WHO FLIES? WE DO!
Weekly schedules, updates, and wisdom
from Coach Phil and Coach Eric.
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We have only four weeks left and that means this is PEAK WEEK! Our job this week is to give 100% as we peak for this seasons workouts. Then we will begin our taper - that means we will slowly ease up to give ourselves fresh legs for the rest of the seasons meets.
Here's this week's workouts: MONDAY: Rest, feel free to enjoy some stretching as well. TUESDAY: Repeats 300s at the swamp.
WEDNESDAY: REST & Stretch THURSDAY:
"FLOCK FRIDAY": Tempo @ Marshall Hills
SATURDAY: Rest & Stretch SUNDAY: CHICO FAST FIVE TOTAL MILES FOR THE WEEK: W/Y=12-13 miles G= 20-22 miles B= 22-24 miles Let's have a great week! Run Tough, Coach Phil.
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Okay Hawks, we know this has been a bit of a strange year, full of uncertainty and changing schedules, but I am so impressed with how our athletes have persevered and seen their hard work turn into amazing performances. The coaches couldn’t be prouder of every one of our kids, and of the community that flocks together to make this all possible. Thank you all for your patience and willingness to roll with the changes.
We are doing our best to update you all as we learn more, and will continue to do so, but let’s cross our fingers that this will be the last update and change of schedule this season. Importantly, USATF has changed their plans for the season and there will be no longer be Association Championships or Qualifying Meets for the National Meet in Jacksonville. Without that end-of-season structure, we are adjusting our own aim. First, our next meet is confirmed, the Chico Fast Five Meet at Chico High School on SUNDAY, June 6th. The first event will be the 1600m and begins at 10am, so we need everyone to be there no later than 9am to begin warmups. This meet is important, as it will be the first opportunity for the kids to achieve fully-automated times that can be uploaded to athletic.net. Please let us know if your athlete will or will not be able to attend by practice on June 1st so we can assure he or she is registered for the meet. In addition, we are planning to finish our season with two more meets following the Chico race. First, we expect the Golden West Invitational will be held in Rancho Cordova the weekend of June 19-20. Then, our final meet of the season will also take place in Rancho on June 26th. As we get more details for these two meets, we will post them in the team app. All of our training will be tailored to peak those last two meets, so we can give our athletes the chance to put up their best efforts of the year and finish with a bang. We will all remember the track season of 2021, but I have to admit we are already getting excited about cross country this fall with hopes that we will be closer to normal and our schedule will be more predictable. Keep up the good work, and let’s keep flying high! Coach Eric  What a great weekend of competition. We saw some amazing racing and tons of PRs. We all should be very proud of the hard work thus far this season. We have three meets left and only 4 weeks left of training this year. Here's a snapshot of our results this weekend. (*Some times came in incorrect and we are making estimates.)  Here's this week's workouts:
MONDAY: Rest, feel free to enjoy some stretching as well. TUESDAY: Repeats 400s at the swamp.
WEDNESDAY: REST & Stretch THURSDAY:
"FLOCK FRIDAY": Marshall Hills Tempo
SATURDAY: Rest SUNDAY: POD WORKOUT - Easy run
TOTAL MILES FOR THE WEEK: W/Y=12-13 miles G= 20-22 miles B= 22-24 miles Let's have a great week! Run Tough, Coach Phil. In regards to our season, we are now in the "3rd Lap" of the mile. The third lap is where you'll hear me yell cues like, "Stay Focused", "Look Ahead", and "Keep your head up!" We've had a funky season, but you know what? We've been running, improving, racing, and getting those PR's! This Saturday will give us another opportunity to grab new PRs for you and our team. Let's stay focused and run smart this week.
Here's this week's workouts: MONDAY: Rest, feel free to enjoy some stretching as well. TUESDAY: Repeats 300s at the swamp.
WEDNESDAY: REST & Stretch THURSDAY:
"FLOCK FRIDAY": Easy Run - Race Prep.
SATURDAY: RACE DAY AT THUNDERHAWK #3
SUNDAY: POD WORKOUT - Easy run
TOTAL MILES FOR THE WEEK: W/Y=12-13 miles G= 19-21 miles B= 21-23 miles Let's have a great week! Run Tough, Coach Phil.  We're really getting into our speed work part of the season. If you've been committed to practices and doing the work, you've now set up the foundation for the rest of the season. We will now build upon that base with more speed. Everyone should now has a race time or two on the wall and able to chase some PR's. Our next opportunity will be the end of this week with a race in Chico on the 15th. See the Team App calendar for more information.
Here's this week's workouts: MONDAY: Rest, feel free to enjoy some stretching as well. TUESDAY: Repeats 400s at the swamp.
WEDNESDAY: REST & Stretch THURSDAY:
"FLOCK FRIDAY": Easy Run - Race Prep.
SATURDAY: RACE DAY AT CHICO. SUNDAY: POD WORKOUT - Easy run
TOTAL MILES FOR THE WEEK: W/Y=12-13 miles G= 19-21 miles B= 21-23 miles Let's have a great week! Run Tough, Coach Phil. Well parents, here we find ourselves about two-thirds of the way through the 2021 track season, and what a season it has been! We've been training now for 12 weeks, and have been able to participate in a couple meets with a few more in the works. Most of our athletes have been able to progress from week to week, and it has been a pleasure to watch these kids grow into more confident runners.
As a side note, for those of you new to youth running programs, I want to ensure you that for obvious reasons this is not a normal season. Typically, we will have most of the races scheduled out in advance. Athletes will usually begin the season with the fitness they had built over the prior season, and therefore shouldn't struggle as much with minor aches and injuries. We greatly appreciate your patience and understanding this year and, as in so many other things, look forward to the world getting somewhat back to normal in the fall. One additional point we want to stress, and will bring up in practice over the next couple of weeks, is the fundamental structure of a season's training schedule. It is important for both parents and athletes to understand that we design practices through the season to grow increasingly more challenging. Our practices will continue to get longer, and the intensity we expect will continue to rise, all based on an expectation that the kids will complete the other runs on their schedule each week. The simple fact is that those athletes who are not doing their long runs on the weekend and midweek runs will continue to fall behind in our workouts on Tuesdays and Fridays. We want to see everyone improve and stay healthy and fall in love with this sport, and so it is critical that our athletes do all the workouts we assign. If you ever have any questions or concerns, please let either myself or any of the other coaches know. Looking forward to a fun workout today, and seeing the hawks fly! Coach Eric  What a great weekend to run! I am so proud of our flock of Hawks - Athletes, Parents, & Coaches! We showed up well and I received complements on our athletes performances and also their attitude. Great work and thank you for showing up strong! I hope you are motivated to run tough this week in preparation for future meets. Check out these times and PRs!! So many double digit PRS!!!  I'm so proud of all of you for the hard work not just at the track meet but at the work you put into every week of workouts. Let's keep it going!
Here's this week's workouts: MONDAY: Rest, feel free to enjoy some stretching as well. TUESDAY: Swamp Repeats.
WEDNESDAY: REST & Stretch THURSDAY:
"FLOCK FRIDAY": Marshall Hills Tempo - Rock, Paper, Scissors
SATURDAY: REST SUNDAY: POD WORKOUT - Easy run
TOTAL MILES FOR THE WEEK: W/Y=12-13 miles G= 19-20 miles B= 23-25 miles Let's have a great week! Run Tough, Coach Phil. |
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