Today is our travel day. Typically we don’t meet for Thursday’s but since it’s a travel day and we are leaving mid-morning it just makes sense to meet and get in our run together. With us just being two days out from the race we’re just running easy. Most of the men and women are … More 10 days until Conference — Day #9

Easy running again. Yesterday was a tough session, so the schedule today just has two easy runs. Most of our guys will run 8-10 miles in the morning and then another 4-5 miles in the afternoon. The ladies will run 6 miles in the morning and 3-4 miles in the afternoon. We’re getting closer and … More 10 days until Conference — Day #8

Today was hard. But, it wasn’t meant to be. The wind and high-humidity made what should have been a tough, but manageable workout turn into a session that was hard. And that’s okay. The volume was low and it wasn’t a race effort kind of hard. Just harder than I would have liked. But, you … More 10 days until Conference — Day #7

It is now officially Conference Week…and I can’t wait!!! Today is just an easy mileage day…the guys have 8-10 miles, while the ladies have their typical 6 mile distance day. We’ll run twice today, with an easy 3-5 miles in the afternoon also…just like every other Monday this season!!! The goal for the week is … More 10 days until Conference — Day #6

RECOVERY…actual recovery! 🙂 Most of our runners will be taking a total rest day. I am a HUGE FAN of running 7-days per week, but there are times when you need a mental and physical break from running. Today is one of those days. Our higher mileage guys will run an easy double distance run … More 10 days until Conference — Day #5

This is the last ‘hard’ session we’ll run before Conference…but truthfully, for most of our team this is just more preparation for the Regional Championships which are coming up in three weeks. Men: 6 x 1 mile w/ 60 seconds rest. Goal is to start at 5:24/mile pace and cut down 8 seconds per mile…5:24, … More 10 days until Conference — Day #4

All we have scheduled today is an easy double distance run w/ strides. We’ll run twice today, but the goal is to just get in two shorter runs. Today is just about preparing for our workout tomorrow. Typically we do a speed maintenance session on Friday, but that’s usually followed up with a long run. … More 10 days until Conference — Day #3

Yesterday’s tempo session was AWESOME. Tempo runs aren’t meant to be races and aren’t meant to be too tough physically and I feel like our men and women performed brilliantly yesterday in practice. So, today, the goal is to recover, get in the miles, and get prepared for the BIG session that we have scheduled … More 10 days until Conference — Day #2.

I’ve always been a coach that has no secrets in training. I figure if you want to copy what we are doing, then great, I am helping the sport grow…and everything that we do is based on our athletes and their mentality…and it changes from year to year!!! So, with us being 10 days out … More 10 days until Conference — Day #1

You don’t have to run 4:30 pace to build mental toughness. You can build it at any pace. Usually what I find is a sustained effort will callous the mind. Rob Conner (University of Portland)