The meet versus Waltham originally scheduled for tomorrow (10/31) has been postponed. The amount of snow on the course creates an unsafe situation at various points. We had hoped there would be less accumulation which would mostly melt off in the sun tomorrow. Alas, that won't be the case. We're hoping to reschedule the meet with an eye toward two potential makeup dates--next Saturday November 7th or the following Wednesday, Veteran's Day November 11th.
We can't make a hard and fast determination on a makeup date yet because these are also potential dates (along with next Friday November 6th) for the DCL End of Season meet. Yes, the date of that meet may be changed yet again, please don't shoot the messenger. Once we know the date of the DCL End of Season meet we can make a decision about a makeup date for the Waltham meet. Until then it's TBD for both meets.
For those athletes who aren't among the top seven runners on the team, we understand you were originally under the impression that tomorrow would be your final meet of the cross country season. If you are unable to continue past this weekend or just not interested, that's fine. Please contact Coach Mayall via e-mail and we can make arrangements to return your uniform. For those runners not among the top seven that wish to continue my intention was to have an optional time trial on the track next week. This would be a chance to gauge your fitness at the end of the season and have an answer ready when your annoying classmate asks you "so what can you run for the mile?" Or maybe the two mile. We'll see.
For those athletes who are among the top seven and anyone else who would like to continue with their season, here's an amended training schedule for the rest of this week:
Friday 10/30 - off
Saturday 10/31 - Recreate as much of the team warmup as you can, then a short length run beginning at an easy pace and increasing the pace the last 5-10 minutes of the run. Total length of the run today is as follows:
Level 1: 22-26 minutes
Level 2: 32-36 minutes
Level 3: 36-40 minutes
Level 4: 42-46 minutes
Sunday 11/1 - Recreate as much of the team warmup as you can, then a medium length run with the last 10 minutes or so set aside for a series of short reps as follows:
set 1: alternate 8-10 seconds at a "good" speed with 10-12 seconds jog. Repeat this 12 times.
set 2: 12 seconds fresh, 10 seconds, good, 8 seconds hard, walk for 20 seconds. Repeat this 6 times.
Total length of the run today is as follows:
Level 1: 28-32 minutes
Level 2: 36-40 minutes
Level 3: 43-47 minutes
Level 4: 52-56 minutes
Stay tuned for more details, posted here no later than Sunday evening. Remember that the season continuing in any form is contingent on staying safe and changes in the COVID landscape could change our plans or even end the season prematurely (but hopefully not).
One last note, the votes for Golden Microphone have been tallied, and the winner will be announced soon but not until we can meet again in person. Patience is a virtue!
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