Geoff Lambert '08 -- Well the first month of the summer has come and gone and summer training is starting to kick into high gear. This week the Red pack will run its first workout of the season on Wednesday. The past month of training has gone well and the mileage is starting to build. As luck would have it the weeks when we started to build mileage the temperature in Crawfordsville decided to go through the roof. Compton-Craig, Maher, and I have had some interesting runs in the 90 degree heat with 95% humidity. But all in all, I would have to say, the three of us are NOT the only ones focused on the upcoming cross season but others around the state have decided to put in some work and will be ready to work hard come August.

About a week ago I got a message from DIII national mile champ Will Leer saying that he was running at USATF's in Indy. Will ran for Pomona-Pitzer in California and I had met him at the national championships. He asked that I come down to watch him run and bring as many people as I could. Sam, Matt, and I met up with Bates and Bly in Indy and watched Leer run 3:40 for 1500m, make $5,000, and get a spot on the Oregon Track Club team. He also made the final on Sunday and was on ESPN.

Seeing Will run at nationals hammered the point home to me that if I want to run professionally after Wabash I could do that but only through tons of hard work and dedication, I have decided that my goal is to run professionally after graduation, but I know that I have to work extremely hard, be a leader of the Wabash team, and set an example of how hard work pays off. I am excited to build some mileage and show people that I can run 8,000m not just the 800.

I hope this reaches everyone well and I am proud to announce that the next bio to go up will be Senior Ben Bly's.