So, did you get ever run down at the Northeast Foot Locker Championships in Van Cortlandt Park?
Yeah, after my senior year, I had won states that year and we were kind of thinking we should give it a try and I went down to Footlocker and I went out in like 4:45 and was feeling good, then I hit the hill and just blew up. I think I was 23rd place (AUTHOR’S NOTE: He finished 22nd and beat some very quality runners including Lopez Lomong) http://footlockercc.com/northeast/results/2002_ne_seededb.html . I thought, “I want to make it to Footlockers!” And everyone wants to make it to Footlockers. I figured that was the year, because I’d trained that summer a lot harder and thought I was ready to go but I think I went out too fast and wasn’t that experienced as a cross country runner. I wish I knew then what I know now. I guess everyone does. I didn’t really run that smart and I don’t think I trained quite hard enough and I wasn’t as good as I wanted to be. I had big dreams. Your teammates in college, are you a pretty tight-knit team? We’re a close team and it’s great. They’re my best fr
