Off To A Decent Start

Hudson High has now had two meets. Greg started the season with a 52.9 400 meter. Although this was his fastest starting time, it was not quite as fast as we were expecting. However, he does have a history of starting the season off slowly and then getting significantly faster as the season progresses. Since this is his fastest opening race, I'll remain optimistic about faster times. There is a concern about potential injury. We have been running fast, quality workouts. The competition phase of the training program calls for limited numbers of very fast intervals. Yesterday we did two 450's and the guys had to hit the initial 400 in 57. Greg ran 56 and 57 and finished both 450's in 65. He felt good running it but today complained of a sore left hamstring. Erring on the side of caution, I sent him in to the trainer for a good stretch and ice therapy. We have a meet tomorrow and I'm somewhat concerned about a real injury developing. We'll see how it goes.

For now, we continue to train hard and look for incremental progress in meets. The weather has been cooperative and hopefully will remain so.