I had some success in high school and college. Winner 1985 Rod Dixon Run
Had a fair amount of success as a Masters runner for most of my 40s.
Short-Term Running Goals:
Have fun with running, explore more trails, stay healthy.
Long-Term Running Goals:
Keep running and racing consistently for as long as I can. Find what is sustainable for me over the long run.
Personal:
I teach AP European History and other courses at Alta High School. I coached the track and cross country teams at Alta for 16 years.
Married, two kids - Abby and Andy
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Miles:
This week:
12.50
Month:
92.75
Year:
502.72
Wed, Sep 14, 2022
Easy Miles
Marathon Pace Miles
Threshold Miles
VO2 Max Miles
Total Distance
10.25
0.00
0.00
0.00
10.25
AM: 2 miles around the Alta track.
PM: 8.25 miles on the treadmill.
Night Sleep Time: 0.00
Nap Time: 0.00
Total Sleep Time: 0.00
Weight: 0.00
Calories: 0.00
Comments
From Jon on Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 13:49:42 from 104.129.204.86
How big are cross country teams there in UT, relative to the school size? Someone pointed out that my middle school team has 46 runners with a student body of only 450, so over 10% of the students are on the team. Over 12% tried out for the team. Is that normal, or high?
I know my high school had 1600 students and the cross country team was maybe 60 runners total, or fewer.
From Rob Murphy on Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 14:59:31 from 163.248.33.245
We would have 300 kids on our XC team if we had 12%
We don't have nearly that many.
From Jon on Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 06:42:06 from 104.129.205.36
Rob, how big are the teams? How many runners vs coaches?
From Jon on Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 06:43:46 from 104.129.205.36
Historically, this middle school had about 30 team members (15 boys and girls). It's only the past few years where we have more trying to join- this year, I think we had 56 try out, after about 40 last year.
Logistically, we don't even have near that many uniforms. We can't handle that many runners cause we don't even have locker rooms, so the kids have to change 1 at a time in a couple bathrooms after early dismissal, which takes a long time (i.e. more missed class time). We provide our own carpools, too. In addition, our conference was originally a bunch of small, private Christian schools, and they allowed us to join. Those schools all have cross country teams of about 12-20 kids (as few as 4 on some teams)... so if we show up with 56 kids, it doesn't look too good.
Realistically, we use tryouts to cut a few kids where it's very obvious they don't want to be there and are forced by parents (i.e. they only walk at tryout). A few also choose other sports. But, sadly, there are a few others who do want to be on the team we cut, though I hate that. I keep pushing for more so hopefully we can keep growing.
Either way, I'm pretty proud of so many kids joining the team.
From Vis on Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 21:45:29 from 64.255.91.67
Jon,
You could do some fairly easy research by looking at team entries for bigger meets—Timp Invite, for instance—and then look at school size on school websites. At SCHS, we have around 80 kids, and the school population is around 1200.
From Rob Murphy on Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 07:46:50 from 163.248.33.245
I'm a little out of the loop these days as I haven't coached since 2018.
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