Pre-season track workouts are essential for laying the foundation for a successful season. During pre season track you should should focus on building endurance, strength, and technique. Workouts typically include a mix of long runs, interval training, and drills to improve speed, agility, and form. It’s also the perfect opportunity to work on team unity, as the athletes get to know each other’s strengths and weaknesses. While physical preparation is important, pre-season is also about setting goals and creating a positive mindset for the challenges ahead. Coaches emphasize consistency, proper warm-up and cool-down routines, and injury prevention to ensure that all athletes ensure to have a successful season.

Saint Joe’s pre season track workouts led by Coach McCarthy consist of proper warmup, speed drills, activation, and long runs mostly for the distance portion of the team. Here at Saint Joe the pre-Season track schedule is very organized and efficient. Pre-season started on February 17th and lasts for about a month before the first actual outdoor meet.

There are different events in track which requires different workouts for your specific event. So this means during practice we tend to branch off in our own workouts. There is practice Monday- Saturday with specific things the team has to work on. For example: Monday- hill work/ strength Lift day 1, Tuesday: Mechanics Form drills Turf Accelerations, Wednesday: Repeats 200’s 300’s, Thursday:Recovery day- ROM activities and baton work, Friday: Maximum velocity Lift day 2, and Saturday: Sprint mechanics/start work.

During this season it is important to have a good diet and work ethic through it all. To drink water everyday, get atleast 8 hours of sleep and eat at LEAST 4 times a day if not more is all beneficial for a good athlete.

It is important to work as a team and not cut yourself short. Staying dedicated during workouts and putting your all in to every exercise and not slacking is what is taught and encouraged during this season.