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TriStateRacer.com Travels to Eugene, OR for the USATF Nationals Pre-Meet Recap
What we didn’t realize is that Tyson Gay, Terrence Trammell, Adam Webb, Vin Lanana and many more were on the track at the time. The day before USATF Nationals, Hayward Field is very quiet and solemn. Most people were quietly going through their workouts. We took a seat in the stands in the 2nd row of the home stretch at the 50m line and could easily hear conversations from the back stretch. This is how freaking quiet it was in there. I imagine it is going to be something a little wilder tomorrow evening!
I started on Pre’s Trail and ended on the finish line in Hayward Field while some of the best Track and Field Stars were on the track. Clara is in wonderful shape and she took it easy but it was still really quick compared to most people! We dodged in and out of traffic and tested to see how much we could get away with in Track Town USA!
Tomorrow we have plans to go to Pre’s Rock where we will lay a WV 5K Championship bib number, watch the first day of the meet, then enjoy some Track Town Pizza with some good people up here!
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We
landed in Eugene, OR around noon local time. We
quickly got lost and found our way to Hayward Field
where we walked around and did the touristy thing.
We found a gate that was guarded by a woman who at
first looked like she meant business. We told her
that we wouldn’t try to go in and that we just
wanted to look. We could see that there were many
athletes out on the track getting their pre-race
workout in. After a minute or two of talking to the
security guard, she told us to go ahead and head on
in, so we did.
We
spent some time in the Holy Land of Track and Field
then went to our hotel. En route, we got a hold of
Jenn Davis and Clara Grandt of WVU. Clara is in the
10 K tomorrow evening and Jenn is a coach at WVU. I
was able to somehow convince Clara that I should tag
along for a run with her and I had the run of my
life!
