active rest

We are in the middle of a two week period of active rest, following the end of our cross country season. Our plan is to have the athletes do 3 runs during the first week of active rest and 4-5 runs during the second week. All of the runs are meant to be done comfortably, with no specified pace or distance. In fact, we advised our runners to not wear watches during the runs. These are meant to be mentally relaxing as well as physically non-demanding. All of the runs are done OYO (on your own) at the runners’ convenience. We have seen some running in the AM and more in the beautiful fall afternoons.

We have already noticed several of our men and women runners “itching” to get back to training – a good sign that the active rest period is working. Most of them have commented upon how nice it is to be able to sleep late in the morning while, at the same time, saying they would like to be doing some training in the AM.

We handed out their individualized winter training programs at our team meeting on Nov 16th. The training “officially” starts during the week of Thanksgiving break – immediately creating the challenge of training alone – most all the runners will be a their homes. We’ll have a meeting upon their return from Thanksgiving break and check everyone’s running logs to see how successful they were in completing all of the scheduled runs.

Once the runners get back from holiday, we’ll have a goal setting meeting for the upcoming track season. I’ll try to post everyone’s goals on the blog so readers can follow our progress during the season.

Here is a list of our runners who will be competing during the upcoming track season:
MEN
Austin Enriquez 1500m
Jonathan Sellers 5000m-10000m
Spencer Gray 5000m
Daniel LoVette 5000m
Craig Warlick 5000m
Peter Kazery 1500m-5000m
Camden Holmes 5000m
Evan Lemons (unattached) 800m

WOMEN
Carolyn Mancuso 1500m
Amy Benoit 800m-1500m
Anne Enoch 800m
Hannah Gray 5000m
Jessica Gonzalez 5000m-1500m
Kirstie Lusignan (unattached) 800m