Saturday Practice

This weekend we had our first Saturday morning practice for track. I wasn't sure what to expect at first. I was really nervous because Coach had said that it was going to be tough. Even though he told us this, I was still hoping that there was a small chance that he was kidding. I found out at 7:00 AM that he wasn't and I had gotten my hopes up. First we warmed up. Coach made sure that all of us were really stretched out. Then we went for a fifteen minute run. After that, Newsom had us do ladder killers. After each time, he would put down another cone farther away. Once we finished doing the ladder with the farthest cone, we had to go back down. Now that he had our thighs and calves burning, Coach must have thought that it'd be a good idea to have us do repeat 200s. Each 200 the percentage went up and for the last two they were timed. For the girls we had to complete them in thirty seconds and if we didn't then one more was added on. Well we weren't that lucky and ended up having to do an extra because a lot of us were tired and didn't make it in the set time. After our 200s our practice was pretty much over except for our cooldown. I thought that I was going to be able to get a lot of my homework done through the rest of the day but that was not the case. My body was so worn out from practice that once I got back to my room, showered, and got some food into me, I passed out. I was exhausted and my body was sore. The wonderful joys that come along with track that I'm just now figuring out. Can't wait for the rest of the season! :)