Thank You! And Brief Poreda Thoughts

It was brought to my attention by one of the readers that we officially passed the PADontPlay blog in page views and we are closing in on my old blog, etrain11.blogspot.com, as well. Huge thank you to those who have supported our new site and supported us throughout the seasons, different blogs, etc. We also aren't far from 500,000 views, which would be pretty cool.

What should we do to celebrate the moment? Curious on what ideas you guys have. 

In the meantime, I'll be including page view comparisons between this blog and my old one in various posts so we can all keep track of the countdown. Right now it's about 474k to 435k. I'm excited for the 40,000 view adventure.

As an FYI, penntrack previewed the action for tomorrow's Poreda Invitational on their site so you can flip around on their to check it out. I didn't see a performance list but I did find this New Jersey preview that seems to give a slice of some relay entries: http://nj.milesplit.com/articles/174175-poreda-invite-looking-to-heat-up-the-track-in-the-smr-and-4x8-wednesday

What jumps out? Well it looks like CB West, seeded at 7:59.99 and GFS, seeded at 8 flat, will be hoping for fast times and perhaps the first sub 8 of the season for PA. As Beck mentioned in his preview, Hepp and Dahl aren't entered anywhere individually which likely means they are loading up for a fast relay. Hepp just ran 1:55, Plass has run 2:02 this season and Dahl has the potential to be well under 2 minutes as well (he split 4:14 at Yale). Dahl should be a fun watch based on his recent workout he discussed on his milesplit journal (an excellent read for those into that sort of thing). I still think this team will lean towards a fresh DMR, but if they feel they could maybe win both relays that could flip the script a bit. As for CBW, they crushed an 8:06 on this same track a couple weeks ago at Lavino and could get a second straight gold in Lawerenceville. I hope they throw their A team on the track (seed indicates they will). It's a big challenge for them and a big chance to prove they are still in the title mix after Shanahan, CB East, and State College jumped them in the standings. I'm betting they make a statement.

Also, apparently, we are looking at our first individual Brophy sighting. He's apparently contesting the mile. I discussed the loaded mile and 4x8 fields on a podcast last night if you are interested in hearing more, but for now I'm just looking forward to see what Jake has individually.

That's all I've got without a performance lists but feel free to check out penntrack's preview here: http://pa.milesplit.com/articles/174068