Parents and Athletes,

Storm team:

Parents and athletes you should be so proud as I am of you. We knew the races would heat up but did you think we'd see so much heat coming from our kids smokin' up the course? Wow we had some great racing. I saw some of the newbies make big improvements, as well as many of the seasoned athletes just killing it out there. I can't name any because there literally are too many to choose from to highlight. Parents led by Mike Baretta were enjoying the hills and heat as they were running intervals up and down the mountain to make sure the kids had cold sponges during the race. Overall, just so amazing to watch. Incredible job!!

Many of you learned that nutrition is much more important than you ever thought. With the heat, you almost need to double the fluid intake before the race and you must have electrolyte's before or you will die out there. I'm happy to report there were no deaths this time, but plenty of severe dehydration. J This will be my last invitation to a sports nutrition seminar I'll do in the next couple weeks. If you are a Midget and Youth and desire to be competitive, or just want to feel better when training and racing this will help you. I've heard from just a handful with interest, please email me and I'll put it on the calendar and let everyone know soon.

This week we are preparing for Corriganville. This is a great race course with no hills and lots of shade. That means it's fast. So we'll start Monday with a longer run with some tempo's mixed in. Tuesday night intervals will be flat, longer, and fast. Thursday night hills again will focus more on speed than strength. I'll talk more about the race during practice but a quick plug is that it definitely is one of the more enjoyable course both to race and spectate.

As always I am available if you have questions, if the athletes have pains, or anything else you think I can help with. I'm having a blast this season with all of you, thanks for making it so great!!

Coach Jeremy

Jeremy.stepan@adageit.com