February 13th

Did you ever see a poster that stated in bold words Persistence? The persistence poster I saw had a serene shot of some picture of a National Park. I think it means that if you show persistence you may end up in a better place. I saw a poster with the large words commitment with Tiger golfing in the rain? Usually I saw these posters hanging in stuffy places like doctor offices and places like that. Funny stuff don’t you think? These types of posters remind us of the end. What’s wrong with images that show what we do to appreciate the end?



The poster for the 2008 track team should show us…
Running in the ice and snow, running in –degree weather totally bundled up (Jen Prazak), running up hills at 5:45 a.m. in the morning. Persistence is doing this each week. Running without letting the crazy weather forecasts stop you. You are right in the middle of a very special season. There’s no turning back. The break through is beginning to happen, I saw it Monday and again on Tuesday morning. Tuesday’s circuit was designed to be very hard and yet many of you ran well. I saw some of you push to run with people you haven’t run with before. Push to run harder, your performances at the meet on Saturday show me you could run faster in practice. However, don’t run without good form. Thankfully, Coach Iverson spent some time showing what poor form does to your running. You are practicing this form daily. If you think about good form while you train you will be better in races. Please run relaxed and enjoy the process. Finally, as a group you have very good attitudes about the different challenges we have faced. I want to say that I’m very proud of you for this. I don’t expect any changes with regards to the weather for at least another month - - - so my attitude is bring it on.
Schedule for upcoming days are as follows:
Thursday Challenging but very satisfying hill workout. Start afternoon workout in Driver’s Ed. room for meeting.
Friday 30 minutes easy run. Meeting 5:45 a.m. in contest gym.
Saturday 1 hour run with no planned practice with coaches.
Monday 1:15 morning run with Iverson. Time TBA soon.
Tuesday Circuit. Meeting 5:45 a.m. slight change hoping to have yoga before working. We really need yoga.



Coach Hoff