Hawks Fly Again!

The Hawks turned out in force at the second SRA Youth XC Meet in Folsom on Friday!  We had a number of impressive and gutsy performances, but I will highlight a few here.

First, a number of Hawks ran significantly FASTER this meet than they did at SRA #1, despite the harder course!  The Millers both posted impressive improvements with Mackenna running 52 seconds faster and Mason improving 46 seconds.  Stella also had a breakout performance, improving by 32 seconds, and Sonia ran 14 seconds faster than her previous race.  Great job Hawks!

Second, we had a number of debut races from strong new runners, including Paloma, Bagels, Isaac, and Xol.  Jai also ran his first race of the season, and finished as the second boy age 8 and under!  I can only hope the heat, dust, and hills didn't scare anyone away.

This week we have a meet on Sunday in Cottonwood (outside of Redding).  Everyone competing in the meet still need to get their long runs in on Saturday.  Please see the events page on the Team App for more details on the meet, and RSVP yes or no either way.  

For practice this week, it is getting too dark to run at Lock Hills so we will meet at the Boathouse each day.  Please see the schedule below:

Monday:  5:30pm at the Boathouse
10 min warm up, drills
4-6 x 1000m intervals at Marshall Hills
5 Hill Repeats
10 min cool down, strength

Tuesday: rest and stretch

Wednesday: Gray and Black Group
3-4 mile easy run on your own

Thursday: 5:30pm at the Boathouse
10 min warm up, drills
20-25 min tempo at the swamp
Swamp Monster
10 min cool down, strength

Friday: rest and stretch

Saturday: Long Run
White/Yellow 3-5 miles
Gray/Black 5-7 miles

Sunday: NorCal Striders Youth XC Meet
West Valley High School
Cottonwood, CA
Please arrive by 9am

As always, if you have any questions, please let us know!

Coach Eric