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Some Additional News Last week Thomas Daly's time in the 10m fly placed him in the 22 MPH Club. The M.I.T.S. state finals were held this past weekend. Sophomore Josh Veneziano cleared a PR 6'-2" in the high jump and brought home the 6th place medal. In the middle school division of the 1600m Ryan Good ran a speedy 5:11.94. Well done gentlemen! Last week's update: Western Track and Field At the bottom of this note you'll find some dates and times. And an attachment with the season calendar. Today's update has a lot of words, but you might consider this part of our T&F Manifesto: Fast • Intense • Fun This fits both how we train and how much time it takes for each day's practice. Let me try to say this well. We ask athletes for their full and complete focus during workouts. Highest intensity possible. Go hard. All out. Full tilt boogie. Leave it all on the track (or the field). Then we rest. Go home. Take a nap. Do your homework. Eat healthy. Get 8-9 hours of sleep. Come back refreshed and ready to go again. And we say things like, "Never let today's workout ruin tomorrow's." and "We work hard, and we laugh hard." Distance guys learn about running and pacing and endurance. But also, "You don't get fast by going slow." "Cats don't jog." Sprinters don't really run much, either. They sprint. Every event in this sport is about rhythm, coordination, and power. Power can be explosive like the shot put or aerobic like the 3200m. And competition? Fugetaboutit. "Compete like your existence depends on it, but don't take yourself too seriously." "Work hard, laugh hard." Compete as often as possible, in as many ways as possible. Against ourselves. Against our teammates. Nearly every day. And then we compete against opponents from other schools. Watch out now! We rise to become the best versions of ourselves. Stronger. Faster. Competitive. Tougher. We have learned toughness comes from resilience, confidence, commitment, control, and the ability to comfortably confront challenges. That's a lot of C-words. But it's how we work to be tough, WESTERN TOUGH. WHS Track & Field is not: long, slow, dreary... Exhaustion and physical failure are not the goal. This is not "conditioning" in the old-fashioned, tear-you-down-and-rebuild-you-like-Robocop-or-a-supersoldier sense of things. This isn't Junction Boys. "Speed kills. Power devours." You can't be fast or powerful when you are exhausted. Practice starts March 14. 2:49 to 4:30pm Meet in the Track Barn. Come correct. Not sure what that means? Ask. Until then, Speedwork Tues/Thurs after school. Meet in Room 206 (Sprinters' Delight, but good for all y'all). Mon/Wed, 4:30pm Running workouts with Coach Lewis (Mid-distance interval-type work). Both types of workout last an hour or less. Thank you for reading this, and for recruiting your friends and teammates to join us and get fast and powerful.
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