Reno Trip Checklist/Packing List

Hi Team.  Trip is one day away.  Be sure to be at my classroom by 7:45 to load up.

Team Trip to Tahoe, Summer 2017

I had some questions about what to pack.

For the meet

• Warm Up / Cool Down Clothes.  Should be team t-shirt and shorts
• Race Gear - All of the uniform stuff I issued, although I doubt you'll need the sweats
• Any kind of foam roller or massager stick you might have.
• Running shoes and racing flats.  
• Workout gear for Saturday Morning.

For the rest of the trip

• Money for lunches on the way up and way back
• Breakfast is complimentary at the hotel
• We may eat dinner at the course (just buy groceries to make sandwiches, etc with) or may go out to dinner after meet.  We'll discuss that today 
• Swimsuit
• Clothes to walk around town and travel home in.

Reno Twilight Invitational

Hi team.  We're getting ready to take some of our top dogs to Reno for the Natures Bakery Reno Twilight Invitational.  This is a great opportunity for athletes who have already proven a degree of fitness to go and show it off against schools from another state.  Here is a brief itinerary.

Fri, 9/1

• 7:45 - meet at school and load vans
• 8:00 - Depart HHS (staff parking lot)
• 12:00 - Lunch in Reno
• 12:45 - Walk course at Shadow Mountain Park
• 3:00 - Check in to Quality Inn and Suites
• 3:00-5:30 - Rest and do homework.
• 5:45 - Depart for Course
• 7:48 PM Girls Varsity Race
• 8:15 PM Boys Varsity Race
• 9:00 Awards (hopefully)
• 9:15 Dinner in Sparks, NV
• 10:00 Return to Hotel.  Swim or go to Carnival Midway at Circus Circus.
• 12:00 Bed Time

Sat, 9/2

• 7:30 AM Wake Up
• 8:00 AM 30 - 60 minute run on Truckee River Trail
• 9:00 Post run breakfast.
• 9:45 Shower, pack
• 10:30 Depart Reno
• 12:00 Lunch in Sacramento
• 2:30 Arrive HHS Staff Parking Lot.

Team Gear Sign UP

OK.  I'm going to try something new here.  I'm posting this Online Sign Up Sheet.  Please use this to sign up for team spirit wear orders.

This is the cool custom design for the back of the shirt

Indicate the size of the items you would like.  Spirit pack orders are on page 1.  If you would like an individual t-shirt, those orders are on page 2.

If you are ordering multiple items for a family:

1. Find your athlete's name
2. Put the number items you would like in the column for the appropriate size. 
3. Example: Bernard: Large 1, Medium 1, Small 2

Hughson Girls All Over StanCo Pre-Season All County List

Well, the cross country season is almost upon us.  Screamin' Scott has recognized 4 of our girls as selections to the Pre-Season All County Team.  Whil this recognition is nice.....it's based off of what we've done in the past.  Girls, we have a choice.  We can live up to the rankings, we can fall short of the rankings, or we can smash through the rankings!  Who wants to be the best team in Stanislaus County when we can be one of the best in California?  Let's GO!

Boys....We've got some work to do.  This is the first season in a long time when we have no runners on the Pre-Season Boys All County Team. Based on how Chistian and Austin ran last year, this may seem a little unfair, however pre-season rankings are based almost as much on how athletes competed in track as they are based on athletes performance the previous season.

End of Summer Beach Trip

All right, Team!  We've had a great summer of training and now its time for one last hurrah before we take a little break going into school.

Friday, July 28th.

We will meet at school at the normal 7:00am practice time, but we will load up in vehicles and head over to the forest of Nisene Marks state park in Aptos for an awesome run in the redwoods.

Most of us will be running on either the Aptos Creek Fire Road or the Loma Prieta Grade trail

After the run, we'll head to Seacliff State Park Beach for a BBQ and swim.  The plan is to leave to come home at around 2:00 PM and be home by 4:30ish.



If you want to go, you need to do the following.

1. Let me know, ASAP
2. Come to the practice on Monday and pick up a field trip permission slip, fill it out and return it on Friday.
3. Bring me $5 to cover the cost of food and park entry fees for the vehicles)
4. Come dressed in your running clothes.  Bring swimming stuff (or swim in your running stuff) and a change of clothes for the ride home.

We have space for at least 13 right now.  We may get a few more parent volunteer drivers.  If you want to go, let me know ASAP.  If you are a parent and would like to volunteer to drive, also let me know ASAP

Happy Running

CoachB

Congrats to Hannah Anderson and other summer stuff

Last year at this time, Hannah could barely run a lap around the track.  Earlier this week, she did the 4.1 mile run shown above.  This is great progress and Hannah should be proud of herself.  Keep up the great work.

We are into the meat and potatoes part of our summer.  July is a really important month.  When school starts in August, the training will actually get a little easier for a while while our bodies get used to running in the heat. So, these last 2 weeks of July really require us to focus on doing the little things right.

Speaking of doing things right....My son had some friends over last night and they asked me to stay up to play Risk with them.  I figured I wouldn't be able to sleep with them shouting and making noise, so I stayed up until 1:00 in order to beat every last one of them.

My point isn't that I beat my son's friends in a board game, my point is that I ended up sleeping much later than I otherwise would have and felt crappy when I finally got out of bed.  As a result, by the time it was time to work out, I had to drop my run in favor of an easy bike ride when the temperature was already up to 95 degrees.  So, as a result of my staying up too late last night, I missed a good day of running today

This is the hottest summer I can remember in a while.  Make sure you make getting to bed a priority, so that you can get up and do your running before the temperatures get ridiculous.

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.