Training in the Summer to Crush to Competition in the Fall!

7/22/10 Learning to control the emotional storms of life away from running is one of the greatest challenges for sportsmen.

Today the athletes did a phenomenal job of getting to practice and doing things on their own! This is a sign of great leadership and a group of kids that are above their age group!! Congrats. Today was a LPPM run. The goal here is to really push the Oxy Delivery System by sustaining a high level of even fast pace over a longer distance than Tuesday’s Short PPM. Over several weeks of consistent and continual training, you will begin to see your times drop on the LPPM and you will get closer and closer to your PPM potential-Which is ultimately your best.

This is great, you really know what goal you are shooting for over these next several weeks. If you don’t have a PPM potential it is because you have not shown up for a Saturday timed mile. Last week we had a great group.

Over the next several days-Friday (CT workout) and Saturday (LD/BU workout) it will be on your own. Contact the coaches if you need help on your daily mileage. We also talked this past week about organizing team runs when the coaches are out of town– this is a great time to try it out. I will have some workout information on the Practice Calendar.

Coach Kenney

Extra Effort is the Key to success

The Orange Crush Running Club is an AAU track & field club that is focused toward 7th through 12th graders who plan to compete in

1. cross country , distance running, and track events in track & field at the junior high and high school levels, or

2. just want to become introduced in the area of distance running.

3. The purpose is to develop running technique, racing strategies and experience in track events, and equally important a developed oxygen delivery system for the upcoming competitive cross country seasons.

Each runner involved in the program is unique and will be coached in a manner that will allow for their best and most positive attributes to be fully demonstrated in an athletic manner.

The primary objective is for each athlete to fully achieve a personal sense of value and purpose towards the betterment of their athletic ability, or in other words, to Crush the Competition.

UPDATE: It’s about doing this right first and doing first things right. To move up in your training levels you need to bring your completed logsheets from last weeks training to Monday morning’s practice. We will be meeting at SLHS on June 14th to kick off our 2010 summer training at 7am. Check the practice calendar for times and locations of this week’s practices. I will be adding more terms and info about the training throughout this week. The goal between Monday May 11 and Monday June 14th was to run everyday-consecutive days in a row or “CD”- a total of 8 CD days of running.

A Consecutive day or “CD” is simply a nonstop run, that needs to be timed and measured. Exactness is excellence. Time your runs and log the splits of each mile in each workout session.

When logging your runs– call each day’s workout training a “CD”. Depending on your experience and age your goal may be for the new runner- one mile a day non stop, or more experienced runner-5 miles a day nonstop. If you are not sure where your mileage level should be email me. On Tuesday, June 9th, I will ask to see your log sheets from your training to determine how you should progress.

Make sure to bring:

1. Your Desire to Excel, Positive Attitude, and Honesty!

2. Your log sheets filled out bring them so we can continue from there.

3. Your Watch-Timex Triathlon

4. Running Clothes and shoes

5. Fluids!