| Senior Kyle Gibson of North High School in Naperville, Illinois is coming off |
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| a somewhat successful season. Fighting illness, Kyle finished 24th in the |
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| AAA State Meet last November. In May, he finished 4th in the 3200. |
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| Before he starts the upcoming season, Kyle took some time out of his schedule to answer some questions... |
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| Dyestat Illinois: | How has your training gone so far this summer? |
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| Gibson: |
| It's going really good.I've learned a lot from the past two summersso this time |
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| around I know exactly what I can handle. |
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| Dyestat Illinois: | Describe you’re your experience from the state cross country meet last fall. |
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| Your coach (David Racey) said if it weren't the state meet, he would not |
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| have run you. |
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| Gibson: |
| I came down with bronchitis the Monday before state. I got a lot of medicine |
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| to control the bronchitis,which probably wasn't a good idea because I got |
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| really bad migranes Friday and Saturday. I think that came from taking all |
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| this medicine at once. The morning of state I had a really bad migrane and I |
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| had about one meal in my stomach from the last two days. Before the race, |
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| I was throwing up and not feeling good and Coach Racey really want me to |
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| run. I was planning on just gutting it out and runnning with the leaders |
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| anyways, but when the race started I realized that wasn't going to happen. |
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| I just did what I could. |
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| Dyestat Illinois: | Has last year's state meet driven you and your teammates this year? |
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| Gibson: |
| Yeah, we had such high expectations of ourselves so that was a tough way |
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| to end. I don't think we'll be satisfied with anything less than a state |
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| championship this year. |
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| Dyestat Illinois: | Have you set any goals for the upcoming season? |
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| Gibson: |
| My individual goal is to win the state meet. As for anything after that, we'll |
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| see what happens. |
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| Dyestat Illinois: | Do you have any pre-race ritual or eat something special? |
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| Gibson: |
| I normally have a snack an hour before a race, but nothing special. |
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| Dyestat Illinois: | What is the one workout you like the most? |
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| Gibson: |
| We normally do a long tempo on the trails on the Saturdays we don't have a |
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| meet. I really like those and feel like they prepare us well. The distance is |
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| somewhere between 10-11k. |
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| Dyestat Illinois: | What is the one workout you like the least? |
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| Gibson: |
| We don't do any crazy hard workouts really. I think the hardest one we've done |
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| was early this past track season where we sprinted up a hill and jogged down for |
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| about 10 minutes, then did a tempo to another hill about a mile and a half away, |
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| sprinted up for 10 minutes then did a tempo to another hill for another 10 minutes |
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| of hills. |
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| Dyestat Illinois: | What is the one area of running you think you can improve? |
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| Gibson: |
| One thing I think I can focus on is getting my race strategy down early in the |
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| season. As far as training goes, everything can improve. |
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| Dyestat Illinois: | If there was one racce in your running career you could re-run, which |
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| one would it be? |
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| Gibson: |
| State last year. |
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| Dyestat Illinois: | What is the one thing that your coach stresses with you when you are running? |
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| Gibson: |
| He always wanted us to challenge ourselves and always be in the race. He hates it |
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| when runners sit and kick. |
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| Dyestat Illinois: | Your team will be highly rated this fall…one of the favorites to win the state meet. |
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| Gibson: |
| I think a lot of people will be surprises. Bob Guthrie is having a really good |
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| summer and is coming off a good track season where he ran 9:39 all by himself. |
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| I think he had a few more seconds in him. David McWilliams is also a really good |
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| runner having a great summer that not many people know too much because he |
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| plays baseball in the spring(he's an old man though so his hip needs to hold up). |
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| I'll leave it at that before I go on about our whole team. |
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| Dyestat Illinois: | Have you thought about college? Which schools are interested in you? |
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| Gibson: |
| Some of my early favorites that I've got interest from are Oklahoma State and |
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| Portland. I've talked a lot to Iona but their coach just left for Wisconsin so we'll |
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| see what happens there. Being a good team is really important to me. |
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| Dyestat Illinois: | Have you thought about what you will study in college? |
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| Gibson: |
| I'm thinking about Education or Social Work , but I'm pretty open right now. |
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| Dyestat Illinois: | What do you like to do in your spare time? |
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| Gibson: |
| I watch way too much TV. I also love to play basketball, frisbee,and my friends |
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| and I have been golfing a little this summer. |
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| Thanks Kyle ! Good luck to you and your teammates this season !!! | | |
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