This week marks our last official week of the XC season. It has been a quick season, but it has also been really fun to see the improvement in such a short period of time! We had a lot of awesome performances, season bests and PRs on Saturday. We also had a great day as a team! Both the boys and girls teams placed 2nd and really did a great job racing together and keying off of each other. Check out results from Saturday below!

Central Oregon XC Classic Results: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/189051/results

We have spring sports starting up this week as well. If you are doing a spring sport, just let me know and we will coordinate accordingly. This transition works well for the track athletes doing distance events, since the training will be somewhat similar with shorter faster workouts this week.

Our last meet will be the Oxford Classic at Juniper park this Saturday 4/10. The boys race will be first at 1pm, followed by the girls race at 2pm. Based on the type of course this race will have. I’m guessing times will be slower than the last race. But that’s xc, and we should always be more focused on racing and place anyways.

Please see below for this week’s practice schedule. Let’s have a fun last week of the XC season! See you all soon.

 

Practice Schedule

Monday 4/5- Mountain View @3:30pm

Tuesday 4/6- Pine Nursery @3:30pm

Wednesday 4/7- Pine Nursery @3:30pm

Thursday 4/8- Mountain View @3:30pm

Friday 4/9- Pine Nursery @3:30pm

Saturday 4/10- Oxford Classic @Juniper Park.

Boys Race: 1pm , Girls Race: 2pm

 

Go Cougs!

I hope everyone has had a fun and relaxing Spring Break! We are back at it this week and we get a full week of training before our next meet on Saturday. As of right now, we don’t have a start time for the meet. I will let you all know when the start times are established. Please see below for the practice schedule for the week!

I’m excited to get the crew back together and start the final push for the XC season. Our next few races will be our best. Let’s stay focused and make the last few weeks count! See you all soon!

 

 

         Practice Schedule

Monday 3/29- Pine Nursery @3:30pm

Tuesday 3/30- Mountain View @3:30pm

Wednesday 3/31-Mountain View @3:30pm

Thursday 4/1- Pine Nursery @3:30pm

Friday 4/2- Pine Nursery @3:30pm

Saturday 4/3- XC Meet @Pine Nursery. Time TBD.

 

GO Cougs!

We ended the week with a strong showing out at Black Butte Ranch. There were some lifetime 5k PRs set, and a lot of season bests on the day. Even more impressive was how both teams raced as a unit. The girls team ran away with a strong and convincing 2nd place finish, and the boys finished 4th but only a few places off of 2nd. Overall, we are moving in the direction we want to be. In a short and condensed season, improvement week to week is impressive.

Clash in the Cascades Meet Results: https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/188623/results

We will not be meeting as a team for spring break, but that doesn’t mean training stops. Please do your best to follow the training plan posted below. I want everyone to be able to do fun things and have family time, while still being able to get the training in. If you have any questions about the workouts please reach out to me! This week is a great opportunity to recharge mentally and physically, while still keeping our fitness high and staying sharp. I hope you all have an awesome spring break!

Spring Break Training

Monday 3/22- 30-45 minutes easy-moderate run. 6 Strides after run.

Tuesday 3/23– 10×1 minute hill repeats @race effort. 5x30sec hill sprints. 15 minute warm-up and cool-down.

Wednesday 3/24– 30-40 minutes Recovery run. Go by feel, listen to your body!

Thursday 3/25– 30-40 minutes easy-moderate run. 4 Strides after run.

Friday 3/26– Speed play workout: 3min-2min-1min-1min-2min-3min @race pace with 90 seconds rest in between each rep. Follow workout with 6×30 seconds fast to mimic finishing kick! 10 minute warm-up and cool-down.

Saturday/Sunday– Take one day off. Longer run for the other. 40-60mintues easy. If you’re feeling tired don’t force it, go with the shorter option.

 

GO COUGS!

XC is officially back! It was so awesome to see an actual cross country race take place. Even though it’s been over a year since our last true xc race. Everyone showed up and competed like we never left. So many great performances and amazing efforts across the board. Very proud of these athletes for sticking with it and making it to the starting line after waiting so long to actually get the opportunity to race. Checkout the results from Friday’s meet here! https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/meet/189050/results

Coach Young took more awesome photos of the meet on Friday. Thanks Andy!

Pine Nursery Meet Photos: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/14DvZzIuZA95buY2qdVYkM733dab15tGK

Our meet this week is on Thursday 3/18, hosted by Sisters and will take place at Big Meadow at Black Butte Ranch. Right now, race times are still TBD. I will let you all know as soon as I get meet info. Also, athletes will need to get to and from the meet on their own. I’m sorry for the inconvenience, but transportation within the district is unavailable to weekday athletic events at this time.

I think the course on Thursday will be on the faster side, and should be a great opportunity to shoot for a fast XC time. We are still learning how to race again. So, let’s think of what worked well on Friday and what we can work on to be our best on race day! Please see the practice schedule below. Monday will be a workout day, so come prepared and focused to have a quality workout! See all soon!

Practice Schedule

Monday 3/15- Pine Nursery @3:30pm 

Tuesday 3/16- Pine Nursery @3:30pm

Wednesday 3/17- Mountain View @3:30pm

Thursday 3/18- XC Meet @Black Butte Ranch (Race Day)

Friday 3/19- Mountain View @3:30pm

Go Cougs!

Well, we finally got to compete in a Cross Country race! It was so awesome to see the team in those red and black uniforms again crushing it out on the course. Lots of awesome performances and great efforts all around! We have another meet this Friday at Pine Nursery, starting at 1pm. Specific race times have not been established yet, but I’ll update you all when they are posted. The meet will be a 5k and will be more of a traditional XC style race. It is highly likely that there will be 1 race for boys and 1 race for girls, instead of multiple races.

Please check out the practice schedule below for the game plan this week.

Also, coach Young has been acting as our team photographer this season and was kind enough to take pictures at the meet yesterday, as well as some practice photos. Here is the link to the photos for everyone to check out! Thanks Andy! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1TG6GFRDHpomnnGvWO7HU5QysVfklKU52

Week 3 Practice Schedule

Monday 3/8- Mountain View @3:30pm

Tuesday 3/9- Pine Nursery @3:30pm

Wednesday 3/10- Mountain View @3:30pm

Thursday 3/11- Pine Nursery @3:30pm

Friday 3/12- XC Meet @Pine Nursery. Meet start 1pm.

 

Let’s ride that momentum from the meet on Saturday and have a great week of training! I’m excited to see everyone race their first 5k of the season! See you all tomorrow!

 

Go Cougs!

 

We had a great first week of practice, with some great workouts and awesome attitudes. Everyone brought their A game to practices and did exactly what they needed to do the first week. Now we head into Race Week! It’s hard to believe, but we actually have a race this week. It will be a fun and low-key rust buster for us to get used to racing again. The meet will be Saturday 3/6 at Summit High School and will be a morning race. On Ahtletic.net it is labeled as a 10am start but I know there will be a more specific race day schedule for the meet eventually.

Our race schedule for the season is up on Athletic.net.  https://www.athletic.net/CrossCountry/School.aspx?SchoolID=263 

Below is our practice schedule for the week. Please remember to bring warm clothes. It is colder than you think!

 

 

Monday 3/1– Mountain View @3:30pm

Tuesday 3/2- Pine Nursery @3:30pm

Wednesday 3/3- Mountain View @3:30pm

Thursday 3/4- Pine Nursery @3:30pm

Friday 3/5- Mountain View @3:30pm

Saturday 3/6- Race Day @Summit 

 

 

Please don’t forget to communicate if you are going to miss practice. I’m using a much more lenient attendance policy this season, mainly because this is a weird year, and we all have a lot going on right now. If you know you are going to miss practice, just reach out and let me know.

Let’s have another awesome week of XC, and let’s continue to take advantage of the time we’ve been given! See you soon!

Go Cougs!

Hey everyone,

Our first practice is right around the corner! So, I just wanted to outline the practice schedule and locations for the week. Practices will start at 3:30pm and will typically end around 5pm.

We have Pine Nursery reserved for the team to use for practices during the season, so we will be meeting there or Mountain View depending on the day/workout. Checkout the schedule below and make note of the practice locations.

Practice Schedule Week 1

Monday 2/22- Mountain View @3:30pm

Tuesday 2/23- Pine Nursery Park @3:30pm (meet at picnic shelter)

Wednesday 2/24- Mountain View @3:30pm

Thursday 2/25- Pine Nursery @3:30pm (picnic shelter)

Friday 2/26- Pine Nursery @3:30pm (picnic shelter)

 

Other important items before practices start

• If you haven’t registered for XC yet, please do so ASAP. It will be under Fall Sports in Family ID: https://www.familyid.com/organizations/mountain-view-high-school
• All athletes will need this new covid-19 liability waiver signed and brought to practice. Waiver-of-Liability-for-COVID-19-Student-Sport-or-Activity OHA form revised for BSD 2.16.21 v3 (1)
• Don’t forget to bring your mask!
• Bring warm clothes for before and after practice. It is still winter! I recommend wearing leggings or running pants to practices, so you have the option to workout in them if it is really cold.
• We will be doing a QR Code check in for contact tracing. So, you will need a phone for checking in and checking out. Not a requirement to bring your phone, it just makes the process much faster.

 

I am really looking forward to getting the team back together and to finally say we have made it to the Cross Country season! This will be a quick season, so let’s bring our best effort and attitude to every practice and make this season count!

I’ll be sending out more in-depth details on the season itself soon, but just wanted to focus on this first week to start out. See you all soon!

 

Go Cougs!

Hey everyone,

I hope you all have had a great weekend! Just a little update for the week. For this week’s practices, prepare for colder temps. The forecast for the week looks to be on the chilly side, but not quite as wet as we saw at last Friday’s practice. So, please come to practice prepared for cooler temps and bring layers to throw on after your workout. 

We will continue to meet at Mountain View at 3:30pm, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. On Wednesday we will have a team 2 mile time trial. This will be a great opportunity to test out the legs, get a little friendly competition in and gauge our fitness level. So, let’s be ready to run fast on Wednesday!

Remember our message from last week. “Good, better, best. Never let it rest. Until your good is better and your better is best.” Let’s keep working to be better than we were the day before!

Looking forward to another great week of practices! See you all Monday @ 3:30pm. 

 

Go Cougs!

 

 

 

Hi Everyone,

The fall Track season is about to wrap up, which means we get to jump back into some cross country training! We have been given a 4 week period to get together and get some more training in as a team. Starting October 26th we will have practices Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 4pm-5:15pm at Mountain View High School. This is considered a part of the official XC season, which means all athletes must be cleared through Family ID and signed up for the sport in order to practice.

We no longer have to stick to our 10 athlete pods, but we do need to have masks on when we are gathered as a group and not running. There will also be a digital sign-in and sign-out process for when athletes arrive and leave practice. If we stick to the guidelines and protocols, we get to keep practicing and not get shut down. 

A few things to keep in mind before coming to practice on Monday. Please bring warm clothes for when we aren’t running. Temps will be dropping especially right around practice time, so please be prepared. Also, please bring a water bottle so you have water that is easily accessible and you don’t have to go inside the school to get water. Last but not least, don’t forget to show up with a positive attitude and a willingness to make yourself and your teammates better. I know we still have a while until we get to actually lace up the spikes for competition. But success for the season comes from what we do now. So, let’s bring our best to every practice!

I look forward to getting XC back up and running and can’t wait to get the crew back together. See you all Monday 10/26 @4pm at Mountain View!

Go Cougs!