Utes Open Camp

With seven returning letter winners we should have a great nucleus in place as we open the 2012 cross country season with our annual preseason camp.  We have moved to a new location this year.  Our camp headquarters are now just north of Eden, UT.  Pineview Resevior and the surrounding parks and trails will serve as our training ground this week as we begin year number two in the Pac-12.

Although we have several runners in different places with their training right now due to extended track seasons, youth, and a couple of injuries I feel very good about this years group of young women.  We have the talent and discipline to challenge for the NCAA Championships if everyone can stay healthy and we can have a breakthrough or two from some of the younger runners.

Today featured a couple of easy recovery runs with travel (including grocery shopping at a very difficult bulk chain store that will not be named here).   They almost lost $600 because they wanted to fight over who could use a specific membership card.  Rule one in business...the consumer is always right!  No wonder the economy is in the tank.  People WANT to buy goods, but some businesses quibble over small details.  (Another discussion for another time:)  Spaghetti dinner prepared by the team was also very good.  Our evening run was at North Fork Park which is along the Ogden River.  The girls really enjoy looping through the campground and trails with dirt/gravel roads. We even had our New Media videographer, Kory with a K Mortensen up here shooting video and taking pictures as part of a new Utah cross country multi media package that he is putting together.  (Look for that later this season at www.utahutes.com.

Ok...a long, but fun and productive day has come and went.  I can't believe that summer is over and cross country season is upon us....awesome!!!!

Check back for a Day 2 update tomorrow.  Tomorrow will feature two runs (a recovery run at the reservoir in the morning and some threshold training in the afternoon).  Lot of fun team building activities including a local petting zoo are scheduled for tomorrow.  I'll try to get some pics and video of that posted as well.

Go Utes!