2014 Year Recap (Runner Edition) Final Part 2

2014 running for me was great, but the best part was watching some of the great meets, including the Wisco Adidas Invite and the first time ever watching the Great Lakes Regionals.  Got to hang with the Hub of Distance Running Derek Rubis, he's an inspiration to the running community.  I got the greatest surprise ever and I didn't expect it, Mandy Perkins, the former Florida Gator who is working with Nike, got to hang with her while she was helping with flotrack covering the Adidas invite.  I was very happy and it made my day, thank you again Rubis, it was the best surprise I ever got.  Got to finally meet Chris Chavez, who was helping with Flotrack and works for my favorite tv show (SportsCenter).  Also met Gordon Mack, who also works for Flotrack, he was very awesome to chat with and told him I would love to someday work for Flotrack.  During the meet I got to meet a few awesome distance runners, first was Leah O Connor, Michigan State Spartan who won the steeple this last outdoor track season.  She was amazing and very sweet.  Their team had an amazing season, captured there first XC National Title and she got an All-American.  Also got meet Shelby Houlihan, the Arizona State 1500 meter National champion this last outdoor season who got All-American this last XC season.  Also met Reed Connor, who was part of the 2011 National Champion Badger team.  The Wisco Adidas invite was fun to watch and got to meet a lot of amazing people.  Got to watch an amazing Great Lakes Regional meet, very cold but was still worth it, got to meet the whole Michigan State Spartan team who won the Regional and said earlier that won there first National Title.  Got to hang with others as well, the Badger cheering section, the Badgers had an amazing where they finished runner up in the region and finished top 10 at Nationals as the men who had a very young squad won the BIG Ten title and brought back the Great Lakes Regional title plus finishing in the top 10 at Nationals.  Sarah Disanza, had an incredible year who finished runner up at Nationals as well as Malachy who won the BIG Ten's and All-American at Nationals.  Another successful year for the Badgers.  2014 was fun watching meets this year, hope to go to more meets in 2015 and meet more of my distance running faves.