fall planning

Reminders...

For those on campus, go to MY HOUSING for info on move-in dates and times for your dorm.

Incoming first-year: move-in August 12-13
Returning Students & Transfers: move-in August 13

Both the team and GTAA will have functions during the following week before school starts.  Before you make any other plans for this week, make sure you clear with coaches first. If you know of any conflicts, make sure you notify coaches as soon as possible.

Work continues on finalizing the fall XC schedule, but here is what we know so far...

Fri, Sep 15 - Florida Mountain Dew Inv, Gainesville, FL
Fri, Oct 13 - Texas A&M Arturo Barrios Inv, College Station, Tx
Fri, Oct 27 - ACC Championships, Tallahassee, FL
Fri, Nov 10 - NCAA South Regional, Gainesville, FL

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the heat is on

We're working on our competition schedule for the fall season, but for now an update on move-in dates. For those on campus, go to MY HOUSING for info on move-in dates and times for your dorm.

Incoming first-year: move-in August 12-13
Returning Students & Transfers: move-in August 13

Both the team and GTAA will have functions during the following week before school starts.  Before you make any other plans for this week, make sure you clear with coaches first. If you know of any conflicts, make sure you notify coaches as soon as possible.

With the annual training spreadsheets sent out, you should be following each week's suggested volume.  For those that are not quite on the schedule yet, you should be communicating the the coaches on how to progress to the schedule.  For those on schedule, add some short hill repeats or fast strides on Thursday.  FYI, fast striding is not sprinting, rather a relaxed but quick stride with a focus on good technique.

Also, with summer officially here, the daily temperatures are on the rise.  Make sure you are always paying attention to proper effort.  This means not looking at the pace chart and being beholden to hitting a certain pace per mile.  With high heat and humidity, your daily pace will be slower for a given effort.  THAT IS NOT ONLY OK, BUT IMPORTANT THAT YOU LET IT BE SLOWER.  Training in a hot climate can slow your pace down by as much as thirty seconds per mile.  In fact, there is even new information out that demonstrates how running in direct sunlight will slow you down even further. It is important that you account for the weather conditions.  Trying to hit a certain pace without doing so will take a toll on you through the summer, and will leave you fatigued during the fall season.  SLOW DOWN if the weather conditions call for it!

Maintaining proper sodium levels is essential and a lot of sodium is lost while running.  With the summer heat and humidity, sodium loss is even more extreme.  The basic advice would be to make sure your are salting your food to taste when you eat.  Drinking a sports drink, even adding a little salt to it, BEFORE and after runs is beneficial.

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summer proper

Still a few hold-outs... would love to have YOUR THOUGHTS FOR FULL VOLUME WEEKLY MILEAGE FOR NEXT YEAR.

Most of you are on week three of training on the new schedule.  For this week, 5-6 light runs totaling 65% of your full volume week.  Add some short hill repeats or strides on Thursday.

Some of you are also ahead of schedule as you took your post-season break earlier.  If ahead of schedule, that's ok.  Just continue gradual build to full mileage.

Reminder...first, increase the frequency of running... second, increase the duration of runs... and third, increase the intensity of runs.  So early on, run more often.  Run twice a day more often.  Then, increase the durations of those runs.  Continue with stretching, foam-rolling, mobility, leg swings, etc.

Don't be afraid of the heat and humidity.  Just slow down and run easy.  Adjust pace up to 30-45 seconds per mile slower than normal pace.

For those looking to add something this summer, watch this video and work on drills once or twice a week...

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championships up next ... champions do extra

We still have several who have not done this, so please TEXT US YOUR THOUGHTS FOR FULL VOLUME WEEKLY MILEAGE FOR NEXT YEAR.

For those of you that have and are on the training schedule, week two should look like 4-6 light runs totaling 50% of your full volume week.  Add some short hill repeats or strides on Thursday.

Reminder...first, increase the frequency of running... second, increase the duration of runs... and third, increase the intensity of runs.  So early on, run more often.  Run twice a day more often.  Then, increase the durations of those runs.  Continue with stretching, foam-rolling, mobility, leg swings, etc.

Don't be afraid of the heat and humidity.  Just slow down and run easy.  Adjust pace up to 30-45 seconds per mile slower than normal pace.

For those looking to add something this summer, watch this video and work on drills once or twice a week...

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NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

mon - travel to Austin, light shakeout on own before leaving

tue - (AM time - tbd) pre-meet workout

wed - (AM shakeout - tbd) NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS - 3000SC prelim

thu - (time - tbd) light aerobic running + strides

fri - (AM shakeout - tbd) NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS - 3000SC final*

sat - (time - tbd) light aerobic running + strides

sun - travel to Atlanta + light aerobic running

COMPETITION SCHEDULE

Wed, 7:02 PM (CT) - Jaeger, 3000SC prelim

Wed, 8:30 PM (CT) - Gibson, Shot Put prelim & final*

Fri, 7:35 PM (CT) - Gibson, Discus prelim & final*

Fri, 8:24 PM (CT) - Jaeger, 3000SC final*

* = if qualified

the road to the lone star state and beyond

If you have not done so already, please TEXT US YOUR THOUGHTS FOR FULL VOLUME WEEKLY MILEAGE FOR NEXT YEAR.

The 2023 outdoor season continues on with Zach advancing to the NCAA Outdoor Championships next week in Austin, TX.  He will race at 7:02pm CT in the 3000SC Semi-Final on Wednesday, June 6.  Send positive vibes to Zach as he prepares to rep the GT in Austin!

For everyone else, the road to next year begins!

As you begin training for next year, the progression for the summer should be... first, increase the frequency of running... second, increase the duration of runs... and third, increase the intensity of runs.  So early on, run more often.  Run twice a day more often.  Then, increase the durations of those runs.  We'll get to the intensity part later on, early to mid July.

Hopefully the 2022-23 annual volume spreadsheets, with summer notes and recommended summer training, will go out this week.  In the meantime, for those who are getting back to training, begin with light runs.  Every day should contain 10-15 minutes of stretching, foam rolling, mobility work, leg swings, etc.  To keep in sync with our normal routine, plan on Monday's always being one of your off days.  A weekly blog post on Sunday night will continue through the summer, so always check back in!  Lastly, as in the past, the blog comment section will serve as the way to report your weekly training and we encourage everyone to do that.

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NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

mon - OFF

tue - (5:45 PM) workout - tbd

wed - (time - tbd) aerobic running

thu - (time - tbd) light aerobic running + 6-8 x strides

fri - (time - tbd) workout - tbd

sat - (on your own) light aerobic running

sun - (AM time - tbd) long aerobic running

ncaa preliminary round on deck

As we prepare annual volume spreadsheets, please consider your full volume week from last year, think about how your year went, and text us your thoughts for full volume weekly mileage for next year.

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monday (on your own or OFF)

dynamic wu

+ light aerobic running

+ 6-8 x technique strides on grass
(if OFF, cross-training is encouraged)

TRAVEL TO JACKSONVILLE

tuesday (time - tbd)

800j + mcmillan wu

+ light workout - tbd

wednesday

NCAA EAST PRELIMINARY ROUND

+ light running + strides

thursday

NCAA EAST PRELIMINARY ROUND

AM shake-out + PM competition

+ (w)10,000m

friday

NCAA EAST PRELIMINARY ROUND

AM shake-out + PM competition

+ (m)3000SC

saturday

NCAA EAST PRELIMINARY ROUND

AM shake-out + PM competition

+ (w)3000SC, (w)5000m

sunday (on your own)

light aerobic running

+ stretching & mobility

TRAVEL TO ATLANTA

onto jacksonville

NOTE: with all but a few now done competing for the season, we should mostly be in the time off period following the end of competition.  What this "break" period should look like is 5 days completely off from running and cross-training, but each day should contain 10-15 minutes of stretching, foam rolling, mobility work, leg swings, etc.  The next 5 days should be off of running, but can add cross-training such as walking, biking, swimming, etc, AND continue the 10-15 minutes of stretching, foam rolling, mobility work, leg swings, etc.  After this 10 day period, if feeling ready to return to running, can add 20-30 minutes of light running with 3-5 short strides at ~5k pace after the run, AND continue the 10-15 minutes of stretching, foam rolling, mobility work, leg swings, etc.  As needed, can take days off from running, but cross-train AND continue the 10-15 minutes of stretching, foam rolling, mobility work, leg swings, etc.  Gradually build into summer mileage.

TEAM > TEAMMATE > SELF

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monday (on your own or OFF)

dynamic wu

+ light aerobic running

+ 6-8 x technique strides on grass
(if OFF, cross-training is encouraged)

tuesday (5:30 PM)

800j + mcmillan wu

+ (LD) 4 x 1600 cutdowns from ~80%, r= 1'

+ (3kSC) 4 x 400 @ 1500m pace, r= 1' + 800j + 3 x 600 (200F+400H), r= 1:2

+ strength & conditioning

wednesday (5:30 PM)

400j + lunge matrix wu

+ aerobic running

+ hurdle drills (or 3000SC hurdling)

+ barefoot strides on grass or turf

+ hip circuit

thursday (5:30 PM)

800j + dynamic wu

+ light aerobic running

+ 6-8 x Cherry St hill sprints w/ walk down recovery

+ general strength circuit

friday (5:30 PM)

800j + mcmillan wu

+ workouts - tbd

+ strength & conditioning

saturday (on your own)

+ light aerobic running on own

+ stretching & mobility

sunday (time - tbd)

med-long aerobic running @ chattahoochee river

+ cool-down exercises

+ recovery strategies at training room