Mt. S.A.C and OC fires

---On Thursday, October 25, the eight girls(one more to be added after SeaView League Finals) that have earned the privelege of representing ourgirls' cross country team in C.I.F competition completed a workout at L.A.Fitness in Lake Forest...a Mt. S.A.C. simulation of HARD running for sixminutes, on a treadmill, at race pace, immediately transitioning to threeminutes hard on an incline, recovery running of two minutes, three minuteshard on an incline, recovery running of two minutes, then finish with threeminutes hard on an incline, and after a five minute rest, repeated theworkbout two more times. This was followed by corework. Friday's workoutwill be one and one -half miles of swimming. ---A big thank you to the parents who encouraged your daughters to trainthis week by visiting a local fitness center...L.A. Fitness($5 per visit),or 24-Hour Fitness(Free if you stay...), as has been communicated to youearlier this week. I saw numerous girls' cross country athletes at L.A.Fitness on Wednesday, and my fervent hope is that the girls take theinitiative to discipline themselves to workout. As I have stated manytimes...success at the level Coach Mama Clemons and myself aspire to has aprice, such as personal accountability. ---Our tradition of traveling every season will continue in 2008 with a tripto the Stanford Invitational on September 27, 2008...the top fourteen willfly to San Jose on Friday, September 26, visit Stanford University, workout,race the next day, and be driven to San Francisco(Pier 39) for Saturdaynight fun. ---Congratulations to the girls' varsity team for their continued #1 rankingin Orange County, #3 in C.I.F. Division 1, #4 in the State Division 1, andfor being ranked #5 in the entire state of Caifornia, and one of the teamsranked ahead of us we've defeated(Fountain Valley at the Orange CountyChampionships). ---A residue of team success is an athlete being recruited. Senior KristinArkin, who has experienced an individual epiphany of sorts with breakthroughperformances at O.C. Championships(third), and Mt. S.A.C.(18.08-best ever bya THHS runner), is being heavily recruited by the University of Nevada, LasVegas...University of Nevada, Reno...and the University of California,Davis, with more schools sure to follow. Kristin's 4.25 cumulative gradepoint average, including a rigorous college- prep curriculum, doesn't hurteither. ---As I type this in my local public library in Seal Beach(much differentair quality, by the way, than what I experienced this morning in MissionViejo), I do not know if there will be school tomorrow; however, I do knowthis...all outdoor practices are prohibited until Monday...so it isincumbent for your daughter to do all she can to visit a local fitnesscenter and treadmill(45 minutes at 7-9 speed depending on ability), swim,jump rope, do something...I have no idea when we will practiceagain...Please be part of the solution, not part of the problem...