Hello Folks -
The 6th Edition of the Bo Reed High Altitude Distance Camp starts up with 3 days of Leadership this Thursday July 18th. We will post up some of our daily situations here on this blog as well as on face-book.
After the camp my goal is to keep to keep the blog going with some sort of commentary each week.
Here's some news:
Ryan Hall will be speaking Monday the 22nd to the Campers. We are honored and excited to have him come and speak to the kids.
See ya soon -
Keep well and
have fun,
Bo

Hello Out there!
I know I have not kept up with the modern technology of it all. But we are at the camp place again so I wanted to open up the Blog once more so that folks can see what we are doing. In a way - not all the secrets will be revealed in the blogs but folks can follow along on a day to day basis. Camp starts on Thrs. July 12 - my Sister's Birthday - so if all goes well and I use my memory we'll have our first post then. I will then do my best to keep the post going through out the year: which puts a lot of pressure on me to do at least 1 exciting thing each week to post on this page.

Here I'll even post a picture so this post will seem more interesting.
See ya'll in a few days!!
HAVE FUN!!

Bo

Day 7 July 14th

Today was definitely one of the most eventful days at camp. We ran the Perkey Mile, competed in different relay-races, and had a dance party.

The Perkey Mile went very well. Some campers chose to race, and others chose to run at an easy pace. The group of people I ran with decided to practice what we learned at camp, and it was really fun. As for the relays, there were a lot of water balloons involved. We had to run with them in between our knees, toss them to a partner, and we even got to throw them at the campers running with watermelon.

But those weren't the best parts of the day!

Here's where it gets interesting:

Today's dinner started out pretty normally. We gathered our semi-favorite meals on our plates, filled our cups with Gatorade or chocolate milk, and sat down at a table, squishing together so that everyone would be able to fit on the seats. We talked about normal things--food, school, food, you know, the important stuff--and ate our food as happily as we could (you can only enjoy cafeteria food so much).

Eddie, being the pensive person he is, brought up the topic of the "abnormal". Let me explain: here at NAU, there's a cornucopia of odd people. In fact, as my friend David claims, the word "odd" doesn't even begin to describe the people here. There are dancing lawn care-takers, bag-pipers, and band camp kids. They're all pretty unique, to say the least. Anyway, Eddie claimed that you could do anything, (okay, maybe not anything, like stacking men wouldn't catch on very well), and it'd be considered normal here. He decided to demonstrate.

Placing a mustard bottle on the top of his head, Eddie then began to change the world as we know it. He caused a wave in the ocean, so to speak. Billy, Alison, Brandon, David, Catherine, and myself all joined in. Pretty soon, everyone in the cafeteria--even an old couple--began to balance condiment bottles on top of their heads. And it was HILARIOUS. But as quickly as this awesome new movement began, it was shut down at just the same pace. The chef, and even the manager, came out to chide the silly children.

But no fear! The mustard movement shall live on!

Bo Reed campers: changing the world one mustard bottle at a time.

Zoe Urcadez

Shananagens With State Champions

The morning of the 11 began much like any other morning. The sun came up, we got up, stretched and split up into morning groups. My group was assigned hills! Even being my 4th year at camp, I still learned quite a bit about how to run a hill, coming from different leaders. It was FREEZING and raining outside, and somehow our group managed to be the last one home. Great right? To top it all off, what we thought was breakfast time, was really a nutrition lecture where the eating consisted of a bagle and bowl of fruit split among 7 people. The day got better though (we got to finish with a proper breakfast upon the conclusion of the lecture). We went on a beautiful run after lunch and worked on some songs for our animal groups (mine being the Wisdom of Wombats). Our song turned out less than fantastic, but other groups were great! The highlight of the day was the recovery stations. Foam rollers, tennis balls, self massages, and lots of stretching led to a relaxing afternoon.To finish off the night, we did a "speed not-dating" game where we got to know our fellow campers. Lastly, a group of us were hanging out, telling stories and what not in the lobby. One unfortunate camper happened to fall asleep in an armchair and was subjected to our shananagens. First we hoisted the chair in the air and he breifly woke up with a look of terror on his face, but that quickly passed and he was fast asleep once again. Since he seemed to be sleeping just fine, we decided to dream a little bigger. We moved some couches around and hid another camper under the box. A few confusing minutes and taps on the window later, the sleeping camper was awake once again with an odd look on his face. He decided to go to bed after that! It was quite a fun day!





Alison

Day 4 - 8 Day Campers

Today, we got up at 6:30, stretched and in light rain. After breakfast, we did an activity where we tried to take a drawing from one person, explain it to the "communicator" who would then go and tell the "creator" what to make out if toothpicks and Dots. We got some pretty complicated stuff, from bear heads to pick-up trucks and everything in between. After, we did core and ate lunch. After lunch, the 5 Day campers came and we went from having a few kids at the camp to many more. The increase was a little bit of a shock the first day but, speaking from experience last year, within another day we will get used to the numbers. We had an orientation where we split off into groups and got to know each other a little bit. After the lengthy orientation and waiting out lots of rain, we finally got out to run. It was sort of comical to see that many people running down a trail at so many different fitness levels. After the run, we ate dinner and had a lecture in one of the biology classrooms. Then we went on activity #2. The different teams fanned out across the NAU campus looking for things ranging from cool hats to statues to Amendments written on walls. The whole day was amazing but everyone is exhausted so sleep will be very good for all of us.

Flynn

Day 3: running and.... running

Star Log: Day 3, July 9, 2011

A long time ago in a glaxy far far away:

Excuse me for the odd introduction but Alex's 3 Dimensional backpack put me in the mood. Today was quite exciting. Yes, quite. The day started with a rude awakening into reality from the dreams of fluffy unicorns and rainbows to running. Breakfast was decent if you had a tasting handicap. Afterwards we had an amazing debate/discussion/interigation of/with Brian Shrader. His vast knowledges enlightened us as we were falling asleep due to an intense debate between Bo/Brian/Vince which lasted two hours. The one thing I learned to strive for: chugging a thermo in twelve seconds. Thats called success. Anywho, we then did an intense four minute abb workout which, unfortunately, did not consist of starfish or stars. Lunch was tepidly flavorful and not worth mentioning any more than that. We then made an unanimous decision to go to the pool. We tried to be disciplined and do laps but we then balled it up to the extreme and played basketball. After drying off we went to Fort Tuthill and experienced the most amazing work out ever. A 42 minute run with some epic drills and, AND! i found 55 cents.

So that somes up the day, we'll see how Shrek the 4th goes.

Chao,

Nighthawk

a.k.a Brandon Corke

Side trip to grand canyon for camper who came early.....what a view!

Hilarity Ensues

BO REED

(please read this in a terrible english accent, because BO has been using that accent all day)

Today we did a light run at 6:30 with stretching prior. We had breakfast, and then a session about traditions. If your looking for ideas.....have everybody make a team mate one cupcake for their birthday (which means you get all the leftovers) After that we ate again, so at running camp you might gain a few ironically because we have buffet styled meals three times a day. The highlight of the day was when BO's melodic voice guided us through a visualization during which we spread out like eagles and closed our eyes facing the ceiling. He walked us through a race and gave us a spirit animal to visualize ourselves as.....Henry the Heron (from a previous camp joke) In this visualization, we were all winners. BO's super melodic skills actually put a camper to sleep of which we have photo documentation. Dinner followed shortly after, and then a game of cameraface tag. If you don't know this, its the hardest game you will ever play and I suggest you tackle people. Run around in a small space and try to get a picture of as many faces as you can. RIDICULOUS RIGHT?! We are in the evening moments now about to watch Shrek the 4th....yes they did make a fourth one

more tales to come!

-happy runner

Camper Results at the State Championships

Campers at the State Championships:

Returning Campers

Zoe Urcadez Salpointe 3200m 11:53.04 16th

David Haun Kingman 800m 2:00.39 14th

Alison Fraher Prescott 3200m 12:26.81 20th

Catherine Zabilski Veritas 800m 2:36.25 8th place 1600m 5:36.9 2nd place 3200m 12:14.93 1st place

New Campers Coming This July!!

Haley Stenquist Sabino 800m 2:24.48 8th place 1600m 5:04.75 1st place 3200m 11:25.47 3rd place

Marley Henson Rio Rico 800m 2:28.97 15th place 1600m 5:24.55 6th place 3200m 11:40.99 5th place

Past Campers / Some may be returning:

Janeth Gomez Bourgade 1600m 5:46.11 6th place 3200m 13:08.4 8th place

Hayden Palmer Prescott 800m 2:01.27 15th place 1600m 4:30.81 6th place 3200m 10:14.6 6th place

Ryan Norton Cibola 800m 1:56.66 17th place 1600m 4:26.87 10th place 3200m 9:40.52 7th place

Dylan Souza Catalina Foothills 800m 1:56.3 1st place

Zac Eliason Prescott 800m 1:58.8 7th place

* Did not include relay results.

Hello out there! Wow!
The Clinic was way cool! Sorry to say this but I enjoyed the Clinic more than the camp.
Here are the reason's why.
1. small number so the attention was one on one. I actually got to take time to see each runner run where I could witness form, point of fatigue and natural gait and style of each camper. It was incredible. The one thing I learned is that next year the clinic will be capped at 15 maximum. That will be about all I can handle in 3 days time. Keep in mind the information given at the Clinic is based on a Stamina Phase that I designed and so I cannot just bring in a counselor and say okay, 'teach this idea to the kids.' It won't work. I have to oversee most of it and therefore will only be able to work with about 15 kids and even that is a large number for the attention given to each athlete.
Meal time - oh my the meals were an intimate setting where the athletes engaged in conversation, commented on a flicker called The Princess Bride, played Trivial Pursuit and two very important songs: one was Happy Birthday to Ben Dawson and the other a rendition of Cadillac Ranch.
Visits to the camp include: Mark Souza (Daddy of the Summer Camp) and his son Dylan Souza and Hilary McCarthy my original sing-a-long partner from days gone by. Hanna Henson another edition of our summer days and of course thanks to Bryce Livingston for all his help and added information on some of the spiels and of course without Coach Erin Dawson this Clinic just doesn't happen - so thank you Erin and the U of A track and field staff for allowing us to host on your facility.

So for those of you thinking about the Clinic here's is a bit of information that we gathered: I will not give the details so you will have to guess the rest but enough to give you an idea of the attention you receive and what you learn at our clinic. Here's the trick though - I edited the information the people in the clinic got very specific information to which you will not attain by simply reading this blog. (I cannot give away all of our secrets.) But I can guarantee you this - of the detailed stuff not a distance coach in the country on any level is doing the stuff that we are teaching. That is just a fact. I have sent runners to: Oregon, NAU, Clayton College, UNLV, William Woods, Metro State, College of the Southwest, Western New Mexico, and no one is doing this stuff. And the best part, I cannot teach it all in 3 days so there's a good chance that next year the clinic will give different information than this year.



Male
300m Monday - 52.15
300m Wednesday – 48.56
(average = 50.355
1. 150m = 23.26 = 31.03 200m pace Time includes...
2. 210m = 29.51 = 27.714 for 200m
Tuesday work 14:40.29.


Female
300m Monday – 65.1
300m Wednesday – 59.5
Average = 62.29

Strides
1. 170m = 28.23
2. 170m = 27.39
3. Avg. = 27.81
Workout times – 6:28.6 / 5:54.16 / 5:39.31 total 18:02.07

Female
300m Monday – 73.19
300m Wednesday – 62.1
Avg. 67.64 = 6:00.77

Strides
160m = 24.26
120m = 19.42 You lost it inside the first 90m we continued on to make sure that we saw what we thought we saw. You are learning a lot and this is still good stuff. The key is you are learning.

Workout times – 6:28.6 / 5:54.16 / 5:17.04 total work = 17:39.8

Female
300m Monday – 66.18
300m Wednesday – 52.5
Avg. 59.34 avg. pace pretty good eh?

Strides
160m - 26.04
140m – 20.82

It is important for you to run fast. The goal is to run faster than p.r. pace at some point. Don’t go gunning for extra distance to cover just every time you get the chance let the body find the fast stuff.

Workout times / 6:28.6 / 5:54.16 / 5:08.1 = total work 17:30.86
Added to that - - 3:07.26

Female
300m 62.62 – good start, really bummed you were not there for the all vital Wednesday. You are far faster than your personal records as actually all of the Clinic members are.

workout times / 6:28.6 / 5:54.16 / 5:05.89 = 17:28.65

Male
300m – 47.47
Strides:
170m – 22.57
170m – 22.2
Avg. 22.385
When you see it like this the full meaning comes out!
workout time was 14:40.29.

And on that crew here are the key slogans that came out of the 3 day tour!

The Angels do all their descending during practice

I’m in my sore phase.

We’ll check out later we still have to trash the place.

Thank you all for being part of the history making clinic!! It will continue and it will grow and ya’ll are the first ever and I am so glad we put it together. Ya’ll helped me realize that this segment must go onward and that we need to maximize the number at near 15. The information is too specific and detailed to have a camp of more than 15. Also many of you are seniors so please if you have not already register at the NCAA Eligibility Center and if you want some college contacts I have some.
Keep well and have fun,
Bo

Remember Some Heroes

Hello Crew -
Well - it's that time where we reflect on one of the toughest times in American History.
So with that:
Jeremy Glick - Judo was his sport of choice
Tom Burnett - High School quarterback
Linda Gronlund - turned down other activities to rebuild engines while in high school
Todd Beamer - Baseball, Basketball and Soccer while in High School
Sandra Bradshaw - just a gal not afraid. Once chased some thieves got their plate number and the cops did the rest.
Mark Bingham - Rugby - and this boy was good at this sport.
Most of these folks were in sports and with that knew and had experience in becoming unified and setting a goal and then going after that goal.
On September 11th 2001 they unified, they became a team, the set a goal and they went after that goal and these people brought down Flight 93. And in that process they set an example for us to follow...

Hello Again

Hello Folks - Sorry it has been a long time since I have posted on the Blog. I have been updating that face book page with Camp Photos and busy closing that all up as well as working and training.
The face book page is about stalemated so my focus is going to be on this blog and to generate a larger audience that wants to discuss elements of the sport of Distance Running.
Currently I am finding how selfish distance running really is. When I was younger and training on my own without a family it was okay and training was the main focus in my life. Here in the now years later juggling a job, a family and training I find it difficult. I am not training nearly as much as the old days kicking out the ancillary stuff - no time for the weight room, and no room for 2-a-days. However even at 70mpw I am fatiguing to the point where the kid is getting less play time. For that reason alone I will be joyous when this training cycle is done. Currently I am in my 4th week of the strength phase leading into the Twin Cities Marathon. (11 weeks of base phase) 1 down week for the camp)
I know there are some folks out there running on the other side of 40 and if you have some thoughts to share I'd like to hear them, and even those on the underside of 40 the sport has changed dramatically since my day and if you all have some insight we'd like to hear that too.
I will keep the blog updated on some of my training and perhaps some tips that I use in my revisit of training, would like to hear some of your tips as well as this is my first bout at an over 40 event.
First update: My first significant long run measured to be 18.75 miles through loops at Buffalo Park - I ran loops in order to take advantage of my self made aid stations. A few days after the run I ran the loop with Brian Shrader (one of my former athletes from - Sinagua and a bit of a high school phenom. He ran the 2nd fastest time for the 2 mile in AZ history his 8:53 is second to Jeff Cannada's 8:50. Soon Brian will be off to Oregon as one of their top recruits of 2010. Anyway he has this gps watch and was kind enough to join me for a run to measure the loop. In that run he shared with me some of his favorite high school memories, kind of cool to be a part of some of those. Anyway I run the long runs with easy progression and in doing so was able to muster 2:58:28 marathon pace for the 18.75 miles which was a might of a confidence boost because the standard of which I am entering the race is 2:40 and that 2:58 pace comes at 7,000ft and with still another 7 weeks to go before the race.
The long running will have to be my tune up in that the Flagstaff races are not conducive to the goals and racing regiment that comes with low altitude high quality racing. Here in Flagstaff race directors seem to be more interested in how many feet we can gain in elevation with in the first mile of a race, as if 7,000ft were not high enough.
that is all for now- time to fuel up - or in laymans terms - eat dinner.
Keep well and always:
Have fun!

Souza shares.

What a great honor it has been to be part of this camp (videographer and blog editor) for the last 3 years. The experience always energizes me and is so much fun.

The knowledge about running (and life) that campers have the opportunity to take from this place is incredible, and I often find my face hurting from all the smiling I am doing as I am capturing images of the week on my camera.

The councilors here are awesome--really loving and playful and knowledgeable--as well as having proven themselves "in the trenches" of distance running and coaching. It is an honor and inspiration to be around them.

These are images are from HUMAN SCULPTURE which is one of the wacky, team building activities that are "peppered" in to the day's training sessions and lessons that adds a dash of fun to the day. Pictured here include a team creating a bowling alley, one group is putting final touches on their, "human bench press" sculpture. The 'Human Cadillac" pays homage to Bo's iconic camp sing along song, "Cadillac Ranch", and finally we see Todd (Camper extraordinaire) tinkling the ebony and ivory feet of his fellow team-mates.

And then there's a shot of Bo preparing to bring on the first act of the last nights Camp Talent show. Which made me ask the question, "How much talent can one group of kids have? Shhheeze! They already can run like the wind--and then I kept witnessing skit after skit after skit of amazing creativity and talent. Action Shots of the show will follow in tomorrow's blog.

More of the action

If a picture is worth a thousand words, here are 5,000 more...

Shots include:

1. The "Boss" and the "Big Man" belting out a rousing rendition of the iconic, Cadillac Ranch.

2. A brief rest during a morning run.

3. Two campers "thumbs-upping" either the snack they are enjoying or the company they are keeping.

4. A camper enjoying the sun, the cool mountain air, the invigoration of a post run stretch at 7,000 ft. elevation.

5. A "grumpy" pre-race ritual.

Random Shots from Camp

Some of the moments from camp captured on film....

Day 6--Abs of steel

Day 6--Camp Blog

David Haun (with help from Brianna Zamora)

Today we started off the morning at about 6 a.m. with morning stretches-- nothing really ha

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pened. Everyone was starting to feel the week’s runs and workouts, and at first were too tired and groggy to even talk. However, we toughed it out and our groups went on to do either transitions, hills, or the hardest runs of our lives... that’s how we start off the mornings. Camp life is brutal...Miles and miles of training, No food, no sleep-- no nothin’. Just messing (kidding

)... we’re just always late to breakfast.

Then after Breakfast, Souza did a talk to get us to think about the how running makes our lives better in a lot of ways and to remember that it should be fun. Later in the day we did an egg drop where our teams had to build something out of 7 or 8 straws, a marshmallow, some floss, a balloon and tape that would protect the egg from a fall. Yeah. A single marshmallow. “The ballon was useless. It didn’t help at all and the thing just bounced off the ground and broke my egg.” said Brianna. I agree the balloon

was pretty-much useless. Only two teams went on to the highest egg drop, both eggs broke from the highest drop... but my team’s egg protector thing was better (naturally). NASA couldn’t make a better egg drop protector thing.

Little did we know that the egg drop would mark the end of fun as we knew it. It was all hard work after that. We went to a grassy field near the dorm to do stretches and somehow got into a, “plank off” (a contest to see who can hold the plank position the longest). If you've never done planks they’re plankful (my new word f

or, “very painful”--kinda combines the word

s, pain, and awful, and puke). After about 4 minutes most of the camp had dropped like flies. It was down to just me and Steve-o --an epic “head to head” “big man to big man”, “cookies to cream”, “mano-o-mano” battle of guts and determinations battle was shaping up. I thought to myself, “I’m going to drop Steve-o like a twinkie on a hot summer day!” We stayed there, each refusing to give in to the other for 11 minutes. I tip my hat to Steve-o for today he was the better man. The whole camp still congratulated both of us.

We quickly went on to our long run for about 45 minutes to an hour. As soon as we came back from our death defying run through Flagstaff we did an “extreme killer ab work out”! 45 minutes of brutal, six-pack producing, core building, mental toughness demanding Ab work! Lesser men would have been broken by it. After this camp, bullets will not be able to penetrate my steel abs.

We then nonselaughntly went off to eat dinner--trying not to show that our abs were burning. The day became much better from here. Our now semi-crippled campers went off to swim in the pool for much needed R&R. It was “Party time” in the pool--except for the realy-strict lifeguards. They kept shouting stuff like, “GET OFF THE LANE LINES!” or “NO DIVING!” or “HEY, YOU WITH THE “RIPPED” ABS--THOSE ARE CAUSING ALL THE LADIES TO DROOL ALL OVER THE DECK--somebody is going to slip!”

Exhausted, we ended

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he day at 8:00 in the best w

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ossible...we went to bed. Just messing with ya, Homie.... Bo had one more surprise waiting for us....we all had “Upside down Ice cream Sundays”! We had to (I guess I should say “We got to”?) sit back on a bench, lean our heads back, and open our mouths (no bowls or spoons allowed) and prepare for dessert. The counselors then shoved ice cream, bananas, berries, chocolate syrup into our mouths --and last but not least topped it all off with WHIP CREEEEAAAM. WOOO! ;). It was kinda fun--but got a little messy. Some of the campers went to bed, others hung out in the lobby telling stories or making frien

dship braclets. I somehow got talked into typing out this blog.

At the end of the nigh

t I talked with Bo and Mark B about my 800. They got me pumped about next season and think that if I plan my races out and make some slight changes to the way I train, will “have huge personal records for my times and become one of Arizona's top 1/2 milers next season”. Souza (who’s son runs the 800) wants Bo and Mark to stop talking to me... just kidding.

That’s it... the end.

ps: All the exclamation marks are Brianna the good parts are David ;)

ps#2: he is being a lint licker! dx

Dear Blog-Followers,

Today was a fairytale...I wore a dress, and you wore a dark grey t-shirt.

Hah. Just kidding. (By the way, that was a Taylor Swift song allusion.)

Today was most definitely NOT a fairytale, except it wasn’t that bad. We started off our day 34 minutes late thanks to some late-night partiers who could not roust themselves from their beds. But don’t worry, Bo made sure that they would suffer harsh punishment by public humiliation. (They only had to apologize in front of the whole camp using the microphone from a karaoke machine.) We split up into our teams to go run after our late start. This was followed by breakfast and a lecture on nutrition for newcomers and “prehab/rehab” for returners. Then we began our “6-Pack Summer” training with an intense core workout comparable to the military in intensity.

Next, the coaches played a cruel joke on the exhausted campers, involving deceitful lies, causing stress and extreme nervousness. (They said we were running a two-mile time trial and had us do our pre-race rituals, only to reveal that the whole event was a “test” of our mental stability in an anxiety-filled, pre-race situation.) After lunch, the campers played another high-stress team building activity involving a helium stick...don’t ask.

Our final athletic event of the day consisted of a “sample workout”: sprinting on the top of an open field, in the mud, rain, and lightning. It was great. And safe. (Just kidding, don’t worry, as soon as it started to lightning, we climbed off of the tall, metal fences that we were playing on and went inside.)

Dinner arrived soon after, and we clogged showers with the mud that was sloughing off our filthy, aching bodies. Once we freshened up, we participated in “Speed-Get-To-Know” (Sort of like Speed Dating)...we got to know each other by answering questions about things we would do or choices we would make in a given sitiation....AND WHY. This was done in a "cooped up", small, enclosed dusty chemistry lecture hall.

Presently, we sit in a pitch-black room, listening to the creepy sounds of Bo’s horrific ghost stories. It’s been quite an eventful day.

Good riddance,

B & E

Day 4 (#2 of 2 posts for the day): Todd Todd the Dancing Machine summarizes the day

“I think I like today, I think it’s good, it’s something I can get my head around” -Angels and Airwaves. This was my thought as I woke up this morning. After Bo’s lectures of positive thinking and leadership I figure I might as well start putting these principals of good character into action.

The morning run was particularly good. It’s been nice to get away from cow town

Amarillo and enjoy the nice weather in Flagsta

ff. It was the last run with just the 8 day campers so it was nice to soak that in. I know I enjoyed running with the small group of campers and getting to run with Mark was something I had missed. However, when breakf

ast came I was slightly disappointed because there was no pineapple but I just took a deep breath and ate some raisin bran and it was all good.

As the day continued we went through our normal routine of drills and stretching. The core session before lunch was rather fun and I’m sure Stevo enjoyed it as well. Lunch was nice, and myself and a few other campers took a nice power nap to rejuvenate for the evening activities.

It was good to see many friends from last years camp check in for the 5 day. Everyone starts to meet the new campers and catch up with the old ones. Bo sings his classic Bruce Springsteen song and introduces the counselors. Then we form into groups and think of our own way t

o creatively introduce each other. After we introduce ourselves we play an activity with balloons to see which group could work together to get it around in a circle the fastest. However, we have to move our game inside because of rain, and in the end the mighty panda bears took the victory. After the game, we head out for a group run on the trails for a half hour.

In the evening, There were two lectures for returning campers and new campers. I went to the returners lectures to talk about the importance of race plans and strategies. Brian Schrader came to talk to us and it was interesting to see what he had to say.

To wrap up the night we had a scavenger hunt that was very fun and of course Mark had a couple of new ghost stories for those willing to stay up and listen. I am excited to see what the rest of this week holds for us.

Day 4: The 5-Day Campers join the Crew!

What was once 13 now numbers at 42! The teams have been chosen by fate through a draw of a hat, and already the bonding and friendships are forming. Team mascots include: Cheetahs, Lions, Pandas, Dogs, Giraffes, and Oysters.

--and an impressive gathering of some of Arizona's elite distance runners (past, present, and future)has assembled to form the counseling staff.