Camp Stuff

 OK Team.  We're almost ready to go. 

• If you need to take your second Covid Test, make sure you are at the school by 8:00 AM
• We will need a number of coolers to store food in for the journey up the hill..  If you have one, please write your name on it and drop it off at the school at 8:00 AM on Monday.  If I don't end up needing it, I'll give it back on Tuesday.
• Please check the Camp Check List  to ensure that all of your documents are in order.
• If you still need a physical / athletic clearance....Romeo Medical Clinic in Turlock is good about making same day appointments. If you need help with the athleticclearance.com website, please let me know 

Looking forward to a great trip that helps our team become great!  If you are not going to camp....

• These next 2 weeks are important that you continue to build on the fitness gains you've already made this summer.  Continue with a high volume of mostly easy running with one day of tempo, one long day, and one day of speed development
• Call up some of your new homies on the team and make a running date!

First day of official practice is Tuesday,  August 3rd.  Veterans will practice twice daily from the 3rd to the 6th.  Newbies will practice once daily.  Practice times will be 

• 7:00 AM (Veterans Only)
• 2:30 PM (All Athletes)

Let's not forget those physicals

 

Don't Be Like J.R. 

Every Dang Year!

Hey team.  Just thought a little humor might help you remember that we need to get our physicals before the first day of practice on August 2nd.  

If you're going to camp, you need to have your physical on file before we leave.  

Here's a link to our athletic physical form

• Download the form
• Print It.
• Take it to your doctor when you get your physical.  
• Fill out the rest of the info on the form.
• Renew your Athletic Clearance account and upload a picture of the physical 

If you've never created an athletic clearance account, here are the directions.

 

Summer 2021

 

Time to Get Back To Basics

OK team.  Over the past year, we've let a lot of things slip.  The most important thing we've lost is the institutional knowledge of how to be serious about what we're doing and still have fun at the same time.  A number of you have begun to think it's OK to NOT PAY ATTENTION to important instructions or interrupt me or your teammates when we're making legtimate points.

This will stop now.  

The things that have made this team so special over the past 5-6 years are:

1. Our attention to a positive team culture where everyone shows everyone else respect
2. Our ability to find joy in doing the training necessary to reach the level of succes to which we've become accustomed.  

If you cannot do the two things above, or if you think that whatever you have to say is so important that you can ignore me or your teammates to have some sort of lame side conversation during team meetings, you do not need to be on this team.  

Summer Training Makes Fall Champions

We used to have shirts with the above slogan printed on them.  I've gone away from talking about championships in the past.  I'd rather learn to LOVE THE PROCESS than continuously talk about winning titles as if that is the only goal worth having.  

That being said, my teams have won more titles during my time at HHS than all the other sports put together.  If you love the process, love your teammates and treat them with respect, I promise you that you will find success.

Let's take a look at the summer training on this spreadsheet

• The primary stimulus is the main effort of the week.  You will certainly need an easy day after this day.  
• The secondary stimulus is a session that will be challenging, but not as draining as the primary stimulus.
• The speed development day should feel relatively easy and you should be able to go hard the next day. 

Summer Schedule

I understand that not all of you will make all of our practices.  You will travel with your families, work, or potentially have summer school.  The beauty of distance running is that if you are motivated and enjoy the process, you can train effectively on your own.  David McKay spent the summer of 2003 in the Netherlands with his mom's family and came back to win the TVL opener, the TVL Championship, and place 3rd in the Sac Joaquin Section.

That being said.  Summer running is usually easier and more fun when you do it with teammates.  So, here's our schdule

June: 14th, 16th, 17th, 21st, 23rd, 24th, 28th, 30th, 

July: 1st, 5th, 7th, 8th, 12th, 14th, 15th, 

Camp will run from July 19th to July 24th at Twin Bridges, CA  The top 7 boys and top 7 girls from the summer program will be invited to make the trip to camp.  Those who do not make the trip to camp enter the 2 week black out period where we don't have team practices.  

Official day one of practice begins on August 2nd.  School begins August 9th.  

Summer mileage begins June 7th and ends September 14th. 

What do the Best Teams Do? 

It's super easy to find out the answer to that question these days.  The internet is a wonderful tool for learning and sharing information about our sport.  Take a look at the video below to get an idea of how the top 2 teams in the United States prepared for the 2019 season.  

TVL/SAL Meet #1

FINALLY 

After months of on again, off again practice, school and training, we've finally got a REAL CROSS COUNTRY MEET under our belts!

Hughson Boys Lead the JV Pack

The Stanislaus County members of the Southern League and Trans Valley League met up at Diblo Grande for our first of 3 meets this year.  Hughson showed off the fitness we've been slowly developing over the last year by winning every division: JV Boys, JV girls, Varsity Boys, and Varsity Girls.  

Our JV boys were led by Ezra Arambula and Hudson Conners, who both set 2 mile PRs of 12:05.  Ezra and Hudson were pushed early on by Logan Prescott of Denair, but eventually pulled away to win by 46 seconds.  

Conners and Arambula lead Prescott just prior to the 1 mile mark

Our JV girls were led by Maggie Scarioni and Julie Parks, who also both set PRs on the day.  

Julie, Maggie and Jocelyn lead the JV girls

In the Varsity Boys race, Joe Lighthall led 9 Hughson runners into the top 12 overall.  Joe was joined early by Evan Espinoza, a 4:47 miler from Waterford High.  Eventually Lighthall pulled away to win by 40 seconds, while Espinoza was overtaken by Brian Campos of Hughson for second. 

Lighthall and Espinoza approaching the mile mark. 

The varsity girls race was the one competition where we did not have the individual race winner, as 2 tough runners from Waterford, Carmen Figueroa and Monica Gutierrez, led from start to finish.  However, our girls packed well, taking places 3-7 to easily win the team competition. A resurgant Camille Haupt led our girls, in the absensce of normal #1 runner Taylor Scheuber, who was nursing a lower leg injury.

Camille (1205) leads our girls' pack

It was very gratifying to see our kids experience the success that comes from persevering through challenging circumstances.  I'm very proud of this group. GO HUSKIES!

MEET RESULTS

A full recap of all the Stanislaus Country Cross Country action can be found at the StanCo Blog

HHS Team Store

 Hey Guys! Our Team Store is up and running. 

These items are 35% off the list price and a portion of each sale goes back to the team

Monday Morning Long Run

Hey Team I was unable to send this link directly through the remind app. Maybe one of you smart kids could help me figure it out. Let's meet at 9:00 AM on Monday for a long run in the hills! (yeah, use the vacation time wisely). This is one of my favorite local roads to ease into hill training. Nothing too steep or too long.

Corner of Claribel and Tim Bell Roads

Here's a map of the run. 

Back on Shutdown! :(

Hi Team:

As you've probably heard, the Governor's stay at home order means that we cannot meet for practice until further notice.

Here's the thing - Once we are able to start meeting again, there is a very good chance that we will be competing soon after that.  With time running out to get a season in, the CIF has shortened the number of days that teams must practice before they compete to only 5 days.  Certainly we cannot get back into shape in 5 days.

So, in the immortal words of Martel Simon (class of 2011).  "You gotta stay in shape to keep from havin' to get in shape!"

Martel Simon

So, what does that mean for you guys?  It means keep doing what you're doing, only do more of it (most of your mileage is way too low for the goals you have for yourselves)

Monday: Long

Wednesday: Speed Development

Thursday: Tempo or Fartlek

Saturday: If feeling good still, either a medium long run or tempo or fartlek (whatever you didn't do on Thursday).  

Don't make it so any of the workouts are "Hard".  Monday and Thursday should be challenging, but shouldn't leave you exhausted (that means no 10 mile runs if you're only averaging 18 per week). The other days, just fill in with easy mileage and take 1-2 days off depending on your level of experience.

Keep updating on Strava.  That thing is a game changer for us and it's a great way to keep each other motivated.  Why not make it your goal to be the #1 mileage hog on our team?  Or be in the top 10 every week, or use it to track your own mileage progression and watch your totals grow week after week.

This is a sport about self determination. So, it's time to be determined.