This is our last week of classes and finals begin on Friday, Dec 4th. We are not having any organized practices as prescribed by NCAA regulations. However, as I look out my window I can see runners going by from time to time.
Once finals are over, our runners will head home for the holidays, taking their training schedules with them. We'll have a time trial at the end of the first few weeks of training in January to get a reading on fitness levels and to help set goals for the upcoming season.
Apparently everyone had a very nice Thanksgiving holiday. Training reports looked good and everyone seemed healthy, except for one nagging IT band on the guys' team.
Jonathan Sellers had an excellent Thanksgiving Day run in the Atlanta Half-Marathon, finishing 4th overall in a time of 1:11.25 for a average pace of about 5:27 per mile. He is clearly still quite fit after the cross country season and is excited about the possibilities he has in the upcoming track season.
Right now, as a coach, my fingers are crossed that everyone does a good job on their final exams and we can have both teams achieve cumulative GPAs of 3.0 or higher. One of our teams, and I won't say which, has consistently met that mark and one hasn't. I am hoping for both to make it this time around.
That's about it for now. Take care.
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