Championship Season Week 1 Region

Monday 6 am 30 minutes + weights
2:35 pm Park City debrief meeting then fartlek session at Stoner Park

Tuesday 6 am 30 minutes + core
2:50 pm Skywalk run, recovery pace

Wednesday 6 am 30 minutes + bodyweight
2:50 pm tempo run

Thursday 6 am 30 minutes + core
2:50 team photos, easy run
4:00 team dinner

Friday 6 am 15 minutes + race visualization
12:15 get out of class, 12:45 bus is rolling to Hunter Park

Saturday 8 am Winchester Park (we'll run north)

Park City Invitational Info

The Park City Invitational is at the Quinn's Junction Sports Complex east of Park City.  There is limited parking, so the meet organizers are encouraging spectators to carpool where possible.

There is an open race preceding the high school races.  I believe they allow day of race registration for the open race.

Schedule:

7:45 meet at Hillcrest for the bus ride
9:30 Open Race (hopefully nobody has to call 911 for me)
10:10 JV Girls
10:50 JV Boys Schools A - L
11:20 JV Boys Schools M - Z
11:50 Varsity Girls
12:20 Varsity Boys

Awards:
The top two varsity teams get trophies. Medals to top 10 finishers.

Snap Raise Fundraiser

The success of this fundraiser has blown me away. I was expecting we could raise in the neighborhood of $1500 - $2000 and we blew past that.  We currently have just over 73% participation which gets up another 7% of what we keep.  Thanks to all of you for your efforts. The goal, which I thought was unrealistic, was reset twice. 

Racing Season Week 8 Park City Invitational

Monday 6 am 30 minutes + weights
7:15 am post race meeting room C230
2:40 meet for practice, travel to Flat Iron Mesa, make sure you have your travel forms in

Tuesday 6 am 30 minutes + core
2:50 pm recovery run

Wednesday 6 am 30 minutes + weights
2:50 pm hill run

Thursday 6 am 30 minutes + core
2:50 pm easy recovery/pre-race run

Friday 7:45 am meet at Hillcrest for bus to Park City Invitational at Quinn's Junction This meet starts with an open race at 9:30. 

Saturday 8:00 am meet at Dewey Bluth Park

Wahsatch Rendezvous

A huge thank you to all the parents who helped pull off a successful meet.  This meet is always interesting because of the format.  Some kids thrive in it, others struggle without their usual cast of characters.  The boys won the meet to cap off a fun day.

Results are up at both runnercard and athletic.net. 

Wahsatch Rendezvous Schedule

Time Schedule
7:30 am Registration & Packet Pickup
7:45 Coaches' Meeting
8:00 Open Race
8:45 Girls' JV Race
9:15 Boys' JV Race
9:45 #7 Varsity Race
(Boys first, girls 2 min. after)
10:00 #6 Varsity Race
10:15 #5 Varsity Race
10:30 #4 Varsity Race
10:45 #3 Varsity Race
11:00 #2 Varsity Race
11:15 #1 Varsity Race
11:45 Awards Ceremony

Racing Season Week 7 Wahsatch Rendezvous

If we have air quality issues due to wildfire smoke, we will have contingency plans that involve travel.  Make sure you have your off-campus workout assumption of risk paperwork signed and turned in.

Monday 6 am 30 minutes, weights
2:30 pm post-race debrief, then speed workout

Tuesday 6 am 30 minutes, core
2:50 pm recovery run

Wednesday 6 am 30 minutes, weights
2:50 pm long hill run

Thursday 6 am 30 minutes, core
2:50 pm tempo

Friday 6 am 30 minutes
2:50 pm meet at Cottonwood Complex for workout and course set up

Saturday meet at 7:15 for bus to Wahsatch Rendezvous

BYU results

We had a pretty good day in Logan at the BYU Autumn Classic. (it feels funny typing that). We had a few 5K prs and Zac medaled at a meet with a lot of quality runners.  The results are up on runnercard. The results have also been updated on athletic.net. 

BYU Update with new time schedule

Due to air quality concerns in Utah County from wildfires, the BYU meet has been moved to the USU course in Logan.  The bus departure time is the same.  We will stop at Aggie Ice Cream after the meet. We will probably be getting back at about 4:30. We will arrive before the women's race starts, so we will be able to watch both college races and have plenty of time to set up camp before the meet starts.

The college races have been moved to the first two races of the day at 9:00 and 9:30 and the high school races starting at 10:00.  The JV and Fr/So races are now combined and will be at 11 and 11:30. Be prepared for the boys and girls races to flip. We will

New, New Time Schedule

9:00 am College Women's 5K 9:30 am College Men's 7K   10:00 am Varsity Boy's 5K 10:30 am Varsity Girl's 5K 11:00 am JV Fr/So Boys 5K 11:30 am JV Fr/So Girls 5K

The main parking area will be in the gravel lot at the east end of the course.  Do not park on 1400 N, those cars will be towed.   If that lot fills, there is parking at the football stadium that will require a short walk to the course.

BYU Information and Schedule

The BYU Autumn classic is held on a fast East Bay XC course.  This course is flat and and 100% grass and hopefully dry this year.  Last year there was a giant mud bog that shoes were lost in.  This is a spikes course. There is a college meet in the middle of our meet which is fun as well.

Spectator Admission: BYU is charging a $6 admission fee for this meet.

Parking: Parking at the course is reserved for teams and race officials. There are a number of businesses nearby that have lots you can park in.

The race schedule may be pushed back if there is frost on the course in the morning. 

Schedule:

6:00 am meet at Hillcrest for the bus
8:00 am Fr/So Boys
8:35 am Fr/So Girls
9:15 am Varsity Boys
9:40 am College Women
10:15 am Varsity Girls
10:45 am College Men
11:15 am JV Boys
11:45 am JV Girls

Awards: The top 30 finishers will receive medals.

Remember the district requires students to used district transportation.  If you need to take them early, an assumption of risk paper must be completed and in my possession.

Racing Season Week 6 BYU

Monday 6 am 30 minute run and weights
2:45 meet for trip to Cottonwood Complex for mile repeats (make sure you have your travel forms in)

Tuesday 6 am 30 minute run and core
2:45 recovery run

Wednesday 6 am 30 minute run and weights
2:45 hill run

Thursday 6 am 30 minute run and core
2:45 tempo run

Friday 6 am 30 minute run
2:45 easy pre-race run

Saturday 6 am meet for bus to East Bay Golf Course

9/5 Home Tri-Meet Info

Our only home meet of the year is at Crestwood Park 1700 E. Siesta Dr., this is the same place and course as our pre-season time trial. You can either take Keswick or Caballero off Creek Rd to get there.

I need course set up volunteers to get there about 1:00. I will have race flags and finish chute posts and flags in the back of my truck in the parking lot.  I will leave a list of where on the course we need to place flags. Other race volunteers will need to be there by about 3 so we can get people out on the course and familiar with the directions they will be giving.  I will have a list of place we need course marshals.

The girls race will start at 3:30, the boys at 4sh.

Labor Day Weekend Practice Schedule & Fundraiser

We will be having practice over the Labor Day Weekend. We will go in the mornings so the majority of the weekend can still be spent with family.

Saturday - 6:30 am meet at Hillcrest We will carpool up Millcreek to do a long run (70 - 75 minutes) on the Pipeline Trail

Monday - 7:00 am meet at Hillcrest We will be doing a fartlek workout at Union (Stoner) Park 4 or 5 cycles of 8 minutes moderate 2 minutes desired race pace varsity 5 cycles

If you are out of town, try to get a run in, as close the workout schedule as possible.

Make sure you get emails and text messages sent out for the fundraiser.  If you don't ask, the answer is always no.  Don't browbeat people when you ask.

Westlake Grass Relays

The Grass Relays is a fun meet with an unusual format and unique course.  The course consists of a fairly flat one mile loop with hay bales to jump over at four points on the loop. This course is fairly spectator friendly. The race is only 2 miles and the varsity races are run as a relay.

The meet is as Westlake High in Saratoga Springs.  Parking is usually east of the school, but follow directions as they usually have it marked.  The course is on the fields west of the school.  We will have our canopy, so our camp should be easy to find.

Schedule
6:15 am meet at Hillcrest for the bus to the meet

8:00 A.M.: Girls J.V. 2 Mile Race-Frosh/Soph

8:20 A.M.: Boys J.V. 2 Mile Race -Freshman

8:40 A.M.: Boys J.V. 2 Mile Race -Sophomore
9:00 A.M.: Girls J.V. 2 Mile Race-Jr./Sr.
9:20 A.M.: Boys J.V. 2 Mile Race -Jr./Sr.
9:40 A.M.: Girls Varsity Relay (Top 5 Girls, 2 Miles Each Leg)
11:00 A.M.: Boys Varsity Relay (Top 5 Boys, 2 Miles Each Leg)
12:30 P.M.: Boys & Girls Middle School/ Youth 1 Mile Race

Pre-Region Results

That was an interesting afternoon.  I have the results uploaded at athletic.net, but I don't have many of the boys, because of the confusion at the finish chute with the downpour and the lightning.  Only about 25 tags got pulled out of just over 60 boys.  If you have a time, let me know and I can add the results in. I do have 64 times, so I should be able to match it up if you have one or know who you finished right behind.

With the times we did get, we had a few athletes run faster times than on the same course last year at region.

On another note, there has been a slight change in district policy regarding the transport of athletes to and from meets.  If you need to take your athlete home from the meet, an assumption of risk form has to be filled out before you take them.  Previously, we were able to release kids to parents without any paperwork, but that has changed.  If there is a reason you will need to transport them to the meet rather than having them go on the bus, that paperwork needs to be filled out in advance and I will need to have it in my possession before we go to the meet. I will have those forms at my desk so they can be picked up during the day.

Remember we meet at 2:30 Thursday to debrief the race and talk about Saturday.

Racing Season Week 3

The hot weather will continue this week.  The hotter the temperature outside, the more water needs to be consumed during the day.

Most of you have ordered your team gear, but some still need to.  The online store will close at the end of the day Tuesday.

Monday - 6 am meet at the track for 30 minutes easy then weights after
2:30 pm meet in C230 to go over the last meet and preview the week then speed work on the track (change from the calendar)

Tuesday - 6 am meet at the track for 30 minutes easy then core after
3:00 pm meet at Hillcrest

Wednesday - 6 am shakeout run then race morning routine
1:45 released from class 2:00 bus leaves for Hunter Park for pre-region

Thursday - 6 am 30 minutes run then core after
2:30 meet in C230 for post-race debrief

Friday - 6 am 30 minutes run then core after
2:45 meet above the track

Saturday - 6:15 meet at Hillcrest for the bus to Grass Relays

Highland Invitational Results and Thoughts

This meet had some very challenging conditions with the heat.  For the most part, we handled it pretty well. Fortunately, none of our kids were among the ones transported to the hospital.  We will have to deal with heat periodically the rest of the season, so hydration during the day is crucial moving forward. 

We had a number of PRs, but this meet shows how tough Utah XC is. 

Complete meet results are on runnercard.  As always, results and progress from the entire season can be found on athletic.net.

Highland Invitational info and schedule

The Highland Invitational is at Sugarhouse Park There is some parking available in the park with more parking available at Highland High School. This is a large invitational with 2000 + runners competing in multiple races.

It will still be quite hot, so make sure you are hydrating throughout the day and start now.  Athletes in later races will need some food to make sure they are fueled for their races. 

Schedule:
12:15 meet at Hillcrest to load the bus for the meet

Frosh Boys*                                                     2:00  pm

Frosh Girls*                                                     2:25  pm

Sophomore Boys*                                           2:50  pm

Sophomore  Girls*                                          3:15  pm

JV Boys                                                            3:45  pm

JV Girls                                                             4:15  pm

Varsity Boys                                                    4:45  pm

Varsity Girls                                                     5:10  pm

Awards Ceremony                                          5:40  pm

6:30 meet at concessions stand for assigned crew for football game

Racing Season Week 2

Remember we are flipping our practice schedule this week with our primary workouts in the afternoon and our easy runs are now in the mornings.  We are also changing our weight room days to Monday and Wednesday. 

Remember the online store closes this week.  This is how the team jackets are being ordered this year, so make sure you get on and get yours.


Monday 6 am 30 minute run and weight room
2:30 pm meet in C230 for our normal post meet chat and then speed work after. 

Tuesday : 6 am 30 minute run and core
2:30 pm meet in C230 with the AD then run after

Wednesday - 6 am 30 minute run and weight room
3:00 pm meet at Hillcrest

Thursday - 6 am 30 minute run and core
3:00 pm meet at Hillcrest

Friday - 6 am 15 minute shakeout run plus breathing exercises and race visualization
12:15 pm meet for bus ride to Sugarhouse Park

Saturday - 7 am meet at Draper Park

Premier Invitational Results

We had a pretty good day with many PR performances.  The boys ran pretty well, especially considering who we didn't have.  The girls ran faster than last year, which is encouraging.  Meet results are on athletic.net.  Milesplit Utah  also has results with all varsity results combined.  They also have hundreds of photos as well as race videos on their site. Congrats to Caylor, Anthony, Francisco, Sophia, and Megan for earning medals.