Indoor Track Meet

Here is all the relevant info for the meet this Sunday. The meet is at the Air Force Academy, in their fieldhouse, and it starts at nine in the morning. It takes about an hour or so to get there. The coaches will be there early, (8:00-ish) as it gets very crowded and chaotic. Especially at the registration table. So try and get there as early as you can. Bring a book or some homework, as there is a lot of downtime at these meets. And bring clothes to run outside infor your warm-up. The distance kids are all expected to run two events. I would hope you all choose to run the mile, and then either the half mile or the two mile after lunch. Or maybe even the 400 right before lunch. But, it is your decision.

It is a 300 m track, so the times will be very fast, so it is a good opportunity to see your level of fitness. We have been working very hard, and this is an opportunity to see how much faster you are getting.

Below are the times you ran last year (2008) at this meet. I post these to give you an idea of what to shoot for in your racing. Do not use this as a measuring stick to judge your 2009 fitness, as there are millions of other variables that come into play. Use it as a tool to say, "OK, I need to be running 5:40 pace or so in this race." not to say "I ran a 5;40 last year, and now I am running a 5:45! I am so much slower, oh no!!!!!!"

Use this to help your running, not as a punishment!

Mile: Alex-4:51, Cam-5:50, Caroline-5:47, Derek-5:05, Josh-5:21, Taylor-5:07
Half Mile: Alex-2:09, Cam-2:41, Caroline-2:41, Derek-2:10, Josh-2:32,Kelli-2:33, Mel-2:46, Taylor-2:14
Quarter Mile: Kelli-67, Tyler-61

Online registration is due by Thursday the 23rd. That means you need to tell me exactly what events you want to do by Spenst Hill. Coach Hawk and I will then register you for the meet on Wednesday evening. Below is the schedule of events, to help you plan.

2009 Schedule of events:

TRACK 0900 Mile 1015 60 m Hurdles 1100 400 m 1215 60 m 130 LUNCH BREAK 200 800 m 315 200 m 430 2 Mile 500 4X1 LAP

FIELD 0930 PV(ALL) 1030 HJ(HS OPEN) 1330 LJ(HS OPEN) 1330 SP(HS OPEN) 1500 TJ(ALL)