Alternate Plans

Ugh, the weather report looks horrible for this weekend:

Colorado Springs Saturday Forecast

A winter storm watch has been issued starting for Friday night into Saturday afternoon. That, coupled with the trend of meet directors deciding to cancel a major meet when the wind blows the wrong way, is making me think that we need to come up with some contingency plans to keep our fitness levels trending upwards. Remember, we are not trying to be at our best this weekend, we are trying to be our best in the beginning of May. We need to keep that goal in our sights, and try to let nothing distract us from that.

I hope I will know by Friday at 3:00 if the meet is canceled. If it is, we will have practice as normal on Friday, but the practice will be a harder session of sprinting and strength work. Not just slingshots, but a combination of some long sprints, some short sprints, and some explosive strength. Even if the meet is not offically canceled byt he beginning of pracitce, I might gamble anyways and run you through that harder workout. Why? Remember, we are not trying to be at our best this weekend, we are trying to be our best in the beginning of May. We need to keep that goal in our sights, and try to let nothing distract us from that. (Sound familiar?)

So if the meet is cancled, on Saturday, we will meet at the CHS track, at 11:00, for a session of some gold level running. I don't care what the weather is, we will meet on Saturday to run. The workout might be kilos, might be double-kilos, might be 500's, I'm not sure yet. Of course, Sunday will be a normal recovery run day on your own.

If we have to go with this plan, then on Monday we will be traveling down to the Springs for the track meet. I think we will leave around 10:30 or so, and try to get in some good racing down there. Having a Monday meet actually works in our schedule, as Monday is a speed day for us normally. Please start thinking now about how you can deal with your academic work if we do leave school early Monday!

Hopefully, we go to the meet Saturday as planned, and none of this comes to fruition. But, prepare for the worst, hope for the best, as they say.

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