Heading Into Championship Season!

It is hard to believe, but the end of the season is already rapidly approaching!  Our athletes have been working hard and are primed to finish strong.

This coming Sunday the 6th, we have our last regular season cross country race in Rancho Cordova. It is a USATF-sanctioned meet which means the athletes will run in their age groups (as opposed to other races that combined 8th grade and under).  The Rancho Meet is in a flat grassy park and will be a great opportunity for our Hawks to run some PRs.

The following weekend, many of the Hawks will be participating in the Clarksburg Country Run 5K (Sunday Nov 13th). More information and registration is available here.

The USATF Pacific Association Youth XC Championship Meet in on Sunday, November 20th, at the Willow Hill Reservoir course in Folsom.  This meet is the qualifier meet for regionals the weekend following and is critical for all our Hawks to attend.  Especially those in the age groups trying to qualify a team for Nationals. (For more information about Nationals, be sure to check out our page here.)

While the Association Championships may be the last race for some of our Hawks, those who qualify will compete at Regionals and Nationals in the following weeks.  We will include more details on those in coming blog posts, but if you have any questions please stop a coach and let us know.

For this week, we WILL NOT be meeting for practice on Monday (it is Halloween).  There is, however, a mandatory workout all Hawks will need to do on their own either Monday or Tuesday.  The schedule is as follows:

Monday or Tuesday:  On Your Own
10 min warm up, drills
20 minute tempo run
10 min cool down

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

Thursday: 5:30pm at the Boathouse
10 min warm up, drills
6-10 x 500m intervals, Marshall Loop
10 min cool down, strength

Friday: rest and stretch

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

Sunday: RCTC Youth XC Meet
Dave Roberts Park, Rancho Cordova
Kids 10 and Under arrive by 9am
​All other kids arrive by 10:30am

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

Coach Eric