Sweating it out in the August Heat

The Husky harriers were faced with their first hard workout of the season today.  Unfortunately, the workout coincided with a return to true summer time conditions.  Temperatures reached 95 degrees today as we headed over to the Hughson Arboretum for a tempo interval session.  The kids were game for the challenge, but unfortunately, most of them melted in the hot August sun.

The top boys and Becky were assigned 5-6 x 1200 on a 6 minute cycle.  This means that once every 6 minutes the group should have been starting an interval.  Under normal circumstances, this would have given everyone in the group between 60 and 90 seconds of recovery between intervals.  Today with the heat, times were slow, and the recoveries were short.  I ended up having to modify the workout by adding time to the recovery.  In the end, very few athletes at the upper levels ended up finishing the workout.

At the lower levels,we had a shorter workout with more rest planned and we had a bit more success.  Zach Morrett looked impressive among the first year freshmen boys.  For the girls, Juliette Guiliacci ran a strong workout before having to dart off to soccer practice.

Team, we are going to have a lot more hot days before fall sets in.  You all need to remember to drink water steadily during the day.  Don't think that hitting a drinking fountain as you leave the locker room is enough.

Let's keep up the good efforts.

Hughson Saturday Morning Dawn Patrol

We had our first Saturday practice today.  Many of us chose to practice on Friday, but those who came today instead were treated to nice cool weather.  The individual training groups all did very well.  Our beginners, Mason and Tony, were able to run 4 miles without stopping, while veterans like Keaton and Jacob got in a solid 10 miler.

Perhaps one of the most impressive runs of the day was Leo, who finished the last 1.3 miles of his 8 miler at around  6:00 pace.

Results, Time Trial #1

TT #1 results are now posted on a new page, labled "results".  Follow the link at the top.

I'm still having trouble getting the table formatting to carry over to the blog.

Summer runners need to continue to send me mileage

I have only received 4 peoples mileage for week 10 of the summer training.  We are already half way done with week 11. Please, don't give up on me now.  Add up your mileage for week 10.  It was the last week that you had to keep track of your own mileage.  The coaching staff is not in charge of tracking mileage.

A number of you are close to or have already qualified for shirts.  Some of you have made the 300 mile mark and can make the 500 mile mark.  Many others can get to the 300 mark with some solid effort.

Your summer mileage is what will make you good runners.  Keep logging it so that you can have credit and get your shirts.

Team Time Trial #1

A solid first effort.  Max led the way for the boys in 11:44, followed by Keaton in 11:49.  Becky ran comfortable splits of 6:35 and 6:00 for a relaxed 12:35 to lead the girls. Caleb Sawyer set a massive 2 mile PR of 14:38 which included a mile PR of 7:11 on the second mile today.  Great job Team! Full results will be posted tomorrow.

The weather was very cooperative, with temperatures of 83 degrees at start time. This allowed some pretty decent times from our new runners and allowed the more experienced runners to start to transition back into some more race type efforts.  Nobody was all out today, so we should see some pretty nice improvements in 2 weeks.

I am now announcing the team competitions for the next time trial.

Our next time trial will be run as an inter-squad meet.  Coach K and I will split up the team based on ability level.  When we run the next time trial, we will be rewarding the winning team with ice cold Gatorade after the run.

We will have a second, and perhaps more important competition.  The one boy and one girl who shows the most improvement from time trial #1 to time trial #2 will also be rewarded with a nice cold Gatorade.   Winning an intersquad meet is nice, but showing improvement as a runner is even better.  Let's have a great next two weeks of training and get ready to roll.

Camp Photos

Toms Camp Photos

Here are some cool photos of our team up at Camp.  Click the above link, then click "Slideshow"

Camp Was Hugely Successful

The Huskies returned on Monday from their annual summer training camp. This year's camp was the best attended camp in our team's history. Not only was it the best attended, but I believe, we put in some of the most solid training that any team has ever done while at camp.

Camp was made more interesting by the addition of Scarlett McPhillips from Wales, who attended with her father, Tom. Scarlett has only just turned 13, but she is already running comparably to where Becky was as a 15 year old.

I am posting the results of the team time trial around Donner Lake (7.1 miles at 6000' elevation). I will post again soon with photos and video.

Team Time Trial Results
Lucas Fisher 48:53 (#5 on boys all time list)
Becky Hobby 48:57 (#1 on girls all time list)
Max Ortiz 51:31
Jacob Aldava 53:16
Scarlett McPhillips 54:26
Leo Vasquez 58:08
Aubrey Fisher 58:27 (#2 on all time hughson girls list)
Kady Daugherty 1:06:52
Pablo Madrigal 1:15:06 (lost 17 minutes on a wrong turn)
Brandon Herroz 1:16:35
Caleb Sawyer 1:18:32
Savannah Perez 1:20:42
Tiffany Spears 1:24:00
Tasha Spears 1:25:58