Monthly Archives: August 2020

XC 8/24-8/30

Hey Everyone,

Hope you have all had a great weekend! This week will be the last week we will get together as a team, at least for a little while. We will wait to get some clarity on what this fall will look like and what the school district will allow. In the meantime, the athletic department wants all athletes to turn in physicals now to speed up the clearing process. This way, if we can get back together and practice this fall you will be cleared and eligible. The school will be limiting the amount of people in the school, so please try and do registration electronically if possible. Once physicals are turned in it should be quick to register on Family ID once it is opened. 

Once we get word from the school district, I will update everyone on when we may get back together as a team and what makes the most sense from a safety and training perspective. Moving forward, it is important to remember that our season has not been cancelled but simply pushed back. My goal is to make sure we are peaking for the season and not feeling burned out before it even starts. So this break actually comes at a good time from a training perspective since we have been logging miles as a team since early July. I’m looking at the delayed season as XC just being extended 😉

So let’s be patient and smart with training. I encourage you all to still try and get together with your pod and run low easy mileage. You are all still a team even when we can’t all get together. Let’s have some fun practices this week! Check below for this week’s practice info.

Tuesday 8/25- Mountain View @8am

Thursday 8/27- Mountain View @8am

Go Cougs!

XC 8/17-8/23

Hey Everyone,

Sorry, I’m getting this out a little later than usual. I spent Sunday running around the Three Sisters and ended up getting home and going straight to bed haha! It was a fun and painful run, but worth it! That is what running is all about. The places running will take you never cease to amaze. Here are some pictures from the day.

Looks like we get another week to meet up and get some runs in together. This week we will be meeting Wednesday/Thursday due to work conflicts on my end. Look forward to seeing you all! Check below for when and where to meet.

Wednesday 8/19- Pine Nursery @8am.

Thursday 8/20- Mountain View @8am.

 

Go Cougs!

 

XC Update 8/10-8/16

Hi everyone,

As most of you have seen or heard, the 2020 XC season has been pushed back to late February. The season will go through late April just in time for the Track season. There are still a lot of details to be worked out and a lot of questions to be answered, but at least we now know that we will have a cross country season. Here is the link to the OSAA article with the details of the changes to sports seasons. http://www.osaa.org/today/article/1797/view?title=OSAA+adopts+New+2020-21+School+Activities+Calendar

Moving forward for this week, we will plan on meeting on Tuesday and Thursday not necessarily for the sake of training but to get the team together, get a nice run in and enjoy hanging out (from a distance). With the season now being so far out, we will be dialing back structured workouts and focusing on running for fun maintaining a solid base. Continue to run easy mileage by feel on the days we don’t meet. I will update everyone as I get more information in regards to what practices might look like moving forward and what this Fall might offer running wise. Check below for Tuesday’s and Thursday’s meet-ups!

         Meet-up Locations

Tuesday 8/11- Pine Nursery @8am.

Thursday 8/13- Mountain View @8am

 

Go Cougs!

 

 

XC Week #5

This week we will have our first team time trial of the season! This will allow everyone to gauge where they are at fitness wise and also tap into that competitive edge. Be sure to prep appropriately so you can run at your best on Tuesday!

Bend Parks and Rec. is now requiring masks for sports teams practicing in parks. Please try and bring a face covering for when we meet as a group before and after our runs/workouts. Once we start the workout the masks can come off. I know it’s another thing to add to the list, but if it keeps us practicing I’ll take it.

Let’s keep bringing a positive attitude and willingness to work hard to practices. This is a great group and I’m excited to see everyone crush it in the time trial on Tuesday! Check out this week’s schedule below. 

Monday 8/3- 30 minutes easy with 4-6 strides afterwards.

Tuesday 8/4- Pine Nursery @8am. Intersquad 2 mile time trial.

Wednesday 8/5- Recovery day. Cross train or recovery run on grass or dirt if possible. Go by feel for pace and distance.

Thursday 8/6- Mountain View @8am. Speed play workout

Friday 8/7- 30-45 minutes recovery run.

Sat/Sun- Rest one day, Longer run the other day. Shoot for 45-60 minutes.

Go Cougs!