I think they've started to learn that they can do something as a group.

I wasn't really sure; he was back of our top guys a little bit at the beginning. He's a tough little runner; he was out for spring track, but he just didn't have the distance experience. Now he does and he's figured out what it's all about.

It's a great place to run to have fun. The course is shorter (2.5 miles vs. 3.1 normally) and the kids can punch it up a little harder. We love going up there. There are thousands of kids, hundreds in every race. It's a course that weaves in and out of the woods and up steps made of big (wooden) beams. The guys have a good time.