Trevor Thompson is a little bit crazy.

Want proof? The Lindbergh senior ran 700 miles in advance of and during this cross-country season. That’s 700 with two zeroes. On Interstate 5, that’s nearly enough to get from Seattle to Sacramento.

On Thompson’s path, it was enough to make him on of the state’s best runners this year.

“You’ve got to be kind of crazy to run cross country,” Thompson said. “Who else goes out and voluntarily pushes their body to the limit every other day?”

Thompson finished 12th at the 3A state meet this season, his fourth time running at the meet. In the past three years, he hasn’t finished worse than 14th.

He led the Eagles to a third-straight undefeated season and second-best finish at state ever (sixth). Along the way he piled up a number of wins and ran the fastest time ever for the storied Lindbergh cross-country program, at 15 minutes, 22 seconds.

Thompson had a new challenge this season as he had to run without Matt Miland for the first time in his career. Miland, who now runs at Everett Community College, ran neck-and-neck with Thompson for the previous three years.

Without Miland, Thompson had to adjust his training.

“Usually me and Matt kind of fought and pushed each other during speed workouts,” Thompson said. “I was just kind of out in front doing my own thing.”

The Seamount League also went through a down period for elite individual runners. After producing the past two 3A state title winners (Ryan Prentice in 2007, Michael Miller in 2008), the league didn’t have anyone close to Thompson this season. He won the Seamount League meet by more than 50 seconds.

After running in the 15:20s twice by the beginning of October, Thompson’s last couple of races on the regular season “were a little bumpy” by his standards as his times slowed slightly. No matter, as that’s just motivation moving forward.

“That just makes me even hungrier for track,” Thompson said. “And my running career doesn’t stop in high school. I’m going to see the same guys in college, I’ll get another chance at them.”

At this point, Thompson hasn’t decided where he wants to attend college. All he knows for sure is that he’d like to run both cross country and track once he’s there.

Seven hundred miles down, countless more to go. Crazy.