Weekend Thoughts: Outdoor Season Is Finally Here

Photo courtesy of Danny Wariner.

Here are a few thoughts from the weekend.

A number of colleges, universities and professional runners got their outdoor seasons started this weekend meets including Oregon, Baylor and the University of Central Florida.

It was all about the deuce on Sunday.  2008 Olympians Jeremy Wariner, Reggie Witherspoon, Darold Williamson and Sanjay Ayres kicked things off right by all running the 200 meters.

Meet officials came up with the idea of putting each of the pro runners in separate heats.  The result is that fans were sitting on the edges of their seats to see the times got faster with each passing heat: Darold Williamson (21.42), Sanjay Ayres (21.36), Reggie Witherspoon (20.94) and Jeremy Wariner (20.77).

It should be also be noted that Reggie “Spoonlove” Witherspoon was all smiles rocking adidas outfit and gear.  Last year, “Spoonlove” was on a Nike man.

The Waco training group were not the only ones to get it started this weekend.  A number of pro runners took the track at the Cerritos College - California Relays. Carmelita Jeter popped off the season in 53.90 over 400 meters.

Getting this started quickly, Lauryn Williams ran 22.21 at the 200 meters in the Hurricane Invitational.

Is this year picking up where last year left off? After spending eight hours at the track, David Oliver took the 110 meter hurdles at the Disney meet ahead of Joel Brown in 13.36 and 13.47 respectively.

With the NCAA Indoor Championships just a week ago, a lot of elite collegiate athletes took a week off to rest and prepare for the Outdoor NCAA Championships and beyond for some.

This year may see better performances than that of the  2008 season.

Why?

Looking back at last year number of U.S. athletes did not have the seasons they felt they were capable of producing.  So they want more for this year to make up for last years performances.

This is the recipe for athletes  to show produce fast times in 2009.

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