NE Ohio Cross Country Camp
Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:07 am
Thought I'd post this since I think there are several parents here that have or will have children participating on the L.H.S Cross Country and/or Track Team(s).
Yesterday I dropped my son and Stephanie Toole's son off at the 2007 Northeast Ohio Cross Country Camp. Her son Jay and my son Jacob are both Juniors and both run on the L.H.S Boys Cross Country Team as well as the Track Team in the Spring. This camp is located just this side of the P.A. border in the middle of absolute nowhere. Somewhere beyond Mosquito Lake and Parkman Ohio. Very nice area actually with rolling hills and nice country side. About an hour and 45 minute drive.
This camp was recommended by Mr. Ventura who is the boys CC Coach. It's a boys and girls camp. I saw 99 boys and 106 girls registered which includes two Lakewood boys and two Lakewood girls (uh oh
). During the week stay the athletes run 6 - 12 miles a day as well as swim and do other activities. They also participate in classroom activities teaching about the sport, training, nutrition and so on. The directors of the camp all have many many years of competition under their belts as well as having won numerous championships, races and marathons.
A typical day at camp is:
Wake up/Stretch, Morning Run, Breakfast, Morning Recreation, Morning Clinic or Video Form Analysis, Lunch, Afternoon Recreation or Rest, Afternoon Clinic, Afternoon Run/Swim, Dinner, Evening Recreation, Evening Meeting, and finally Sleep!
Clinics at camp cover topics including training, racing, diet, psychology of running, stretching, body composition, form, injuries, training logs and shoes.
Every night the camp has various speakers discussing the days clinics and other topics including college coaches, exercise physiologist, athletic trainers, shoe experts and top national runners. During daily runs the athletes are typically video taped and their running form is later critiqued. They will get to learn things about themselves and the sport they may otherwise never have the opportunity for.
The education and experience they will gain goes above and beyond their normal coaching and may put them a leg ahead of their competition.
If your son or daughter is considering the sport of cross country running, marathon running and/or other extreme sports, you might consider looking into this for next year. Check www.gopherarun.com for info.
I was in a hurry to get back (speed limits are only suggestions right?) so I unfortunately wasn't able to hang around long and didn't really take any pictures. Just a few snap shots. If you think you might send your son or daughter there next year and want to see just a couple quick snap shots of the area, look here. I did not bother with the LO Blog thing because one I didn't feel like messing with it since it's a bit of a P.I.T.A with being able to upload only one file at a time (yes, that was a complaint!) and two they just aren't worth the LO server space.
By the way, I am not affiliated with this camp in any way. Just a parent who sent his kid there and thinks it looks like a pretty good deal and thought others might be interested.
Joe
Yesterday I dropped my son and Stephanie Toole's son off at the 2007 Northeast Ohio Cross Country Camp. Her son Jay and my son Jacob are both Juniors and both run on the L.H.S Boys Cross Country Team as well as the Track Team in the Spring. This camp is located just this side of the P.A. border in the middle of absolute nowhere. Somewhere beyond Mosquito Lake and Parkman Ohio. Very nice area actually with rolling hills and nice country side. About an hour and 45 minute drive.
This camp was recommended by Mr. Ventura who is the boys CC Coach. It's a boys and girls camp. I saw 99 boys and 106 girls registered which includes two Lakewood boys and two Lakewood girls (uh oh
). During the week stay the athletes run 6 - 12 miles a day as well as swim and do other activities. They also participate in classroom activities teaching about the sport, training, nutrition and so on. The directors of the camp all have many many years of competition under their belts as well as having won numerous championships, races and marathons.A typical day at camp is:
Wake up/Stretch, Morning Run, Breakfast, Morning Recreation, Morning Clinic or Video Form Analysis, Lunch, Afternoon Recreation or Rest, Afternoon Clinic, Afternoon Run/Swim, Dinner, Evening Recreation, Evening Meeting, and finally Sleep!
Clinics at camp cover topics including training, racing, diet, psychology of running, stretching, body composition, form, injuries, training logs and shoes.
Every night the camp has various speakers discussing the days clinics and other topics including college coaches, exercise physiologist, athletic trainers, shoe experts and top national runners. During daily runs the athletes are typically video taped and their running form is later critiqued. They will get to learn things about themselves and the sport they may otherwise never have the opportunity for.
The education and experience they will gain goes above and beyond their normal coaching and may put them a leg ahead of their competition.
If your son or daughter is considering the sport of cross country running, marathon running and/or other extreme sports, you might consider looking into this for next year. Check www.gopherarun.com for info.
I was in a hurry to get back (speed limits are only suggestions right?) so I unfortunately wasn't able to hang around long and didn't really take any pictures. Just a few snap shots. If you think you might send your son or daughter there next year and want to see just a couple quick snap shots of the area, look here. I did not bother with the LO Blog thing because one I didn't feel like messing with it since it's a bit of a P.I.T.A with being able to upload only one file at a time (yes, that was a complaint!) and two they just aren't worth the LO server space.
By the way, I am not affiliated with this camp in any way. Just a parent who sent his kid there and thinks it looks like a pretty good deal and thought others might be interested.
Joe