Another Day

Sunday's we have off so there really wasn't much to write about. Some of us went to see Step Brothers. It is a hilarious film. I would recommend it as long as you don't mind the profanity. Today was a good day of practice. Both sessions. This morning we did two sets of relays and we did a 10k where you have a strong pace for 300m and an all out sprint for 100m throughout the whole thing. It ends up being 25 sprints. Coaches are really paying attention and helping every skater out when they see something that could need improving.
Another thing that is standing out is the leadership. Last year Cheeks was the team captain for the guys(we haven't picked for this year), but this year he really seems like a captain. He's more vocal which is constructive and it helps. Plus when the girls were doing their 10k him and a few other seniors went out and helped the girls keep up a strong pace when their pack broke up.
For the guys with the 10k's, or at least the juniors (we did one 10k in the morning and one in the afternoon) it seemed as if in one or the other they really skated great. If they didn't do so well in the first one then they did in the second one which is definitely good to see.
The second practice (the afternoon practice) was really windy so everything became a little bit harder. We did some flying 100's and flying 200's in the second practice too. For those of you who are not familiar with those terms what you are suppose to do is get up to top speed and then the coaches time you for 100m or 200m. It gives them and us an idea of your top speed in those distances. We also did a passing drill in the second practice. Everyone skated really good today. It was a good overall day because for the most of us, if you had a bad drill you also had a really good drill. One thing that stands out is Sara, she skated her flying 100 ridiculously! For those of you who have seen the bank track we use the term 'redline' for skating really low on the track. Well Sara was flying at redline and ended up beating most of the guys which is really good because she hasn't been feeling 100%.
For those of you who have not heard, this year the coaches are really looking for top notch behavior this year. They have stressed how profanity and inappropriate language will not be tolerated and we have kind of a game set up. Every time someone uses inappropriate language, they owe a dollar.
Tomorrow is our first day of road practice and it's set to be a challenging day. So we'll see how everything goes.