Winning Races and Running Miles

This weekend I visited one of my old college running buddies down in North Carolina. Saturday afternoon we ran a 8k (5 mile) road race in Greensboro. It was one of the best road races I have ever been to. The course was well marked, and they had a live band playing at the finish line. On top of that they had great prizes. I am no where close to being in the type of shape I used to be, but I was able to pull away in the final mile of the race to win it (approx 26:45). I picked up $200, shirt, hat, and a case of adult beverages. My buddy came in 4th, so it was a good day overall. Road racing is a lot of fun to do between seasons or after you are done with your competitive career (like me).

"Road racing is rock 'n roll; track is Carnegie Hall." - Marty Liquori

We got spring break off to a great start with our 1600/1000 repeat workout. Drew and Andrew S. (averaging sub 6:00 for 3x1600) worked well together, as did Will and Andrew H. Frank and Peter are getting stronger everyday. Manny had a bit of a tough time on the end of the workout, but on the plus side for him he is at 400+ miles of the year. The miles are also adding up. Here is a list of people over 100 miles:
Andrew S.
Matt G.
Manny
Drew
Dan
Will
Matt T.

I am sure some other people have, but they have yet to log it. As a team we have logged over 2200 miles for the year.

Coach

UPDATE: I ran 3x1600 with Alex today (3/25). He averaged 5:42, which is the best anyone has done to date.