Colorado School of Mines High School Winter Indoor Invitational this Saturday at 10 a.m.
I hope everyone has had a relaxing winter break. It has been great to see so many people out at our winter runs to get geared up for the start of the track season. Right now, we are about 5 weeks into the off-season, w/ 8 to go until our first race this spring. The first month of running has been pretty relaxed in order to give us a little bit of a mental break and to keep building base miles. The focus over the next 2 weeks is to get to our peak mileage by the end of next week. We will continue to focus on racking up mileage at this point and building a giant aerobic base that will help to carry you through the track season. We are also going to start getting into the weight room 2 days a week and focusing on core work after the runs 2 other days each week. This is to ensure that we are staying healthy as 0ur workload increases.
A few of you are ready to start going "the extra mile" again. Take a look at your mileage schedules. This will typically consist of 1 to 2 extra runs a week of 4 to 5 miles. These can be done on Sundays, before school, off periods, or any other time the run best fits into your schedule. I recommend not doing these the same day of the long run.
I really encourage everyone to stay determined and consistent through the winter months. The first race on March 2nd may seem like a long ways away, but it will be here before you know it. What you do during the winter months of December, January and February are what will define your track season this year. There is just no replacing off season base training.
The other thing I want to encourage everyone to do is continue to train as a TEAM. Between ski trips, after school activities, homework, appointments and 100 other things there will always be reasons we can come up with to miss a practice. There are also plenty of reasons to try and make excuses about training on our own. However, being in this together and training as a group each day is what will help keep you motivated and push all of us to be at our best.
Winter Conditioning Registration
The deadline to register for the off season is tomorrow. If you plan on running and training with us this winter please make sure you have registered online by tomorrow night. Here is the link again in case you need it:
http://dcsdk12.revtrak.net/tek9.asp?pg=rw_MVHS
Colorado School of Mines High School Winter Indoor Open
The CO School of Mines HS meet is this Saturday starting at 10 a.m. This is an optional meet for anyone wanting to get an indoor race in. The meet is totally optional and athletes need to sign themselves up if you are choosing to race. Races that you may be interested in are the 400, 600, 800, mile, 3000, and 4x400 if you want to put a team together.
Here is the link to the meet schedule and registration info:
http://www.csmorediggers.com/sports/track/2012-13/files/CSM_High_School_Meet_Packet.pdf
Schedule for January 7th-13th
Mon-MVHS 3:10
Run and Core Work
Tue-MVHS 3:10
Run and Weights
Wed-MVHS 3:10
Run and Core Work
Thur-MVHS 3:10
Run and Weights
Fri-Redstone Park 3:15 (please arrange a ride)
Long Run
Sat- Run on your own or w/ a teammate
Check your mileage schedule to know how far
CO School of Mines Winter High School Winter Open
Sun-Optional Run
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