Here's a picture of Roosevelt Cook, who has won the first two races of the Valley Runner of the Year Series. In January, he won the "Run for the Dream" event at Woodward Park in 26:03. It was a five-mile race this year instead of six, because of construction that cut off part of the course.
If you're a math genius, you've figured out that his time means he ran 5-minute, 13-second miles, which should qualify as cheating.
I took this picture of Cook at Saturday's "Race Judicata" in Clovis, where he won the 5k in some ridiculous time of 14 minutes and change. I forget the exact time. He's a cyborg of some kind. A really fast cyborg.
He ran for Fresno State a while back, where I'm told he was also really good. Which I'm sure you'd figured out. Cook would be the tall guy wearing sunglasses, messing with his phone. He's not actually 9 feet tall. He's standing on something.
It would be safe to call him a heavy favorite to win another Valley Runner of the Year championship. It's almost worth the entry fee of the races just to say you competed against someone that good.
Leave a comment