A December to Remember

Tom Selleck as "Thomas Magnum" of "Magnum P.I." filmed at Kaiser HS track, Honolulu, HI.




It was a beautiful day (running wise) and a terrible day (weather wise) as the Warriors took the track for the Mile Trial and Egg Nog 800 this past Saturday, Dec. 5. It was about 45 degrees, medium to strong bitter cold wind, and completely overcast and grey. But, it's track time baby!

The men were the first to start, toeing the line in their High School jerseys. Escalon, Pittman, Sierra, Turlock, Kaiser, King City, and Stagg were represented in a technicolor dream mile. Kaiser's Dawson Vorderbruegge was the first to cross the start line again, leading the team through a blazing first lap of 61-62 seconds. A bit quick, but in his defense, he felt good. The pace slowed considerably for the next two laps, and then picked back up in the final 400. Dawson "Kaiser" Vorderbruegge led wire to wire and finished in 4:21, followed by Jose "King City" Morales in 4:24, and Joey "Redshirt Jersey" Nunes in 4:34. Some pretty impressive times for early December, if I do say so myself.

The women, after watching the wacky pacing of the men, took out their 1500 in a turtlish pace of 87 for the first lap. But, they picked it up after that and turned it into quite a nice time trial. Denali "She-Beast" Foldager led wire to wire as well and finished in 5:07, followed surprisingly closely by Marina "I'm Yo Daddy" Ghabbour in 5:11.

Following the mile festivities, the Half Mile Heroes (HMH's) took the track. Terrance Ellis ran an impressive 2:03, followed by Igor in 2:07 and Robert "Eric Matson" Brockert in 2:08, a great run for all three of them. April Montgomery ran a 2:22 and Rubye went 2:33, both decent times for a low period in training. The spring holds exciting things for this years HMH gang.