Days #4, 5 and 6 - Our First Week Completed

On Day 4 we worked a bit harder following our warmup with Group 1 running the one-mile school loop, followed by 7 minutes of hard running.  That was followed up with a short loop, 7 minutes hard running again and another short loop.  We closed it out with core and stretching.  Group 2 also took it up a notch with various up-tempo relays led by Coach Coletti.  My takeaways were (1) Group 2 is progressing nicely, and (2) Group 1 will require a bit more conditioning. 

On Day 5, both groups completed a shakeout run in the rain, and celebrated Fun Friday with a soccer match in the downpour.  Andrew Buckley and Ben Andrews were the standouts on their respective teams, with kudos to Chloe Handlin, Alex Kehayias, and Logan Bourgelas who all played well.  Logan's header for a goal was, in my opinion, the play of the game, but most importantly it was a fun and light practice in anticipation of our Day 6 long run.

Day 6 took us to the Abington bike trail where everybody was encouraged to run an easy pace for a "comfortable" distance.  That distance was ultimately somewhere between 2.1 and 11 miles.  We were very happy with the turnout and the continued progress of the new runners. Our more experienced runners all ran very well. And looking back on the 6 practices it was a positive and productive week.  Mission accomplished.

We set out on a new mission Monday at 2:30 with a 3K Time Trial.  The purpose of our Time Trial is to establish specific training times for our runners going forward, refining our running groups, and adjusting training plans as we look forward to the dual meet season. In addition to our Patriot League schedule, we have decided we'll be participating in the MSTCA Relays on September 9th, the Catholic Memorial Invitational on October 14th, and the Coaches Invitational on November 4th.  We are waiting to hear from Quincy/North Quincy to determine if they will be competing with us in a crossover meet on September 7th but right now it looks like we may hold only a 3K race for those not participating in the MSTCA Relays.  More on this as details become available.

OK, now we're caught up and looking forward to another great week of practice.  We are, as always, hoping to pick up some more teammates.  All ages and abilities are welcome!  We're adding a couple today but have plenty of room for more.  If you have a friend or classmate who wants to get into a fun and healthy sports environment, tell them about us.  See you all at 2:30.