February 4th

WOW! What a start to this track season. All I have to say to Mother Nature is bring it on. It was an incredible week of training as everyone practiced a little patience to get through the elements. On Tuesday I ran in shorts as the temperature hit 50, only 12 hours later my son almost blew across a parking lot. The temperature was 0 and wind chill easily -20. At the end of the run on Thursday the snow felt horrible. It took the Hoff family 3 hours to get home. On Friday after 10 inches of snow fell and school was cancelled the snow continued and 30 girls managed to get a workout in at 6 a.m.

I wanted to e-mail specifically about Saturday’s practice. I heard from a few girls who didn’t attend, but not everyone. This will always be a basic requirement for Coach Iverson and I for Saturday practices. We both would like an e-mail informing us of where you are. It’s hard for us not to be worried especially considering the weather, if this e-mail could come on Friday even better.

This Monday morning we had a good practice. We’ve received pleasant surprises with regard to the weather. The temperature actually felt warm and fresh snow was pretty. The rest of the week will go as follows:
Tuesday morning we will meet to run a circuit. The workout allows for a little over 20 minutes of overall running. Wednesday is late-arrival, we will still meet at 5:45 a.m. Earlier is better. We will run a 60 minute run. We will finish the run at Mill Street, please find door 18 which is my classroom door. The plan will be to work on goal stuff you could hang in your locker room. If everything works well you should arrive at 7:00 and have 50 minutes to use any art supplies to create cool stuff. If you want to bring food please bring it to North and I’ll drive it over. This has the potential to be a really valuable experience for you. I’m hoping to get to know you a little better. We could also talk about the upcoming meet and what you would like to run. On Thursday will have a full team meeting in the Driver’s Ed room, shortly after we will room the hill workout. Friday an easy 30 minute run and Saturday the meet.
I hoping this will be an incredibly hard week of training. Some of you are worried about this. Don’t be. Surprise yourself and make this your best week of training.

Coach Hoff