The first week of practice!

This week was the first official week of practice!! It was fantastic! On Tuesday around 12 students showed up. It was a really good first day of practice. On the first day, we trained by doing two different running exercises. The first exercise was running and training for the 100m dash. We have a lot of fast students on the team. I think we can definitely do really well at the meets we participate in! Next, we trained by running one mile. The students who participated in Cross Country did really well. The others students still did well too, but we all need to work on our endurance more, so they can all run a full 1-2 miles without having to stop.

Today around 15 students showed up! (including 6 girls!) :) We practiced endurance training and sprint training in the same exercise. They ran 1.5 miles, that involved both jogging and sprinting. The team did really well. Then, after that exercise, we did the "stair stepper" exercise, on the pavilion. This exercise helps strengthen the muscles in the legs so that the team can have a more powerful push off in each step.

I've really enjoyed the first week of practice! I’m surprised how many people showed up! The team is really determined and energetic about Track. It makes me really excited and happy to have others that love running like myself. :) I'm excited for next weeks practice also! I am doing practice by myself without Mr. Tucker on Monday! Pray for me!