Camp 2017

The team after a 60 minute run at Echo Lakes

Camp was pretty great this year.  As you can see from the photos, it was pretty girl heavy for 2017.  We have some work to do to get our boys team back to the level it has been for so long.  We have the talent for that, we just need to get that talent all working together.

For the ladies that were there, it was a great opportunity to come together and figure out who they are as a team.  Who they are is a team that is going to be pretty darn good.

Here is the link to a Shared Photo Album I believe I have the settings so that you guys can add your own photos from camp to make the album even better.  You will need to use your google accounts to add photos.

Watch out for yourselves and your teammates

Allright team. It's always a good idea to run with a teammate for training purposes, but this text gives even more reason to run with someone else.

The vehicle was a blue mini-van

Camp Travel Roster

It is never an easy decision to leave people off of rosters for meets or camps.  If I could, I'd take everyone to camp who wants to go.  However, there are only 14 seats in the vans.  We may be able to take a few more, if Dalton is able to drive up at the beginning of camp, but that is not a certainty.

Before I post the list, a quick note.  I was hiking for the last 11 days.  During the time I had cell reception, I went through the texts of people that said they wanted to go, and made up the initial list.  I had it on a piece of paper, which during the many packings and unpackings as we traveled, seems to have disappeared.  I went  back through the text messages and put the list back together, but I may have left some people off entirely who want and deserve to go.

As it stands, 18 people want to fill the 14 slots at camp.  The 4 who are on the alternates list are there because either:

1. Lack of running so far this summer, therefore camp would be an injury risk
2. Wisdom teeth coming out 3 days prior
3. Lack of getting back to me when I asked follow up questions.

If you texted me initially that you wanted to go, but don't see your name on the list, please get back to me ASAP so that I can make the appropriate changes.

Here is the List

How to WIN races

California State Track Championships were last night.  It was a fantastic meet, as always.  The 2 3200m races were won in entirely different fashions, but each strategy worked for the kid who employed it.

Strategy #1 - Hang around until late in the race then kick like hell Boys 3200 winner, Callum Bolger of San Luis Obispo  8:53 with a last lap of 55 seconds!

Strategy #2 - Go from the gun and run the legs off of the rest of the field.  When you have two runners that are almost equal in superior talent and training and both trying the same strategy, the result could be a National 2 Mile Record

Both strategies require you to be fit and confident in your abilities.  I don't care how fast you are, sprint wise, you won't close in 55 in a fast race if you aren't super fit.

I don't care how fit you are, but you won't run away from a quality field unless you are confident.

Fitness and confidence come from thousands and thousands of training miles, tempo runs, intervals, and core.  Let's get fit and do great this year.

California State Track and Field Championships

Most of you also compete in the sport of Track and Field.  Take this opportunity to watch the California State Championships online tonight and tomorrow night.

The best high school track meet in the United States

Trials start today
Finals are tomorrow.

Happy running, everyone!

Camp

Camp is really early this year.  Please go to our Camp Page to read up on the week.

I need names of athletes who want to attend camp.  Ideally, we will take our top 7 boys and top 7 girls.  However it never works out that way due to family travel and tons of other things that life throws at us.  Please send me a text if you want to go to camp.

Over the next few days, I will be posting a list of the order that I will select people for camp.  Here are the criteria.

1. Returning varsity runner
2. Returning runner who could contribute at the varsity level
3. Returning runner
4. New runner who could contribute at the varsity level
5. New runner
6. Dedication displayed (by showing up at practice and running/submitting mileage)*
7. Maturity*
8. Physical and LOH paperwork**

* #6 and #7 can cause someone who has high priority to be dropped down the list and someone who has low priority to be moved up the list.  For instance, a returning varsity runner who is not showing up to summer practices and not submitting mileage will get bumped down the list in favor of previous JV or Frosh Soph runners who are doing what it takes during the summer to be good in the fall.  Lack of maturity is not a huge problem for our team, but there are sometimes incidents where athletes demonstrate that I should doubt their honesty, integrity, ability to make good decisions, or ability to stay academically elligible. 

**I will not take anyone who has not turned in a sports physical or LOH code of conduct agreement.

Sports physicals can be had at Bruce Lutes Chriopractic in Ceres. 538 4500.