Week of Aug 18 -- 23

The goal for this week is to bump the milage back up above where it was two weeks ago. Some people should be shooting for the high 50's!

Monday, 8/18

Meet on the stage at 3:20 (this will be the standard meeting time unless otherwise noted)

Libertarian Loop.

Finish at Foxglenn and do strides and 3 sets of stanfords.

(pick-up at 5:00, unless otherwise noted)

Tuesday

Van to Sam's Club Loop (some of you will be running back to school)

Wednesday

Off

Thursday

Soliere to Wakandodkaa' to Butler.

Finish at Foxglenn w/ strides/stanfords

Well, below you'll find the "suggested workouts" for Friday & Saturday. I will not be able to make these workouts since I'll be in Phoenix for the Arizona Track and Cross Country Coaches Associations' annual cross country coaching clinic. We will check with Mr. Ormord to see if he will supervise practice on Friday (Mr. Ormord is the new middle school coach, who all of us will be assisting for the next couple of weeks). Saturday you're unfortunately on your own and I would suggest you not attempt sunset. However, what could you do as an equivalent?

Friday

Hoboland to Little America

Saturday

Meet at school at 9:00

Van to Sunset (Brookbank -- Little Bear -- Little Elden)

Sunday 8/24

Due to our Wednesday off day, Sunday is a practice day. It is a day to finish your miles. It's best to run with someone. Champions will always, always find a way and do more than what is expected. Are you a Champion? Time will tell and never lies.

The Week of August 12th -- 16th

My sincere apologies for getting this up late... I finally finished my master's thesis on Saturday and just "checked out" for a couple of days.

Today our first "official" practice (as defined by the AIA). If someone wasn't there (Issac) it was most likely my fault. Official means that I can "make" you attend. Which also means that missing practice can have consequences. In most other sports coaches will "punish" their athletes by making them run. However, I'll punish you by not allowing you to run. You should love to run (or at least, there should be something you love about running). 

For those of us who have been running all summer and been keeping their miles where they should be (and I'm guessing this is a minority of us), then this week will be a "down week." This should be a week where we spend more time than we have this summer working on upper body strength, stretching and strides. Please help me with this. I'm going to busy again tomorrow in meetings and then after school on Wednesday, there's another meeting, while you'll be out practicing. I don't need to be there watching over you every second. If you want to be great, you'll have to do all the "little things" on your own. SO DO IT!!!!  And if you don't know what the "little things" are, you better ask, because you'll never be great.

Tuesday, August 12th

Meet at school at 8:00. 

4th to Industrial to 66 to 4th then over to the Sinagua practice fields for at least 10 strides.

In the gym to lift dumbbells. Can we also use this time to pick out lockers (and BRING LOCKS, since I'm having all people who keep their gear in their lockers have to use locks -- it's insane for you guys not to use locks!!!).

Pick-up at 10.

Wednesday, 13th (gotta a report that one of our boys was walking on 4th street near the end of the run yesterday... somebody better fess up)

School dismisses at 1:00.

Meet on the stage at 1:20.

Little America Loop.

Strides on the practice fields.

Standfords.

Pick-up at 3:00.

Thursday, 14th

Practice at school at 6:15 (this way, RJ can attend).

(When I originally posted this last night, I said, "meet on the stage at 3:20"). NOT! We'd like to run in the morning before school. Our first full day of school, so I want to make sure I get you fresh. After school, go home, do your homework, and go to sleep... or watch a little olympics... maybe synchronized diving will be on again, oooh, wasn't that fun?

Soliere Loop.

Strides/Dumbells

On your own, or not in the afternoon.

Friday, 15th

Campbell Mesa

3 mile loop -- tempo

strides.

Pick up at 5:00.

Results:

Female types

'di -- 16:26

yess -- 17:20

crystalstalk -- 18:53

lovebug -- 19:30

'brush -- 20:02

Barbarians

Mathman -- 16:03

homeboy -- 16:14

hormonialboy -- 16:31

Zeke -- 17:45

"Steve" -- 18:09

Saturday, 16th

9:00

Buff Park

Oldham -- everyone!

Pick-up at 10:45

Please email me if you have questions. Yahoo! School has begun!!