Workouts Week of Monday, September 7

First some thank yous....

1. Thanks to Cathy and Kelly Gallagher for spearheading the team clothing for
this season. Everybody should use a Sharpie to put their names on the tag of
their shirts so that they don't get mixed with someone else. If you haven't
paid yet, please bring money to the Gallaghers soon!

2. Thanks to the team for the loud cheers during the half-marathon this
morning. You were quite vocal and the signs were great. I especially
appreciate the "eyes up" coaching advice - I got them back up after that
comment.

As a group we are off to a sluggish start. I'm guessing that is mostly because
we haven't done any race pace work yet, but that changes this week. If you look
at the team's 10 Commandments, having "Faith" is the first one. That can be
taken a lot of ways, but right now that mostly means have faith in yourselves,
your teammates, and your training. We WILL get faster, but we'll have to work
hard to get there. The varsity made that commitment to me after the race at
Walsh...I'm going to hold you to it.

Below is the plan for the next week and beyond.

Monday, September 8 - workout at memorial field done at 5:40...3 x 400, 1 x
1600, 2 x 800, 3 x 400 for groups 3 and 4. Groups one and 2 will have parts of
this, but not all.

Tuesday, September 9 - practice at SJA - typical Tuesday we will have team
meeting first then run, lift, etc...done by 5:15 for the shorter groups 5:30 for
the longer groups

Wednesday, September 10 - practice at Mastick - Time Trial #4 (last one for the
season). Should be done by 5:30

Thursday, September 11 - typical Thursday without Yoga. Done by 5:00

Friday, September 12 - This will be an early dismissal day - 11:00AM. Instead
of torturing everyone by making them stay late for practice, I will allow the
captains to run it. Team meeting in Room 331 at 11:20 then typical pre-meet
practice.

Team dinner at Harter's...ALL PARENTS INVITED...time to be announced. Directions not listed here - do not want that info to be public domain.

Saturday, September 13 - Meet at McDonough - it appears we will take the whole
team to McDonough. I will try to enter 2 varsities at this meet so we can have
14 run together. I'll bust out the purples again if they let us enter two
teams.

Sunday, September 14 - you're free from all Kieser Tyranny.

following week...
Monday - Mastick long run with fast last mile (same length as last run
hopefully)

Wed - workout with St. Ed's at memorial field - repeat 600's

Friday - leave for Dayton - All-Catholic meet

following week after that...
Monday Mastick cut down run

Wed - hopefully a workout at Edgewater with Iggy's

Friday - Gilmour Invite...to be determined if varsity is racing or not