The high school kids did great!!! The Varsity and JV all ran so well. The other coach and I are so excited for this season. Our boys took 1st overall and the girls placed 2nd overall. This is just the beginning of the season and there is a lot more work for the runners. They are a great bunch of kids and I know they will work hard! The other teams in our region look strong also. All the coaches are great and I have learned so much from each of them. It will be a fun and competitive season. Great job!
Before I recap on our region cross country meet, I have this picture to show…
This is my oldest. I came home from the meet and went to check on the girls (they were all sleeping :)). My oldest still has her homemade hammock up and sure enough was sleeping on it. I said on it because she put our big beanbag in it. It made me laugh out loud.
Here is the Line up of the girls cross country race…
and the boys…
They are all so nervous… And so am I! It is amazing how nervous I get for them when I am not the one racing! I want them all to do so well…
I promise I am not that mean!!! The push-ups are all part of passing off goals for their awards.
We (Rachelle, Amber, Amber, Aubrey, Mac, Kelly, Tifany, Sarah, and me) started off with a 2.1 mile warm up. Then we ran a 400 (quarter of a mile) hard around the pond.
After the 400, we jogged over to a side street that has a steep hill. We surged up the hill hard and jogged slowly down for a recovery. We did the hill surge 5 times and then jogged back to the pond for another set (a hard 400, then 5x hill surges).
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All I have to say is I am so glad we have each other to run these speed workouts! Thanks ladies… Now that it is over, I can say it has been fun! 🙂 (We are missing Kelly and Tifany in this picture, they had to leave to get back home.)
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