SMASH, SMASH, SA-MASH!!!

After 10 years, the 2003 Section Champion Hughson Huskies boys team time trial record has fallen.  This record had only been approached once in the past 10 years....the 2011 team got within 31 seconds.  Today, our boys squad destroyed the old record by 62 seconds.  The old record, had been 55:10.  The new record stands at 54:08!  Congratulations, boys....your hard work has begun to pay off.

We are only at the beginning of the season and lots of things can happen.  We can continue to work and get better, we can stagnate, or we can fall apart.  I chose to get better.  I hope you will all join me in that decision.

Full rankings of all 14 years of Hughson Cross Country time trials can be found HERE

Other interesting stats:
Zach again broke the old team record, running 10:11.  He did not beat his time of 10:10 from the first time trial
This was only the second time we've had 3 runners under 11 on the time trial
We had our fastest ever finishers at places 4-15....as a matter of fact, our 9th man today would have been 5th man on 11 of our 13 previous varsity teams.
15 boys qualified for the all time list by running under 13 minutes.

Girls
Despite being extremely inexperienced, our girls team was able to run the #5 team time trial in my 14 years coaching.  They put 3 girls onto the all time list.  Despite having been sick for a week, Maddy improved her time as the #4 runner ever for us.  Heaven had a solid run, only 13 seconds behind Maddy to move into the #6  all time position.  Taylor made her first appearance on our list by running 15:35, despite a sore achilles tendon.  This team has tons of room for improvement and I expect that we will continue to get better with every passing week.

Our new  All Time Top 10 List can be found here.

Full Results of Time Trial 2 can be found HERE

Recommended Double Days for Varsity Athletes

As practice moves to the after school oven hot scorching temperatures of August, our ability to run the optimal amount of mileage will be greatly reduced. For the majority of our varsity guys, you are at a fitness level where you need to maintain at least 45 miles per week to keep improving. Since we won't be able to run very far in the afternoons for the first month to six weeks of the season, many of you would greatly benefit from doing an additional run in the morning of 4-5 miles, 2-3 days per week.

I've already created the training progression for the season based on our goals and our meet schedule. The days that I recommend that you double are designed to go along with that schedule. Please note that I often have you doubling on our hard workout days. This is not an accident, my purpose in that schedule is to keep you from running the early season workouts too hard. If you are already a little tired from a morning training session, you will be less likely to over run the afternoon session.

Here are the Days

August
15th, 16th, 19th, 21st, 22nd, 26th, 29th, 30th

September
2nd, 5th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 16th, 18th, 20th, 23rd, 24th, 30th

I have not decided if I want you to keep doubling into October, or if I want you to do all of your mileage in singles.  Either way, we will keep a high volume through October and into the first week of November.  The majority of our varsity runners should be in the 45-60 mpw range with Zach probably more in the 55-70 range.

Camp was exceptional!!!

I can say, without any hint of exaggeration or hyperbole that this year's camp was our best ever as a team for the following reasons:

1. We had more of our top runners at camp than any other year.
2. Nobody got hurt.
3. There were precisely zero attitude problems
4. Everyone trained extremely well.
5. The team was able to begin to set some common goals which were aggressive yet realistic.