Cross Country 2009 - Boys
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If you have ever been around cross country runners, it is not uncommon to hear them talk abouth the practice they just got done with or the practice they are not looking forward to. Our practice schedule is all organized and prepares us for the days we have races. We do this by having days where we run long distances. The long distance days consist of everyone going for a run that is usuall about 45-60 minutes long. Along with distance days, we have pool workouts one day a week to get off our legs, but still keep our heart rate up. Then there is practice that is known as intervals, which you can ocassionally hear screams and scary background music playing along with hearing the word. Intervals can be run on the track or out on the south field, in which we repeatedly run distances such as 400 or 800 meters where we try to hit a set time. We have two interval days a week which are seperated by the names of Kenyan 1 and Kenyan 2. These are the main workouts that we do on a weekly basis.

Intervals do not seem that hard but I will give youo the scenario that we dealt with yesterday (9-28-2009). After school, I walk outside to get ready for practice. When i get out there, I find that it's freezing cold, gusting winds, and of course it's raining out. So we start our practice out on the track running 400s in this weather. As we are running, we are seeing other teams start going back inside because they aren't tough enough to deal with this weather, not naming any specific team...*coughing "Cheerleaders"*...The best thing about his weather and the team running in it, is that most people weould dread this whole practice. Instead, the cross country team is saying it's the most fun practice yet...And then we would wonder why people think cross country runners are weird...

On an update for the boys, we have continued with strong finishes. On September 14, we hosted the Tri-County invite at skyline golf course in which we took first place. We followed that first place by doing the same thing at the following meet at Cadott's invite at Whispering Pines golf course on September 22.

Courtesy of Jordan Nortman