Woodbridge Invite

 Hey team:  The race assignments are out for Woodbridge.  We've got 69 teams from 11 different states IN OUR RACE! (White Division - A Race)

Archer
Arrowhead Christian
Banning
Basalt
Big Bear (Ryan Hall's Old School)
Bishop Montgomery
Boulder City (NV)
Cal Luteran
Calvary Chapel
Capistrano Christian
Chapel Hill (TX)
Clairmont
Corcoran
Crean Lutheran
Del Lago Academy
Desert
Don Bosco
Edgewood
Enumclaw (WA)
Faith Lutheran (NV)
Filmore
Flintridge Prep
Fountain Hills
Glendale Prep
Hanalei (HI)
Harpeth Hall (TN)
Hawthorne Academy of Math and Science
Head Royce
Hope Christian (NM)
Hughson
Kamehameha (HI)
Liberty
Linfield Christian
Malibu
Marin Catholic
Menlo School
Notre Dame
Ocean View
Ontario Christian
Orcutt Academy
Oxford Academy
Pacific Christian
Pheonix Country Day (AZ)
Pioneer
Pomona Catholic (Girls Only)
Riverside Prep
Sacramento Country Day
Sacred Heart
St. Marys College
Samueli Academy
San Diego Jewish Academy
Sierra Canyon
Skyline (ID)
St Dominic (NJ)
St Francis
St. Joseph (Cooper Teare's Old School)
St. Margaret's
Santa Monica Academy
Santa Monica Catholic
Kings Academy
Nueva School
United Christian
Webb Schools
Westridge (Girls Only)
Wildwood
Windward
Yosemite

To make things even more interesting, the other heat (White Division - B Race) has

St. Mary's (one of our main section rivals)

Christian Brothers (Another section rival)

Placer (D3 from our section, but may move down into D4, also very good)

You better believe I'll be paying attention to what those guys do in the other heat.

Hilmar Course for Tomorrow.

 Check out the Course.  Varsity 5k. 

The JV Course leaves out the left turn onto the canal

2021 Black and Gold Intra Squad Meet

 Solid results from our first "race" effort of the season.  This was our first time trying to compete in hot weather in almost 2 years, and I think it showed a little bit.  I feel that we are in slightly better shape than these results indicate.....but these results are pretty dang good!

Varsity Boys #2 all time team time 53:28
Varsity Girls #7 all time team time 72:26

Add to this the fact that our #1 boys time was run in the cool twilight against another school, and this year's team starts to look pretty good!

Here's a link to the results and splits

View all results and splits going back to 2017 on our results page

New Runners! Welcome to Our Team!

 

Hello and welcome to Hughson Cross Country.  I hope you will have a great time with us, make lifelong friends, and learn how far you can push yourselves.  We work hard, but we have fun and I don't ask anyone to give anything more than they are capable of.

Here's What You Need

1. You need to be cleared.  This means you need a physical and you have to fill some stuff out online.  See this older blog post about how to do that.  
2. Good Running Shoes
3. Loose Fitting, Light Colored Clothing
4. Re-Usable Water Bottle With YOUR NAME ON IT
5. A healthy snack for immediately after (fruit, granola bar, etc...)
6. A GOOD ATTITUDE!

Other Helpful Stuff

• Please visit our page for Newbies and Parents.  Many of your questions can be answered here. 
• Take a look at the Nutrition Page and examine the "Power Back Diet" outlined on the page. 

Week 1 Schedule

Let's Get Ready for Week 1

Hi Team.  

Time to talk about our schedule for the first week of practice.  Since we will not have school this first week, this is a great opportunity for our experienced athletes to DOUBLE.  This will be the last opportunity for a while for our big dogs to put in a solid block of high volume training.  

• If you have been consistently running over 25 miles per week, you should double.  
• If you are experienced but coming off an injury, you should still come to both daily practices but cross train in the afternoon
• If you are a new runner who is not yet comfortable at 25 miles per week, you should come to only afternoon practices.

Practices will be held at 7:00 AM and 3:00 PM.  Please see the practice schedule below.  

Mon - 8/2:  Athletes run on your own.  We will start practice on Tuesday 8/3

Tue - 8/3: AM.  Warm up, 6 minute test, 2-4 miles easy coold down.

Tue - 8/3: PM. Easy shake out run + weights (advanced), intro drills, easy jog as able, core, weights (new)

Wed - 8/4: AM 40-60 minutes easy run, 

Wed - 8/4: PM: Wickets, dots, shake out run (advanced) Wickets, Dots, cone drills (new)

Thu - 8/5: AM: Core, PU, Lunges, 10-12 x 300-400 @ 95% vVO2 max, CD.

Thu - 8/5: PM: Easy Shake out + weights (advanced).  20 min easy jog + weights (new)

Fri -  8/6: AM: 40-60 min run 

Fri - 8/6: PM: Wickets, Dots, Easy shake out run (advanced). Wickets, Dots, 6 minute test (new)

Sat - Sun: Easy mileage as able.  Big dogs go long on Saturday

Mon 8/9: AM: Warm up, 30 minutes tempo, 4 x 200, Cool down, Weights

Mon 8/9: PM: Easy Shake Out (advanced)  6-10 x 200-300 (new)

Here's What You Need

1. You need to be cleared.  This means you need a physical and you have to fill some stuff out online.  See this older blog post about how to do that.  
2. Good Running Shoes
3. Loose Fitting, Light Colored Clothing
4. Re-Usable Water Bottle With YOUR NAME ON IT
5. A healthy snack for immediately after (fruit, granola bar, etc...)
6. A GOOD ATTITUDE!

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.