In his first pre-season at Geelong, Mark Blicavs blitzed his teammates in the two-kilometre time trial as he crossed the finish line in five minutes and 39 seconds. Some thought afterwards that the then 21-year-old was pretending to be more puffed than he actually was. The man himself thinks the story merely grew legs faster than his own, rather than being particularly accurate. All everyone knew for certain was that their teammate could seriously run . That was hardly a surprise. He had only joined the Cats after his athletics career had reached an endpoint, when a tilt at the Olympics fell short. Blicavs is tall and can run and has ideas on how the game can be played and doesn’t ever stop learning. Getty Images But could he play footy? The Cats had signed him as a category B rookie after receiving a tip from Cam Guthrie’s dad Andrew, who had coached the son of Australian basketballers Andy and Karen as a junior footballer.…