Today was the county meet in Laguna Niguel. Annika surprised us and placed 2nd in the 400M and 3rd in the 200M. She got a 10 second improvement in her 400M time and another PR in her 200M as well. Nikhil did very well also finishing 4th in the 800M and improving his time to [...]
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SCMAF County Meet
Posted in Track on May 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Phoenix Track Meet
Posted in Track, tagged Track on April 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last weekend we went to Phoenix for a track meet with Nikhil’s club. He ran in the 3000M and 1500M. He PR’d in both events and crashed thru the 6 minute mile pace for the first time in the 1500M with a time of 5:30. Here he is with his teammates before the 15000M. His [...]
Tustin Youth Track Meet
Posted in Track, tagged Track on March 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today was the annual city track meet. Annika ran her first ever track meet and won 1st place in both the 400M and 200M events. Here she is with her medal collection. Nikhil also ran in the 800M and 400M and got 2nd and 3rd place. More importantly, he PR’d both his races from his [...]
It ain’t training if it ain’t raining!
Posted in Track on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today, we had a practice in the rain. The kids had fun getting wet. Annika ran about 3 1/2 miles and Nikhil did a 6 mile training run.
Track Season Started
Posted in Track on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The track season has started and little Annika is running. On Monday, she could barely run two laps. By Thursday, she ran her first timed mile in 11:30. Here she is doing some practice laps around the track.
Junior Olympics
Posted in Track, tagged Running, Track on June 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last weekend (both Saturday and Sunday), Nikhil ran at the Junior Olympics Association Meet in Gardena. On Saturday, he ran the 1500M and on Sunday the 800M. He got close to his PR’s on both days but the caliber of the other kids in his heats was outstanding. Here is his Equalizer team for an [...]
SCMAF State Meet
Posted in Track, tagged Running, SCMAF, Sports, Track on June 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today was the State Meet in Downey at Warren High School. There were about 600 kids from the Bay Area all the way down thru San Diego county. Nikhil ran the 800M. He got another huge PR improvement to 2:45 – a seven second improvement over his time from the County meet last month. He [...]
More Track Meets
Posted in Track, tagged Running, Sports, Track on May 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nikhil has had a few more meets since the SCMAF County meet. Two weeks ago he participated in the Pasadena Running Roses meet. This had to be the worst organized of the season. All of the Equalizer runners were incorrectly grouped – I think intentionally. The meet organizers should be ashamed of themselves. Despite that [...]
Nikhil Qualifies for State Championship Meet
Posted in Track, tagged Running, Track, Track and Field on May 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Nikhil had three more meets in the last couple of weeks. He had a meet last Sunday in Hawthorne (1500M and 800M), one yesterday (400M) and one today (800M and 400M). At the Quiet Fire meet last weekend in Hawthorne, he improved on his times considerably and ran the 1500M in 5:50 and the 800M [...]
Track Meets
Posted in Track, tagged Running, Sports, Track on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nikhil is continuing with his track workouts during the week and has started participating in meets on the weekends. This is his first season of track and field. Last weekend he participated at the Swift Invitational Track meet in Gardena. He ran his fastest 800M at 3:09 (in his second meet) and his first 1500M [...]