Memorable Runs: Runs with Tai

So, at the beginning of winter track, Jon Tai was just coming off injury and disappointment from cross-country and i was coming off a dry spell from the end of cross country. McCaff both put us in the Hawks (group three) with Karl, Horace, Friggly, and some other guys. I felt kinda pissed because i wanted to be in the Hornets but i was excited to run with Jon. We killed each other. Every "moderate" run or workout, it was Horace leading for the first few loops or w/e, then Tai for the first half of the last one, then I would push it towards the end and we would end up flying towards the finish. For example, one day were were supposed to do three moderate front woods & back woods. First one Horace led with Jon next to him and me in the second row. Second one was about the same. On the start hill of the second one, we dropped everyone, it was all us for the rest of it. Tai lead for a majority until the backwoods where i pushed it a lot. We practically sprinted up the backwoods hill and flew through the kill zone, hell even Oliver was impressed with Jon's sudden recovery. Baddass run. Also, on numerous toploop runs, Jon and I would just kill it on the last one and drop everyone by a good 10-20 seconds. The last killer run i had with Jon was when he was in group two with me at the end of winter track, it was a monday so it was supposed to be a relatively easy run. We were supposed to do 5 toploops pretty easy. After the first one, half the group dropped, after the second or third one, it was just me, Jon, and Sam. Me and Jon finished the last two alone. Pretty sick. Toploop runs were awesome in general, our last toploop of moderate or workouts would be anywhere from like 8:50-9:10. Alas, now Jon is running workouts with group one and I'm falling behind on warm-ups trying not to shit myself from the pain of my shins.