The Week Ahead and Beyond

I just wanted to go over things as we look at the week ahead and beyond. Tomorrow will be a "Pre-meet" day. Everyone will be doing light running and strides and will be going over starts, handoffs, and jumps if they apply to your event. Again, in terms of events, these are the events that will be run on Tuesday December 22nd. Please think about what events you want to do and remember you must compete in at least 2 events. Since this is our first meet, I will basically allow everyone to choose the events they want to compete in.

Running Events
4x800
High Hurdles
55
1000
600
3200
4x200

Field Events (I'm not exactly sure the order of these events, I will find out tomorrow from Coach Bennett)
Pole Vault
High Jump
Long Jump
Shot

The bus leaves at 3:00pm and the meet starts at 4:30pm. Here are directions to the fieldhouse in New Haven. If I had to take a guess, we will be returning to school around 8:45-9:15. That is a rough estimate however.

Some random things to keep in mind... All athletes MUST take the bus. You cannot drive yourself or a fellow athlete to the meet. If you and your parents decide, arrangements to be picked up at the meet can be made with the athletic department. You need to submit a note no later than tomorrow with Mr. Trifone. This also applies to any other meet. The note needs to be in the athletic department a day before a contest. While I understand the need to sometimes leave early, I would like everyone to remain at the meet to cheer each other on. I do not know what my responsibilities will be at this meet if I am going to help officiate or not. With that said, I am going to rely on the captains to help the underclassmen with warming up and checking in for a particular event. Each meet is different, but you should receive at least 2 calls before an event is run. It is the responsiblity of the athlete to listen for a particular event. Since athletes are not previously seeded for this meet, there is no way of telling how many heats of each event there will be. That is why it is imperative to be listening closely for your event and to warm-up/cool-down as appropriate. If I am available, I will give reminders. But as I said, I will either be helping with the meet or trying to record times. Everyone should wear a school issued Cheshire High School Uniform. I distributed most uniforms on Friday, I will have the uniforms available tomorrow for those of you who did not receive them. When we are at the meet, we should be sitting together as a team. Make sure your valuables are secure including any jewlery, electronics, wallets, uniforms, etc. Bring school work or something to do while you are not competing.

Training for the rest of the week.
Wednesday- Light workout for distance and sprinters
Thursday- Easy day on your own. Sprinters 2-3 miles with 4x150m accelerators. Distance 3-5 miles with 4x100m strides
Friday- Merry Christmas! Optional Easy Run
Saturday- Sprinters Pushups/Abs (What we have been doing),Plyos. 1.5 mile warmup. 6x 1 minute bursts at 90% effort with 2 minute jog recovery.6x50m bursts at 90% effort with 1 minute recovery. Distance-Pushups/Abs Plyos. Half mile warmup.4x5 minute Threshold/Tempo with 1 minute recovery. Recover fully.4x1 minute bursts with 2 minute recovery between each one. Half mile cool-down.Mid-Distance-Pushups/Abs Plyos. Half Mile warmup. 3x5 minute Threshold/Tempo with 1 minute recovery. 4x1 minute bursts with 2 minute recovery between each one.4x30 second bursts with 1 minute recovery between each one. Half mile cool-down
Sunday-Optional easy run/off day.

We will meet at Cheshire High School for practice from the 28th-31st. We will be doing workouts on the Monday and Wednesday. I will bring breakfast one of those days to make up for this weekend. Practice will run from 9:45am to roughly 11:45am. As usual, we will meet in the commons. Everyone is expected to be at practice these 3 days. For now, this is everything. I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend and the snow. I will have more announcements/reminders at practice tomorrow. Enjoy the rest of the weekend and I will see you all tomorrow.