Cathedral Track and Field 2020

FYI: Jason has a separate workout at the bottom of this.

Thanks to everyone who participated in the April Fool’s prank on Julie! She fell for it. I received an angry email from her after she received the first email. When a second one arrived, she questioned what was going on. She received several more throughout the day, and then I called her last night to talk about it. She laughed and said it was a clever prank!

I’m going to alter plans due to the potential of tomorrow’s weather. Tomorrow is supposed to be our 3rd speed day of the week, but I want conditions to be better for you. So, we’ll pretend we are at the state track and field meet. Day 1 is prelim races (also finals for half of the field events) and Day 2 is finals, so yesterday’s 23 (27) second workout was our “prelim races”. Today is “finals”. Tomorrow will be a recovery and yoga day.

Warm up and drills

When performing these sprints, go hard. We’re replicating the speed we want to use on the track. If you are feeling good after yesterday’s workout, turn these sprints into fly-in sprints (build up speed so you are at top speed when the 20,30 or 40 meters begin). If not, begin from a starting position at the first marker.
3×20 meters
2×30 meters
1×40 meters
Cool down jog and stretch.

Jason has this workout for jumpers.
“The veterans should know what 3s, 4s and 5s are. (The first 3, 4 and 5 strides from a standing position) Do 2-3 of each, developing consistency and speed from the first step. Make sure your path is flat as possible. Finish with 3 run throughs at 6 or 7 strides (full approach). Have a partner watch your stamps so you are not looking down when you run.
Also during Thursday, Friday or Saturday, if you have a jump rope then jump rope for 5 min as part of your running workout. Lastly, 2x 20 meters of Repetitive takeoffs, Bounding and One legged hops.”