten.

Using McMillian’s running calculator, this time would be equivalent to approximately 1:06:50 for the half-marathon.  Although the course is mostly flat, it’s not as screaming fast as my 1:04:59 PR from the Rock N Roll Philadelphia course.  That being said, I’m probably a good 90 seconds off of being in PR shape.  Although this isn’t great, I have to keep my chin up and take it as a positive experience.  Two months ago I had to pull the plug on attempting to race the USA 15k Championships due to over-training syndrome.  Since then I’ve been patiently getting back into challenging workouts and specifically not doing the glycogen depleting workouts (with the exception of the St. Luke’s Half-Marathon).  I have been sleeping better and feeling overall an improvement in energy, so in addition to running progressively better I’m improving.  My concentration is much better too.  I have a seemingly long way to go – specially about 90s over 13.1 miles – to be back at my best, but I’m making progress and that IS a positive thing.

Thank you family, friends, and sponsors for believing in me. Great job to all of the competitors this past weekend.  It was a blast going bowling and sharing a few pitchers with some new friends and fast people.  I look forward to seeing the majority of them at the USA Half-Marathon Championships in June.  Until then, it’s time to rest up for the Zazzle Bay To Breakers 12k this weekend where I’ll be on the LinkedIn centipede team going for a new world record in the 12k with 13 guys tied together!  Here is a non-updated list of who is running..Should be a fun time!

Never Settle,

Ty

Photo taken near halfway in the 10,000m run at the Penn Relays. Check out PrettySporty.com for more pictures during the Penn Relays! Cheryl Treworgy does a fantastic job taking race photos!

Unfortunately, after running about 9:27 for the next 3200m, I bonked.  It was ugly.  It felt like a small relapse of the ‘lack of power’ I’ve felt before.  After struggling through the next two miles, I was able to finish in an awful 30:33 for 10th place.  Although this is an embarrassing race for me, I was proud of myself for fighting through and finishing. I learned a valuable lesson: I’m still not 100% recovered from the ‘over-training syndrome’ and when I go out too hard I can have blow-ups.  Instead of the vision I had of competing well in front of family & friends, I had one of the worst races in my life.  Before even cooling down I thought, “Hey, if I can be positive NOW, I can be positive during anything.  This is a test of my character if I can accept this race, learn from it, and stay positive.” The positive: I blew up to a 30:33 and still got in a ‘good workout’ that I couldn’t have done at 5200ft here in Boulder.

Next came the bad – muscle soreness. My legs certainly didn’t remember what it was like to run a 10k on the track.  On Friday and Saturday I was quite sore.  I practiced good hydration and nutrition, but I woke up Sunday morning with still sore calves and had a half-marathon in three hours.  I put on my Mizuno singlet, shorts, and the now necessary calf sleeves and drove to J.Birney Crum Stadium. The St. Luke’s Half-Marathon finishes with the last 300 meters on the track.  My last track race there was possibly the greatest race of my life – the District 11 3200m Championship where I won and broke the 20+ year old district record set by Jack Cuvo. Check out the 30s TV clip of that race here… Television coverage of high school D11 Championships – 2005 – 3200m win and D11 Record 9:13.01

I had also raced the St. Luke’s Half in 2008 – then called the Lehigh Valley Half-Marathon.  I was red-shirting that year and ran to a nearly 4 minute win in my first longer road race.  This year’s race included two former champions besides me: the winners from 2009 & 2010.  I warmed up 20 minutes and felt average.  I knew I needed to be conservative after being sore and racing the 10,000m 57 hours before.  The race started and immediately a pack of four of us developed.  All of us traded off leading for the first ten miles, with me leading the least amount.

The first 10 miles felt aerobically easy.  Clipping along 5:10-5:15s felt slower than marathon effort.  On the uphills I felt great, on the downhills my sore legs struggled to run fast.  After 10.5 miles I saw a chance to make a move up a hill.  At that point I decided to hammer to the finish.  I was able to pull away for a 30s win over those last two miles.  My final time showed 1:09:22, but after splitting 5:07-5:19 with the majority around 5:12s, we had a two mile split from 8-10 that was 11:31. I know we picked up the pace during that segment, so I assume that the course was a touch long.  The last 2.5 net uphill miles I covered in just over 5:00/mi. Finally, this was ‘the good!’

There’s a lot I learned from these races.  First and foremost, this was great training 15-13 days out from the USA 25k Championships which I’ll be racing at this Saturday.  Second, if you stay positive you can regroup after a poor race to perform well.  Third, nothing is more important than the positive folks you meet during races.  I’m lucky to have supportive parents and friends, and very fortunate to meet new people doing amazing things each race.  I met a mom of four who ran the race after running the Boston Marathon.  She trains each morning at 4AM to get her miles in!  Thanks for the inspiration!

Shaking hands with 2nd place finisher!

My mom and I after the race.

My high school coach, Megan Duerring, and I after running the race. She's been an incredibly positive friend in my life and taught me the simple message, "have fun, no limits."

Time to head out and go for a run with Jason Hartmann – top American and 4th place finisher at this year’s Boston Marathon. Once again, I’m lucky to have met good friends through this sport!  A couple light workouts this week and then the USA 25k Championships on Saturday.  These two races have definitely helped me mentally and physically prepare for what the 25k is going to be like. Normally 5:00/mi average will be around 5th and 5:10/mi average will be around 10th.  This is a great opportunity to finish top ten in a USA Championship!

Thank you to everyone at the St. Luke’s Half-Marathon & the Penn Relays for organizing spectacular events.  Did you know that St. Luke’s Half is one of the only races in the country organized entirely by volunteers???? #Inspiring!

Morning call Newsmaker Q&A from Sunday’s Paper

LV Running Scene Article

WMFZ Article

Morning Call Write-up

Past Two Weeks Training…

My own training has been very successful this week.  I touched 90 miles for the first time in months and I’ve had a few good workouts this week.  I was a little fatigued starting out the week after the 5k last Sunday, but quickly turned the corner mid-week.  I’m starting to feel much more comfortable running sub 70s 400 meter reps.  I’m confident I’m ready for a great run in Philadelphia at the Penn Relays on Thursday…followed up by a half-marathon that was my first major road race I competed in during my redshirt-junior year.  I won that race, now called the St. Luke’s Half-Marathon, and sparked the idea that I could be a competitive road racer and marathoner.  This 10,000m & half-marathon double will also be my two hardest efforts leading into the USA 25k Championship on May 12th in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

One of my favorite memories in college. The group of five of us all had massive PRs, which I think added up to almost 5 minutes off our cumulative PR. I went from a 31:41 10k PR to a 30:19 10k PR on that awesome evening. Looking forward to seeing those guys and racing at Penn Relays on Thursday night!

I closed out the week with a 5k win at the Frank Shorter Race 4 Kid’s Health in Broomfield Colorado.  This was a really cool event that is all about supporting healthy learning paths.   Check out the website and like their facebook page. This is one of those events that make you love what the running community is all about – health and wellness!  Starting at early childhood is so important and these folks are doing a great thing by putting on this event!  As a competitor, the race was challenging with a significant 1k uphill to start, followed by a ton of turns.  However, the course was marked very well and it made the race a lot of fun!  The coolest part of the race, finishing indoors!

The race also included a 1k run and diaper dash.  In addition to supporting young runners, Frank Shorter was there promoting the event.  When you have an Olympic Gold Medalist giving out the awards and announcing the race, you have an incredible event!  Thank you to the race staff, volunteers, the race expo booths, and all of the sponsors for putting together an event that helps kids learn healthy habits, from nutrition to athletics to even brushing your teeth and planting gardens!

Pl	Name	City	St	Div	Finish (Guntime)	Finish (Nettime)	Total
1	McCandless, Tyler	BOULDER	CO	M2029	15:41	15:41	15:41
2	Rich, Adam	COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	M3039	15:54	15:54	15:54
3	Briney, Trent	BOULDER	CO	M3039	15:56	15:56	15:56
4	Reed, Matt	BOULDER	CO	M3039	16:58	16:58	16:58
5	Weich, Greg	BROOMFIELD	CO	M4049	17:15	17:15	17:15

Snapshot of training log…

A former college teammate of mine, Ryan Foster, is organizing a 1000 mile relay world record attempt to benefit the Kevin Dare Foundation.  This is a great event and I would have loved to participate if I was not going to the Kauai Marathon.  Please read through the press release and spread the word.  It’s events like this that make you realize how many truly terrific people are in the sport of long distance running!

-Tyler

THE LIFE BACK ON TRACK RELAY

10 Men – Minneapolis to State College – 1,000 Miles – ANew World Record

August 26, The Kevin Dare Foundation is sending a team of ten runners to conquer the World Record for a 1,000 mile relay.  The runners will run from Minneapolis, MN, to State College, PA, in under 99 hours.  For more information click HERE.

DONATE

 The run is also raising money for The Kevin Dare Foundation, so we’ve gone and made it super easy to donate: Just click HERE to donate on our Razoo website

FUN FACTS

 A razoo is a “non-existent coin of trivial value” (to us no amount is trivial – every razoo matters!) 1000 miles is 38.2 marathons back-to-back.  During the run the team will burn the same number of calories that are in 230 Big Macs! The runners will average over 10 miles per hour for the entire distance!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT!

 Ryan Foster

 rfoster@kevindare.com

Fast forward to Sunday: that’s Seth at mile 13 running the last 0.1 after grabbing the stroller to push his young son Abe across the finish.  What was Seth’s time?  His previous PR was 1:21:22 and on Sunday he crossed with his son Abe almost two minutes faster in 1:19:30 for 3rd place.  Seth wasn’t physiologically prepared to run two minutes faster on Sunday than a few weeks before, but he was mentally and emotionally READY and RELAXED.  Being relaxed and loving the sport will take you to new PRs – Seth has certainly proven this!  Congrats Seth!

A well deserved trophy for Abe's room.

This last week was a very fun week.  I was lucky to have my mom come and visit on Thursday and help plan my yard.  The amount of landscaping I’ve done is truly amazing, and my yard is really turning into a relaxing home for me.  Thank you Mom!  She was also able to attend the high school meet on Saturday and two of my teams practices.  At the meet, the kids showed a lot of toughness with a bunch of personal bests.  I had all of the kids state their goals for the meet in front of the distance crew.  Out of the 22 kids competing, all but two achieved their goals…some of which were quite lofty!  Embracing one kid after he broke 5:00 for the mile for the first time (4:56) was a highlight of the meet.

Yelling instructions to Chandler!

Here’s a glimpse of this past week’s training.  Little core work as the pick ax, shovel, hand saw, and mulching took care of that for me!

Monday: AM 7 Miles Easy with one of my running idols Benji Durden and his friend/training partner Steve Sellers. PM:7 miles with high school boys.  Lift + core after 2nd run.

Tuesday: AM: 16 miles up Poorman’s with 2+ inches of snow.  Took two hours on this hill climb with Trent Briney!  Approximate loop here…http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/80450391

Wednesday: AM: 10 miles with Wednesday morning crew out at the Boulder Res.  PM: 5.25 miles with Wednesday fun run from the Boulder Running Company for a Mizuno Community promotion event!  Be sure to check out their Wednesday group runs!!

Wednesday group run from the BRC. Quite a large group with a ton of positive energy. Thank you Boulder Running Company for hosting these runs!

Thursday: AM: 11 Miles with Matty Reed

Friday: AM Tempos and Intervals with Matty Reed, Trent Briney, and Greg Weich.

Specifics:

4xmile on Marshall with (light jog recovery)
5:15.6 (2:42)
5:05.9 (2:36)
5:06.8 (2:38)
4:53.2 (8:00 jog to track)
8x400m with (200m jog)
72.2 (1:25.6)
70.7 (1:21.8)
70.1 (1:17.9)
67.7 (1:34.0)
70.9 (1:27.8)
68.9 (1:26.5)
67.1 (1:34.9)
67.6 

PM: 3 miles easy with high school boys

Saturday: OFF!  Enjoyed the day at the high school meet to recover from yesterday.

Sunday: Long run 14.5 miles with 8x100m hard strides in last ten miles.

About 88 miles for the week with a terrific Friday workout.

Very lucky to have very positive and fun people to run with each week. Here's a picture from the Wednesday morning run out at the Boulder Res!

Racing Schedule Update for the Next Month!!  Time to get back in the game!

April 15th – Frank Shorter Run4Kids 5k, Broomfield, Colorado

April 26th – Penn Relays 10,000m Run on the track in Philadelphia, PA!  (First track race since NCAA Championships in 2010!)

April 29th – St. Luke’s Half-Marathon in Allentown, Pennsylvania

May 12th – USA 25k Championships, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Patrick Rizzo and I with our "Happy Gilmore checks" after finishing 1st and 2nd at last year's USATF Colorado Half-Marathon championships.

In 2012, the USATF Colorado Championships included a 5 Mile event.  The Boulder Half-Marathon included this 5 Mile race out at the Boulder Reservoir.  After four weeks of running only 72-78 miles per week, this week was my first week at nearly 85 miles.  After averaging nearly 100 miles per week for 2011 and culminating that year and beginning this year by over-training, I needed to back off the mileage for a bit.  I started to notice my legs were coming back around and feeling fitter, stronger, and more energized each and every day.  In addition, Trent Briney and I have been enjoying more of the trails in the area (as I mentioned in my last post) which has made running considerably more enjoyable!

The race was really to test my fitness and ability to run tough.  In my case of over-training, basically my body would shut down when I tried running hard…as it did almost exactly at 19.5 miles in the Olympic Trials Marathon…as well as on my 2nd attempt at a 3 minute hill repeat a little over a month ago.  I simply wanted to compete and be tough.  Goal: accomplished!  The field was very deep and talented as evidence by this RunColo.com write-up!  I finished 3rd overall in about 25:25 (there were some wrong turns by the top guys which made the finish a little confusing).  My splits were very even – 4:58, 5:04, 5:12 (with a u-turn), 5:02, 5;07ish.

At the mile mark!

Thank you to Bret Stevens for the picture, USATF Colorado for putting on the championships, and the Boulder Spring Half-Marathon for including a 5 mile race in your event this year!  Thanks to Eberly, Levassiur, and Adam Rich for a pleasant 30 minute cool-down jog chatting about running, racing, and Colorado.  I really appreciate everyone who has reached out in the last few weeks.  Having to pull out of the Gate River Run and Boston Marathon were difficult decisions, but having good friends made it much easier.  Relaxing in the hot sun with Dave Lehn after the race and celebrating the fact he broke 1:15 (running 1:13:25) and I coming back to form, made the difficulties absolutely worth it.  Lesson learned: don’t be afraid to hit the reset button in regards to your training!

I also want to point out some lessons I learned from some athletes I coached who had PRs and great runs all across the country.  Three in particular I would like to point out.  I’ve been coaching Seth Hasty for over a year now and he’s PR’d in everything from the marathon to the 5k…and now the mile!  I had him do a mile time trial and 6x400m.  He broke 5 minutes for the first time and ran 4:55!  He lives in Maine and simply when to the track and soloed a 4:55.  That takes heart and goes to the BASICS of running: trying to reach the best you can be and break mental/physical barriors.  Great job Seth!  Another person I coach, Michelle, did a half-marathon this weekend.  Michelle has struggled with some issues like low iron caused by unknown food allergies and then as soon as she was feeling better she came down with an awful sickness last week.  Yet, nothing prevented her from doing a half-marathon this weekend.  She was even on PR pace through 11.15 miles before – no joke – a train stopped the runners for 5 minutes!!  She then was able to cross the railroad tracks and finish.  Although she may have been upset, she never showed it and remained positive about the experience.  If running teaches you anything, it teaches you to always remain positive.  It’s also a test of character for who you really are.  Very proud of you Michelle!  Finally I want to point out two other really outstanding performances.  Adam ran in a half-marathon and PR’d by thirty seconds!  Adam went out way too fast the first mile, which coming from altitude to sea level is a common mistake.  We had discussed this and I said it’s OK as long as you get back on pace.  What did Adam do?  Exactly that!  He could have really blown up, but instead, he was a master of composure and ran a well executed 12.1 following miles.  Guy in Virginia ran the Cherry Blossom Ten Miler.  After struggling with some races this fall he put together really consistent training for weeks and months.  What happened?  He ran his fastest Cherry Blossom since 1997!  This concludes my absolute #1 lesson in running, which I had previously learned from my college coach Beth Sullivan at Penn State: consistency is key! 

With that, I’ll leave you with my last weeks training as I will do every Monday from now on!

Monday: AM: 3 PM: 10 + core + massage

Tuesday: AM: 12 miles with Trent Briney on Switzerland Trail (8500-9100ft), PM: 6 miles + 6 Short Hill Sprints

Wednesday: AM 11 Mile progression run, last 7miles average pace 5:28 on dirt roads PM: bike ride + 2 mile each jog/circuit on turf with core mixed in

Thursday: AM 6.7 miles with Dave Lehn

Friday: AM Track workout (light) 2x1k in 3;09, 3:10, 10x200m in 33 avg PM: easy 3 miles barefoot on turf

Saturday: AM 6.5 miles total with 8 strides in spikes

Sunday: 3 miles warm-up, 5 mile race effort in 25:25, 4 mile cool-down

My apologies for the lack of blog posts lately.  I’ve been incredibly busy with coaching at Centaurus High School, helping organize the Warrior Marble Relay, as well as my own training.  The Warrior Relay was a huge success due to the unbelievable support of the Centaurus track  team, their family, friends, and the Lafayette/Boulder community.  The program ran approximately 1,450 miles during the relay and the kids raised nearly $20,000!  There is an excellent video story by Denver’s Channel 9 News here - http://www.9news.com/news/article/257180/188/Track-team-school-support-athlete-with-Leukemia. Thank you to everyone for supporting the team and the Marble family.  A special thanks to Dave Lehn for helping provide Noodles and Company for lunch as well as running a bunch of miles with me on the track!

Running some miles with good friends to support the Marble Relay.

Coaching the high school team has been a pleasure this season with a bunch of motivated kids.  I’ve learned so much from them in the last month of coaching. I’m looking forward to the start of state qualifying meets April 7th weekend.  I’m also looking forward to that weekend because my wonderful mother is flying out to Colorado to help me design my backyard and plant gardens.  The most important part of life is family, I’m so lucky to have a supportive and loving family!

Picture of Dad, Mom and I during a Rockies vs Phillies game I took them to last year.

Onto what this blog has normally been about, my running & training.  I made a simple, yet very complicated mistake, from November-February I over-trained.  I over-trained to the point that my Central Nervous/Hormone System became overly fatigued.  I couldn’t do any intense workouts because of an awful feeling of ‘lack of power.’  I finally addressed it after bonking in a workout, and have spent the last 5 weeks running mileage in the 70s.  I’ve been able to do some shorter and intense workouts, but been keeping the overall volume lower and trying to take one day off per week.  Next weekend I’m really going to give my fitness a better test at the USATF Colorado 5 Mile Champions at the Boulder Reservoir.  I wanted a short 5k race last weekend and found one in Fort Collins.  Friend and training partner Trent Briney and I traveled up to Fort Collins and went 1-2 in the 5k with me getting the win in 15:22 and Trent 2nd in 15:32.  However, the 3rd mile of the race was noticeably long, so it was actually a little longer than 5k.  I took the race out very fast in 4:43 net uphill and hung on.  It felt good to feel a lot better when running fast!

I have also been trying to enjoy the beautiful trails in the Boulder area.  Last week Trent Briney and I traveled South towards Littleton to run in the newly opened Waterton Trail, which took us to the Colorado Trail.  It was one of my favorite long runs with great trail conditions and amazing views.  I saw my first big horned sheep too!  Yesterday I went up to Switzerland Trail and ran a quality 12 miles with views like the one below during most of the run between 8500-9100ft.

Switzerland Trail View from Start

The most important thing about running is to enjoy the training.  I’m back enjoying running, loving the trails, and having to hold myself back from running more miles.  Speaking of running miles, time to head out for a run with an excellent group of folks at the Boulder Reservoir on a gorgeous morning!

Happy trails (literally),

Tyler

This Saturday, March 17th will be the inaugural 12-hour relay event at Centaurus High School in Lafayette, Colorado.  After the cross country season banquet, Head Coach Devin Rourke and I were discussing fundraisers for the track team.  The problem with track fundraisers in the past is that they were not related to running and did not help anyone else.  Selling coupon books, car washes, etc etc are not going to teach the kids any life lessons.  A 12-hour relay event to fundraise for both the track team, and a charity, would not only solve the issue of getting enough money for uniforms, new pole vault poles, safety harnesses for pits, more sand, travel to meets, etc, but also help a charity.  About a month before we decided on starting this event, very sad news had struck members of the track and cross country teams when they learned a former teammate had gone home from school with flu like symptoms only to learn that he had Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

After months of treatment, Bobby Marble was released from the hospital yesterday.  The event, called the Warrior Marble Relay will take place from 9AM to 9PM on Saturday at the Centaurus High School track and will benefit both the Centaurus Track Program and the Marble Family.  All student-athletes as well as coaches, parents, faculty, and community runners will join in running/walking miles around the track.  To count miles, marbles will be placed in jars and then counted at the end.  Many companies have graciously volunteered food, help, and cash donations.  In addition, 9 News in Denver came and filmed part of practice yesterday and is going to share a story on Bobby Marble on Saturday and cover part of the event on Saturday.  At 8:45pm on Saturday there will be a “bell lap” when Bobby Marble and his family will join the team and walk the last lap on the track.  This will be a special moment for everyone involved.  After 9PM, we will announce the unofficial proceeds from the event and have counted the marbles to show the number of miles the track team and community ran.  I’ve copied a press release below as well as the schedule of events.  If you are in the local community, please come support the event, if not, please consider at least spreading the word about the event.  I’m not asking for donations as I feel donations should come from the goodness of the heart – but I am asking you to spread the word about the event.  If other schools take our lead and do this event in upcoming years, more track athletes can make a difference in their communities.  For more information, visit www.centaurustrack.org or the charity donation website at https://charitybets.com/users/54-warrior-relay.

For Immediate Release

Warrior Marble Relay Brings Community Together

The Track & Field Team of Centaurus High School will run for 12 hours to raise money for their team and for teammate, Bobby Marble.

Lafayette, CO, March 9, 2012: On Saturday, March 17, 2012 the Centaurus High School (CHS) Track and Field team hopes to raise $10,000 by running around Warrior Stadium for 12 hours from 9:00am to 9:00pm. Students, coaches, teachers, and community member will be participating in the inaugural Warrior Marble Relay as a benefit event for the CHS Track and Field program as well as CHS junior and track athlete, Bobby Marble, who is currently battling Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

Local businesses are generously donating cash, food, product, and services to keep the runners fueled and entertained throughout the 12 hours odyssey. Head Coach Devin Rourke has been working closely with his coaching staff and parent volunteers to ensure that this event, first and foremost, brings people of all ages and abilities together for a memorable and unique experience.

The highlight of the event might well be the “Bell Lap” taking place just before the conclusion of the event. Stadium light will dim, and all participants, volunteers, and spectators will convene on the track with glow sticks and flashlights to escort the Marble family for the final lap of the evening.

Teachers are planning their relay teams. Parents are cooking and baking concession stand offerings. Students are Facebooking to get the word out. Out of state friends and family are donating online. The community is rallying together in the hopes that Bobby Marble gets to come home soon and get back to running on the track at Warrior Stadium.

For more information about the Warrior Marble Relay:

Visit: www.CentaurusTrack.org
Contact: Head Coach, Devin Rourke devin.rourke@gmail.com (518) 232-2488
Centaurus High School, 10300 South Boulder Road, Lafayette CO 80026
Principal: Rhonda Haniford, rhonda.haniford@bvsd.org (720) 561-5357

Centaurus High School Track & Field depends strongly on enthusiastic participation from its student-athletes, families, community, and coaches. As a team we strive to ensure a respectful atmosphere for everyone. Athletics are our passion and each spring we hope to have another season full of hard work, determination, and success! Our long-term goal for the program is to provide a fun team atmosphere where athletes enjoy track and field. We believe that athletics benefit students not only on the track or field, but also in the classroom, and in life!

Warrior Marble Relay

Schedule of Events
8-8:45am: Registration

• All Registrants must pick up a registration packet that includes a bib number and/or wristband.
• All non-Centaurus High School Students must sign a waiver of release.
• T-Shirts are not included with registration but are for sale at the concessions stand.

8:45am: Concession Stand Opens

• Items for sale: t-shirts, food, and drinks.

8:55am:  National Anthem (performed by Samuel Estrella)

9:00am:  Start of the event (event starter Floyd Godwin)

10:00am-11:00am:  Green Hour in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day

12:00pm:  Lunch (Provided by Noodles until food is finished)

                        -Pick up food in tents

3:30-5:30: Warrior Hours (when the CHS Warriors practice during the week)

5:30pm:  Dinner  (Provided by Chipotle until food is finished)

                        -Pick up food in tents

7:30pm-8:30pm: Glow Stick Hour
8:45pm:  Bell Lap Begins (Warrior Poem read over loudspeaker)
9:00pm:  Concluding ceremony

-      Awards to kid who raised the most money and other awards

-       Announce estimated dollar amount raised

-       Give Marble Family fake check in amount of estimated donation