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How many races do you compete in? Normally between 40 and 50 each
year. I also set goals for various races and to qualify for different USA world teams. This year, I am lucky enough to represent the USA in both the 50K and 100K world team competitions that will take place in Doha, Qatar, and I am working to qualify for my fourth Olympic Trials for the men’s marathon by running sub-2:18:00 or the marathon distance.
I also would like to win the USA men’s masters marathon championships at the Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon.
What is your most memorable race? The 2007 JFK 50 Miler. I won the race, but more importantly, I qualifi ed for my fi rst USA 100K world team. That was always a huge goal for me.
What is your most memorable international race?
One of my most memorable events is the Marathon Des Sables in Morocco. You have to carry everything you are going to use for six days and you cover 250K (about 150 miles).
When I was 25 years old, one of the youngest athletes there, I fi nished 25th overall and as the fi rst American. I knew at that point that I had some talent and I just wanted to see what I could do with it.
Describe your training regimen. My training is pretty normal for an elite marathon and ultra-marathon athlete in that I try to run between 70 and 90 miles per week. In the past, I was doing 100 to 120 miles per week. That is made up of some speed work (tempo runs, track sessions, fartleks, progression runs), strength training (hills) and then longer base-building runs.
I have not been lifting much, but I am starting to, as I would like to be stronger. The most important thing about training is to be consistent. Get your body used to running often. Don’t overload your body with a lot of miles on one day and then give it nothing the next day.
Our bodies are incredible and amazing. With work and proper training, they will adapt and excel.
— Megan Schneider A Publication of US Lacrosse August 2014 >> LACROSSE MAGAZINE 17
Rabil Learns from the Best As an MLL All-Star, Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year with the Boston Cannons, Paul Rabil provided insight into his relationship with New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick on “The Sports Hub,” a radio show on 98.5 in Boston. “He’s an awesome guy,” said Rabil. “He grew up playing lacrosse. His father coached football at the Naval Academy but he played lacrosse in college. Professionals in any industry really, they’re so consumed on a regular basis by your craft. That’s why you really enjoy your hobbies or your alternate passions. His is really lacrosse. When I get a chance to talk to him, I want to know more about Tom Brady, the leaders on the team, practices and X, Y and Z, and he doesn’t really want to talk about it. He just wants to ask about the Bayhawks and our last game and how I kind of played this one possession.”
Rabil has also taken a few tips from Belichick, the only head coach in NFL history to win three Super Bowl championships in a four-year span. “I love any opportunity I can get to pick his brain on athletes and what his guys are doing to become better players from a physical standpoint, from a skills standpoint, from a nutrition standpoint. He really takes that holistic approach to his players, and that’s why he’s so interested in lacrosse.”
’I BELIEVE’ CHANT’S NAVY LAX ROOTS During the World Cup in Brazil, Team USA’s “I Believe” cheer echoed around
the world. The chant — “I believe that we will win” — traces back to one of the most famous men’s lacrosse teams, Navy’s 2004 national runner-up squad. The “I Believe” ringleader was Dwayne Osgood, a midfi elder from New
York who became a Marine with two combat deployments and now is a U.S. Treasury Department offi cial. The chant’s breakout moment was during a 2003 Navy football game against Air Force at FedEx Field. With Navy ahead 28-25 against a team in AP’s Top 25, Osgood stood, faced the Brigade and began: “I!” The following spring, football players attended almost every lacrosse game, calling themselves “Hooligans” and bringing the “I Believe” cheer with them.
NFL Pedigree Chris Hipps, a starting defenseman for Duke’s NCAA championship team, transferred to Southern Methodist to play football. As a transfer graduate student, he is eligible to play immediately for the Mustangs in 2014, his fi nal season of NCAA eligibility. He was a receiver for Highland Park (Texas) High, where he caught 86 passes for 1,580 yards and 18 touchdowns during his senior year. Hipps can thank his genes for his athletic versatility. His grandfather, Claude Hipps, played football at Georgia and then for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
QUIDDITCH CRAZE J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter saga continues. Since the grand opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter — Hogsmeade at Universal Orlando’s Islands of Adventure theme park in 2010, a new magical attraction has debuted July 8: Diagon Alley. Eight major stores are featured, including Quality Quidditch, where fans
can buy Quidditch supplies, apparel and brooms. But did you know lacrosse inspired this magical sport? Quidditch, which
now is an intramural sport played by college students nationwide and has its own governing body, draws from lacrosse, rugby and dodge ball.
Dreams Do Come True Spencer Boldman, a Disney star on “Lab Rats,” also stars in the Disney Channel original movie, “Zapped,” which debuted in May. A Texas native and 2010 graduate of Plano East High, Boldman is able to pull from his own high school experiences in his new role — including lacrosse. When “Lab Rats” fi rst aired in 2012, Boldman was known for bringing his lacrosse stick everywhere he went. He once fl ew under the radar as a young budding star when he began acting at 12 with the lead role in William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummers Night’s Dream.” But he has since gained some fame starring in “iCarly,” “I’m in the Band” and the movie “21 Jump Street.” Now 21, Boldman will act alongside “Shake It Up” star Zendaya in “Zapped.”
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