Summer is DONE

It's been a great summer of training and team building.  I thought I'd throw in a recap and a photo album.

• Early June - about 14 of us made the trip to the Richarson Springs resort outside of Chico, CA for the Athlete Committed Leadership Conference.  It was a great opportunity for team building and I think we impressed the leadership there when we all got up before the activities started to get in a solid training run.
• Late June, Early July - Cross Country Camp.  This was the 5th year we've made a trip to Twin Bridges, CA, just this side of Echo Summit on the way to South Lake Tahoe.  We had 16 athletes make the trip this year for a week of running 7000' up in the mountains.
• Mid July - Redwood Run and Beach Trip. This year was the first time in many years that I've taken a team over to the coast for a run in the oxygen rich redwood forests and a picnic at the beach afterward.  It was a fantastic trip all around.  For a number of our athletes, that day saw them do the longest runs of their lives, in the beautiful state parks of The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park.  We had a great time after at Seacliff State Beach
• August 4th - All comers track meet at Los Gatos High School. This is a fun tradition which we could build on in the future.  Only 3 kids drove down to Los Gatos with me for an all comers track meet. But the ones who did: Josue, Daniel, and Noah all had a great time getting to test the fitness they've been building all summer.  Competitively, the highlight of the meet was Josue placing second in the 800 in 2:06, only 1 second off of his PR.  Not bad for a guy coming off of a 100 mile training week and running on dead legs. 

The summer had a number of other highlights.  In no particular order.

• Josue ran HHS's first ever 100 mile week.  Jaymie promptly set out to run 101 miles the following week.  I'll let you know how that goes.
• Jaymie is on pace to run more summer miles than any boy in HHS cross country history.
• Our girls team has already run more mileage than any HHS girls team before.
• Abigayle Mitchell has been narrowing her college focus and has a number of options that could end up with her garnering athletic scholarship dollars.
• New runner, Sean Harcrow not only ran a half marathon, but placed 4th in his age group at the Rockin Around the Pier Half Marathon Scroll down to 17th place overall finisher. 

A Brief Photo Montage of the Summer.

Sorry I didn't get more pics :(

Let's rock this season!