RJR XC Track & Field

Cedar Nichols-Barnhart finishes in 5th Place at the NCHSAA 4-A Cross Country State Championships

If Jakob Ingebrigtsen walks up steep hills on his easy runs, and runs them at ~6:30 pace (i.e., several minutes slower than his 5k pace...) Maybe you shouldn't worry about slowing down or standing at the stoplight instead of jogging in circles...

A few years ago, I tracked improvement rates of my college runners and compared it to a whole slew of factors to see if anything correlated. The most important factor? Did they show up to practice. Those who missed the fewest days tended to improve the most.

Reynolds Boys Cross Country is headed back to the State Championship as a team for the first time since 2019!!!

Great day at the adidas XC Challenge. We had 38 Demons race and 23 came home with personal bests, including a HUGE 15:09 for Cedar Nichols-Barnhart, and multiple Demons running over a minute faster than their previous best.

Running helps create two skills that are increasingly rare: 1. When running by yourself, it helps create an ability to be alone inside of your head for a long time. 2. When running with others, you learn to fill time with conversation instead of defaulting to your phone.

Michael Bullock not only is the 3rd most improved Senior in the state so far this season, he’s also the cover photo for the article!!! nc.milesplit.com/articles/35098…

Cedar Nichols-Barnhart is up for performance of the week. Go vote for him at nc.milesplit.com/articles/35062…

Cedar Nichols-Barnhart runs 15:37.7 to win the Invitational Race at Friday Night Lights, running the 3rd best XC 5K time in Reynolds history.

Cedar Nichols-Barnhart ran 9:54.6 at the Norman Trzaskoma meet today, which is the 4th best time ever run at the meet, and 2nd best ever by a Reynolds runner behind John Tatter’s 9:48.12

Cedar Nichols-Barnhart finishes as Runner-Up and 1st Team All County at the Norman Trzaskoma Invitational

Emmi McLawhorn finishes 9th and 2nd Team All County at the Norman Trzaskoma Invitational

Isla Downard and Kate Beeler finish 12th and 13th and 2nd Team All County at the Norman Trzaskoma Invitational

Michael Bullock and Colin Ehrman finish 11th and 12th to make 2nd Team All-County

Cedar Nichols-Barnhart runs a 4:22.73 in the mile at the RunningLane Track Championships, with a 1600 time of 4:21.28 for RJR All-Time #7

Colin Ehrman drops an emphatic 4 seconds off his RJR freshman 800 record at the RunningLane Track Championships running a 2:02.65!!!

Can you take off your watch for a run or workout? People often feel withdrawal symptoms like anxiety when you take away their watch or tracker. Or as Anna Lembke said, we can "become compulsively fixated on these wearable devices — in a way that is akin to addiction.”

Cedar Nichols-Barnhart finished in 7th place in the 3200 at the 4-A State Championship running a 9:22.70 to move to RJR #4 All-Time.