Gorgeous 70 degree weather brought out 4 new freshman girls to the distance crew. Since the boys had an easy 20 minutes (they ar on their interseason break), I had the opportunity to run with the girls today.
Took them out for 15 minutes to warm up, showed them our stretching and drill routine then introduced them to "circuit training". After a moderate quarter, gave the girls a series of 4 exercises (med ball, planks, lunges & conditioning type exercises). I had them do this only 3 times (3 laps plus 12 different exercises), as they were pretty darn tired! Cooled down with them for a half mile, let them stretch with some guidance from a returnee and set out to get my miles in.
Initially, I had planned to get off the track, but there was this guy...so instead, i opted to see how long it would take me to hunt him down on the track and lap him. After 1.5 miles, he either was done with his workout or was mortified tht I had lapped him and quit. Either way, he gave me some entertainment and a way to get in a few moderate laps. Did 2 more laps while he stretched, so at least he didn;t hink I was run stalking him...then left the track to do 4 more miles on very muddy and fun trails by the school. |