2004 FOOT LOCKER CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Pre-race interview with Robert Bedsole

by Ricky Quintana

Robert Bedsole, click to enlarge. (Photo: Alison Wade/NYRR)

Robert Bedsole, a senior at Hoover High School in Bessemer, Alabama, qualified for the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships by finishing seventh at the Foot Locker South Regional.

MensRacing.com: How are you feeling?
Robert Bedsole: Pretty good right now. I'm just hoping my back will hold up for me. It's been a little sore all week. I aggravated it a little bit at Nike Team Nationals last week. If it's up for the challenge tomorrow, it will be a good day.

MR: This has been a long season for you. Do you still feel sharp?
RB: If my back holds up. That's the main thing I'm worried about. I don't know how my legs are doing, because I've been just so worried about how my back is doing. I haven't really run too well the past two weeks. I think that was because of a sinus infection at the qualifying and last week my back was just so sore. I don't know really know what my legs will feel like on a good day. I'm hoping tomorrow will be one of the good days.

(Interview conducted and posted December 10, 2004)