Oops!

Ladies,

It would appear I've messed up. I didn't stop by the paper yesterday because we had no results to report, other than the medals you each earned in individual races. As the results were incomplete, I thought it better to wait until we had complete results and see if we could get them all in together. Seeing the boys results today tells me I might have made a mistake.

That changes nothing from the effort you put out. I think the race went pretty well, for the most part. We have answered some questions that needed answers, had some really nice races, and I'd have to believe we'd be in at least the top-5 teams overall. I just hated to say that and find out differently later. I will see if I can get the results in the paper when they finally arrive this week.

As I posted yesterday, I can calculate our total time and measure that against last year. I can't see how we could be less than 5th based on that measurement, but it's all very specious. We'll see in the next couple of days.

Going forward, we need to look at the BNL course this week. We'll do intervals on Tuesday, tempo on Wednesday. We will run a bit on the course, but again, because of injuries, we need to keep this limited. Depending on the weather and how things look on Wednesday, we may run the tempo there. It's going to be my call, ladies, and I reserve the right to make it game day.

Teams we want to watch this week:

Seymour - they are our Conference rivals for 2nd place. Floyd is too deep to realistically imagine beating this year, but there's no reason we can't fight it out for 2nd. Seymour has the really good #1 (Zoe), but like Salem, they aren't very deep. We are deeper, if not quite as good on the front. Our goal is to narrow our gap from our #1-#5 as much as possible. If we don't, they'll clobber us in a big meet like this.

Salem - Sectional rival for 3rd place. Our path to Semi-State travels through them. We really need to be 3rd at Sectional if we want to be 5th for Regional.

Paoli - they have a nice runner or two on the front, and if we want to have a shot to get individuals past the top 16, we have to watch them.

Crawford County Results

Ladies,

I wish I could tell you how we finished today. I can't. There was absolutely no way to calculate our results because of the nature of this race. With four different races run, then each team's top-5 runners' times totaled to give a time, how could any casual observer work it out? I'm not RainCoach, for cryin' out loud!

What I can do is compare our results with last year's. Guess what?

Runner	1	2		3		Final 1/10		5k
Danielle	6:39:00	13:41:00	7:02:00	20:54:00	7:13:00	0:44:00	7:20:00	21:38:00	6:58:43
Shelby	6:39:00	13:41:00	7:02:00	20:54:00	7:13:00	0:45:00	7:30:00	21:39:00	6:59:02
Carrie	6:25:00	13:41:00	7:16:00	21:02:00	7:21:00	0:39:00	6:30:00	21:41:00	6:59:41
Keeley	6:40:00	14:28:00	7:48:00	22:11:00	7:43:00	0:42:00	7:00:00	22:53:00	7:22:54
Morgan	6:50:00	14:48:00	7:58:00	22:49:00	8:01:00	0:45:00	7:30:00	23:34:00	7:36:08
Chloe	7:39:00	15:39:00	8:00:00	24:12:00	8:33:00	0:46:00	7:40:00	24:58:00	8:03:14
Locki	7:39:00	15:39:00	8:00:00	23:40:00	8:01:00	0:40:00	6:40:00	24:20:00	7:50:58
Diana	7:52:00	16:25:00	8:33:00	25:09:00	8:44:00	0:50:00	8:20:00	25:59:00	8:22:54
Bret	7:54:00	16:35:00	8:41:00	25:11:00	8:36:00	0:47:00	7:50:00	25:58:00	8:22:35
Total Team Time
111:25:00
Last Year's Time
111:29:00
Last Year's Place
2nd

Didn't see that coming, did you? Neither did I. When you compare this year's team to last year's team, we are overall a faster team. Maybe only slightly so, but I think our potential upside is much greater because we have a lot of runners improving quickly. The trend is in our favor!

As for the racing, let's start with the freshmen/sophomore race. Carrie, Keeley, Morgan, and Diana all went out too fast. That's not surprising, in that none of them are truly experienced 5k runners. The splits from mile one to mile two varied a great deal, but there's a good reason; there are hills in the second and third miles. Don't get me wrong, I think Carrie's 6:25 and Keeley's 6:40 first miles were insane, but notice how they held even after that. Both girls put in superb efforts, if slightly slower than last week. This is not a matter of effort, rather pace. Speed work will fix that.

Morgan did a terrific job. Without more than 2 miles running all week prior to today, she held her own on a harder course than last week. Of course I'd rather have a healthy Morgan that would give us a triple threat in the freshmen class ( Carrie-Keeley-Morgan), but we can't have that. Our immediate concern is Conference, and we're on track to get healthy by then. After that, we'll look at time.

Diana has been sick, even missed practice yesterday, so for her to be anywhere near her time from last week is a miracle. Yes, we'll have to go faster, but at least we have the sick out of the way. Now on to training.

In the Junior/Senior race we had more or less a repeat of the first race, though at less severe a level. Shelby and Danielle both went slightly too fast, but held pretty evenly until the last tenth. I must say, we're going to have to work on that!

Chloe and Locki ran step-for-step until somewhere in the second mile, where Chloe had a severe cramp in her diaphragm. She stopped momentarily, Locki went on, but both finished strongly. Locki PR'd; Chloe wasn't far off hers. Check out Locki's final sprint - second only to Carrie! Also note how close her splits were. Very nice race, both girls.

Bret... I know you have a lot on your plate. It was a near-perfect first mile. You have to hang in there longer each race. Once you chop that stride down, you're finished, so don't! Keep an open stride, even if you slow down. You've taught yourself a very bad habit, and it will take concentration during every run to break it.

Now that we've been through everyone, look back at miles two and three for everyone. What do you notice? Yup, the splits are awfully darn close. Who cares? I do. Considering the last two miles were of similar difficulty, it's a sign your training is maturing when you can hold even splits like this late into the race. The big reason most of you had a significantly faster first mile was because the course was significantly easier the first mile. Had the course been as easy as, say, Brown County, I'm betting you could've taken another 20 seconds off today's time at least.

We'll know in a day or two how we compared to the rest of the teams, but let me confess a sigh of relief after this meet. In all my years of coaching high school girls, I've never seen a team handle a competition on a dance day as well as you girls did today. I'm sure I didn't have 100% of your focus, hard as you might have tried to hide it. Taken on the whole, I'm very pleased. I want more, but I'm pleased. For now. Briefly.

Ah, see you all Monday...

Bobby Boo-SHAY, dem Salem gurls is de DEVIL!

Ladies,

Guess where I'm going with this post? ;)

Tomorrow is a different kind of invite. Freshmen and Sophomores run in one race, then Juniors and Seniors run in the other. We won't be able to do our normal pairings per se, but in lieu of the status quo, I have a better idea.

Beat Salem.

Salem is our chief rival at Sectional. With the Bloomington schools pretty much out of reach, Salem represents the nexus of our Semi-State search. IF we can best them at Sectional and Regional, we likely punch our ticket out.

Here's the thing though... most of their fast girls are underclassmen. They were 20:28, 21:10, and 21:35.

*CraCKle* - Carrie Flinn, report to the starting gate, Carrie Flinn.

That's a lot of heat on you Carrie, but it does sharpen your race to a fine focus. Your strategy is easy - beat as many of the top girls as you can. The tactics are not so simple. The top girl may or may not be out of your reach, but do always remember this; you can kick anyone. If you can stay in contact with the girls, you will beat them. That's a win for us, regardless of where you come in the overall.

See girls, what we want to do with any team we need to beat is to match our runners to theirs, and at least be one runner better by position. Our #1 needs to beat their #1, our #2 needs to beat their #2, etc. It's the clearest path to victory, but hardly the only one.

Another way to get the win is to pack our top 5 runners between their 2-5 runners. If we beat their #4 and #5 by enough time, we still beat them. This is a very plausible and even the most likely scenario.

Every one of you has a job to do. On the line, search out the Salem girls, mark them, and as the race starts, pay attention to where they are. If they dart out, let them go, but never lose sight. They are not good enough, any of them, to run sub-6:30 the whole race. Remember this, and don't fall into the trap! If our top three can run in the 6:50 range, We'll be under 21:15 for three. Then it's up to our #4 and #5.

Alli and Morgan, their #4 was 23:55 last weekend at Brown County. Their #5 was 25:31. We can put 7 girls before that time, but unfortunately only 5 score. So... we need to make the most of this gap - their only weakness.

Alli, you've looked great this week. If you could get into the 22:50 range, it would go a LONG way to hurting Salem. Morgan, here's hoping you are feeling fine. I think you looked fine this morning, and seeing you able to run in basketball has been encouraging.

Chloe and Locki, don't think you guys are off the hook. Break into the 23's if possible! You never know on this team when someone might be hurt, and we're heading into the home stretch. I have to make rosters for Conference and Sectional soon. Run for your spot!

Bret, we need you like never before. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Go out there and give it everything you have, and have no regrets afterward. If you have to go down, go down swinging as they say. You'll never regret trying and failing; you'll always regret not trying and failing. I believe in you, I know you can do it.

Diana, it's going to be cool out there. Throw down like you did last week. Surprise yourself. There is a lot of time left in you.

Keeley, it's time to step up. Last week you proved you could run on the front of our team. Want that Sectional spot? Prove you can do it again! Practice may have been rough this week, but if you're the big-time competition athlete I think you might be, you'll step up. Go after the front of the race. You have my blessing. If that's what it takes to make you go for it, go for it.

Shelby, I know this has been a tough week for you too. Don't worry; you're going to do great. You've done the workouts, don't forget that. The conditioning is there. Run your race!

Danielle, you really are a mature racer. Your only weakness is sometimes during a race you get down on yourself. Don't! That tempo you did this week was miserable feeling, but you gutted it out with a very fine time, what amounted to the fastest 5k you've done all season. That's no small thing. You are getting faster, believe it, and if you'll just get on your pace early and unwaveringly believe in your ability and conditioning, you'll succeed.

Oldie but goodie: The old tale goes that science has studied the bumble bee. After measuring the wing area, muscle density and structure, and comparing all to the body mass, science has determined it is theoretically impossible for a bumble bee to fly. Simply put, it can't beat its wings fast or hard enough to lift its comparatively heavy bulk.

Fortunately for the bumble bee, it also possess a brain so small it can't understand science.

Moral: your brain can rationalize a thousand reasons why something is impossible. There are times when the best thing to do is stop thinking so much and start beating your wings. ;)

Tempo Wednesday

Ladies,

Make no mistake about it, running hard two days in a row is hard, physically and mentally. Yesterday you guys were up and excited about doing 800s; today, it was all deathly quiet and serious. The weather was fine, not perfect, but fine for running. You had the flat surface. You had an easy starting pace. Still, you have to wrap your mind around running hard for over 20 minutes. That's a tough sell, even when you're fresh. Believe me, I know.

In spite of that, and in spite of the fact many of you really suffered from yesterday's hard workout, a few of you really did shine today. Here are the results:

Runner		1		2	Pace	3	Pace	AVG
Danielle		6:48:00		13:49:00	7:01:00	20:49:00	7:00:00	6:56:20
Carrie		6:48:00		13:49:00	7:01:00	20:40:00	6:51:00	6:53:20
Alli		7:02:00		14:39:00	7:37:00	18:35:00	3:56:00	7:26:00
Chloe		8:00:00		15:53:00	7:53:00			7:56:30
Locki		8:02:00		15:49:00	7:47:00			7:54:30
Bret		7:59:00		16:11:00	8:12:00			8:05:30
Diana		8:21:00		17:24:00	9:03:00			8:42:00
Keeley		9:16:00
Shelby		7:24:00		14:33:00	7:09:00			7:16:30
Runner		Actual 5k Time
Danielle		21:30:38
Carrie		21:21:20
Alli		23:02:36
Chloe		24:37:09
Locki		24:30:57
Bret		25:05:03
Diana		26:58:12
Keeley
Shelby		22:33:09

Start at the top with Danielle and Carrie. The goal was 6:50 pace, which they surpassed slightly the first mile. Then the bill came due... and yet, it was within acceptable limits. Losing only 10 seconds the second mile is fine, especially since the third mile was faster than the second. Listen you two, it's a good rule of thumb that whatever you tempo, you race. To get into the weeds a little bit, though the tempo is only 3 miles and a 5k is 3.1, you are not rested now and you will be Saturday (at least more so). Add to that the race environment, and you have the ingredients of faster times. Ergo, whatever you tempo, you should be able to do in a race.

Even if you don't accept that, look at the Actual 5k Time. That's the time you would have had today had you run one tenth more. Notice anything? They're your fastest times this year by far. It's real. You did it.

There's something else worth mentioning here... Danielle, you have absolutely taken charge of the front of practices, exactly as a captain should. I don't have to tell you it's your responsibility to do so - you know it. You have to ability to lead workouts from the front, and you do it without complaint. Today, you ran as hard as you could for as long as you could. Then you showed the second element of leadership I greatly admire in you.

When I saw you were slipping away, I realized the only way to keep you both in it was to send Carrie to the front. You spent yourself pulling the first two miles, even though you felt terrible while doing so. No matter; when Carrie took over, you weren't about to let her get away. I guess what I'm saying is people get the idea that running in the front is easier than running in the back, because you get done faster and you make it look easy. The truth is, and you know this, it's darn hard to be in the front, and you have to fight to stay there every single day. You couldn't beat Carrie today, so you did the next best thing; you didn't let her get away. That is one heck of an example for everyone.

Carrie, you deserve great praise too. You didn't flinch a bit when I sent you up. You took it, and more than that, controlled it as if you've been doing this all your life. You held even quarters, then brought it home in a hurry at the end. What you did is an example of the push/pull concept - you pushed Danielle to her limit, but you encouraged her to stay in it. It is truly great to watch you guys train together.

Speaking of that, I failed to mention adequately yesterday how pleased I was to see the effort Alli put in, and what great leadership it showed. Once she understood what our situation is with regards to Sectional/Regional, she took the personal responsibility to challenge herself. She jumped way above the time goals I set for her and performed with the top runners. She took the shot. What leadership! Today was more of the same... I know the leg hurt from yesterday, I know it did, but she did 2.5 miles tonight hard. It would have been easy to complain about her leg, but she didn't. Instead she dropped 26 seconds per mile from last week's pace. So what if her time drops this year aren't mercurial? They are steady and consistent, and coming off a major injury, I can't say enough about it.

Bret, you may not think I'm noticing you really running hard the first portion of your speed workouts, but I do. You may not be able to hold it all the way either, but you know something? You dropped 40 seconds per mile on the pace in a week. You'll hold it a bit longer every time. Don't be afraid to reach for it, it's there. Keep it up!

Chloe and Locki, Locki and Chloe... man, what a duo you've become! You both negative split your runs, and did you notice something else? Your times were within four seconds of one another, despite the fact you ran separately. It's very solid running you're putting in right now, and I suspect you guys just might see another massive drop soon. Oh, and Locki... that's 76 seconds per mile dropped in one week. Wow!

Diana, you definitely struggle in this type of running mainly because I don't have anyone with whom you can be paired. This means all the runs are on your own. In spite of that, you dropped 22 seconds per mile off last week. That's over a minute in a race!

Shelby, every distance runner has a tough patch. You have only been running for this season, so we have to cram all those experiences into one season. ;) The truth is, you are not 100%. Whether we are talking exercise-induced asthma or allergies, it's very clear you can't breathe. This will pass. A good, hard frost will knock out the pollen and mold, and I'm guessing that will improve things a great deal for you. True, today wasn't a great workout. Yesterday was, and your times are getting faster. It will come together.

Hanna, keep plugging along. It will get easier, and dare I say it, even... fun?

Now for our German readers:

Locki und Hanna,
Ich wurde an einen deutschen Freund von mir sprechen, und ich erwähnte ich hatte zwei Schulerinnen aus Deutschland. Ich weiß Hanna kommt aus Berlin, aber ich konnte mich nicht erinnern, wo Locki kam. Jedenfalls großartige Arbeit so weit Damen. Sie vertritt Deutschland sehr gut.

800s!

Ladies,

*Public Service Announcement! I am going to be at the high school Friday morning at 6:30 AM for a short run. Since we are in the parade Friday afternoon, I don't feel there's any way we could practice in the afternoon, so... the optional Friday practice. That's right, optional, but... if you can be there, I highly recommend you be there. It's getting to that point in the season where we have to be careful about getting the miles regularly.*

You never cease to amaze me. I had a carefully crafted plan today, based it off the numbers we gained on Saturday, and felt it would be a pretty good start. One way or another, you fooled me.

Things have been going better with the weather, and it translates to easier running and faster times. Today wasn't the coolest it's been lately, but it was much cooler than last week's workout.

I set aggressive time goals, no question. With the Sectional only 5 weeks away, the time to get after it is NOW!

I'll let the numbers speak for themselves:

Runner	Target	1	2	3	4	5	AVG	Total	Pace
Danielle	3:15:00	3:13:00	3:11:00	3:09:00	3:11:00	3:03:00	3:09:24	15:47:00	6:18:48
Carrie	3:15:00	3:13:00	3:11:00	3:09:00	3:11:00	3:03:00	3:09:24	15:47:00	6:18:48
Shelby	3:15:00	3:13:00	3:11:00	3:09:00	3:11:00	3:04:00	3:09:36	15:48:00	6:19:12
Alli	3:40:00	3:13:00	3:11:00	3:10:00			3:11:20	9:34:00	6:22:40
Chloe	3:55:00	3:51:00	4:00:00	3:49:00	3:35:00		3:48:45	15:15:00	7:37:30
Locki	3:55:00	3:51:00	4:00:00	3:49:00	3:35:00		3:48:45	15:15:00	7:37:30
Bret	3:55:00	3:38:00	4:09:00	4:00:00	4:08:00		3:58:45	15:55:00	7:57:30
Diana	4:00:00	3:55:00	4:15:00	4:22:00	4:37:00		4:17:15	17:09:00	8:34:30
Keeley	3:15:00	3:13:00	3:35:00	3:47:00	3:56:00		3:37:45	14:31:00	7:15:30
Runner		Last Week's Pace		Improvement				Potential 5k
Danielle		3:17:15		0:07:51				19:34:17
Carrie		3:17:15		0:07:51				19:34:17
Shelby								19:35:31
Alli								19:46:16
Chloe		4:04:30		0:15:45				23:38:15
Locki		4:14:00		0:25:15				23:38:15
Bret								24:40:15
Diana		4:31:20		0:14:05				26:34:57
Keeley		4:11:30		0:33:45				22:30:03

What do you think? It's insane what actually happened on the top two-thirds of the runners.

Danielle, Carrie, and Shelby beat the average I gave them by 6 seconds, remarkable in that it was an aggressive goal to begin with. This is also a 7 second improvement from last week's pace.

Alli blew the door off of it today. She topped the pace by 29 seconds. Alli made up her mind there wasn't going to be a gap between her and the other girls, and she didn't let it happen. That takes guts, and I respect that. Great job!

Chloe and Locki beat their pace by 6 seconds. It was a little rough early on, but they caught their stride and got back into it. Interestingly, same thing happened last week. Hmmm.

 Bret didn't quite meet her pace, but it was close enough. Good work!

Diana didn't meet her pace, BUT she improved over last week's workout by 14 seconds per mile. Again, remember I was being aggressive.

Keeley improved from last week by 33 seconds per mile, a great gain. Still, she ran a race time that was roughly equivalent to the front three girls. I'll continue to push until she can keep up with them in practice - and then I'll push some more! ;)

I extrapolated out a potential 5k time from today's results, and understand, this is a possible 5k time. It's not likely for this meet this weekend; these would be year-end-after-taper type times. Did you notice we have four people that potentially could break the school record? Let me add that we will go to State if we could each be within one minute of those times. Let me reiterate: if the top five girls can come within one minute of the times I have listed above, the team will go to State. Dwell on that a bit.

Oh, I wanted to add something else I've noticed... there has been a marked uptick in the department of intra-squad competitiveness. To whit - Alli's decision to go with the top three in spite of the pace being 50 seconds per mile faster, and then holding it. That was tough! Or how about Chloe bearing down on her pace, keeping Locki at bay - and it was a fine piece of running leadership, I might add. Speaking of running leadership, Danielle did a wonderful job of taking the reins on the front, and on top of it denying Carrie the final kick Danielle knew would come. The beautiful part of this one, and I can't say enough about it, was she anticipated it perfectly. The second Carrie laid on the gas, Danielle responded. INSTANTLY! Listen, if you can cover Carrie's kick, you can cover anyone's kick. That was one smart piece of running. It's another example of why having girls around you that can kick your butt if you snooze for one second is the best thing that can happen to your personal racing.

I am also SO proud of you girls for keeping the competitiveness where it belongs - in the competition. Fight to win, but shake hands the second it's over. Resolve to win the next time if you didn't this time. Encourage the girl you just beat. Be a gracious winner.

The results of the captain vote are in. This year's captains are... Danielle and Alli. Congratulations girls, you've earned it!

Sectional Eve - five weeks from now

Ladies,

Yes, in five weeks it will be Sectional. At that point it's do-or-die. The sheets I gave you today underscore the challenge before us. On paper, we're 5th. Top five teams get out. Does that make me comfortable? Nope. Everyone will improve between now and then, so we have to as well.

It's not going to take superhuman efforts - the goal is very attainable. The trick is to have consistent training between now and then, AND bump up the quality a bit, particularly on the hard days. Of course we have to be mindful of injuries - we can't afford any! But if we can continue to see the growth we've seen the last couple of weeks, I think we'll be fine to get through to Regional, and perhaps even Semi-State.

With that out of the way, you might think I'm insane to allow you to play Powder Puff. Let me be frank; I'm not wild about the idea. In the old days I would have told you all to forget it (in fact, that's what I always told the swimmers), but I'm older, mellower, and have come to the realization this whole high school thingy is YOUR experience. It's not up to me to take this away from you. I can tell you it's a bad idea, and that if you get hurt that it will probably end our chances at Sectional, but honestly, if you want to play, play. Be CAREFUL, but play. You have my reserved blessing.

In completely hypocritical news, Frisbee Football is out. I deny this because I've already made a concession in Powder Puff. I cannot sacrifice any more practice energy to Homecoming. Plus, we'd be doubling down on the injury risk. Seems too... risky.

We'll be doing 800s tomorrow. I'll throw some target paces out there for ya:

• Danielle, Shelby, Carrie - 3:15
• Alli - 3:40
• Chloe, Bret, Locki - 3:55
• Diana - 4:00

Lauren, Morgan, Hanna, and Summer will not be running the intervals. You ladies will do easy running instead, or riding the bikes. 

I did screw up a bit. I should have made you captain wannabees campaign harder. I mean, c'mon, we should have had speeches, posters, buttons, the whole thing. I wanna see you guys out there glad-handing the masses, pandering for the vote. Heck, who knows, I might have even scored some home-made snacks. *sigh* As it stands, we'll just do a straight-up vote tomorrow. Top two vote-getters are co-captains. 

I'm still mulling this course name issue over and over. Everyone knows a great acronym spells something. How else are we to remember them? CROIYAMAB just doesn't stick. I liked Locki's "Kurs des Untergangs" (course of destruction), but I feel we have to do better. How about...

• Best Intertwined Lines Linking Real Learning Zones (BILL RLZ)
• Brain Invigorating Lessons Leave Smart Girls Running Terrifically (BILLS GRT)
• Bratwurst Ingesting Leaves Lower Intestine Smarting Somewhat More Relatively Talking (BILL IS SMRT)
• Girls' International Racing Lanes Striding eXcitement Carriers (GIRLS XC)

I'll admit to liking the first three best, but that last one could be worked out with some effort. Consider it your challenge!

A couple of tough decisions coming up

Ladies,

We have a couple of tough decisions to make this week. We've had all the olda girls take a crack at captain, and exercising my executive privilege I think that's where I draw the line. The younga girls will get their chances, someday, to be captain. For now, let's keep it to the upperclassmen.

We will vote, silently, on paper. I will take the top two vote getters and they will co-captains. This is how I want it, and remember, this isn't a democracy; it a cheerocracy, and I'm the cheertator. ;)

We need to resolve this, because the really big stuff is coming soon, and we need all the ducks in a row. The truth is, by now, you folks are following who you choose. The vote itself will only make official what you already know.

Oh, and another thing; Obama didn't vote for McCain, you can bet on that. It's perfectly fine to vote for yourself. Please, no write-in votes for Bettye White.

Homecoming is this week. Yes, I know we have a meet dance day. I know. I KNOW! We're still going to Crawford County. Oh yes, it's happening. We'll be back in plenty of time for the dance, however... if you absolutely MUST come back as soon as the race is over, get your forms into the Athletic office by Thursday afternoon. They won't like it, but they will understand.

Now for the biggest decision of them all...

First, the background: I mowed a new practice field today, north of the student parking lot. I think it's pretty nice, even if I do say so myself. I have a couple of variations (with more likely to come). One is 1.1 miles long, the other right on a mile. With a little work I could probably get it out to 1.5 miles pretty easily. I can't believe how well it turned out, really. I am left with one problem:

What do I call it?

Your vote matters! Choose from one of the wonderful options below...

1. Deckard Sports Complex
2. Deckard Memorial Course (bad choice; I have to die first)
3. Deckard Energy Lab
4. Caution: Only Run If You're Manly Like Bill Course (CORIYMLBC)

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