Some picture of our trip to Boise for NXR. A long but fun trip. We need more runners to commit to going next year so we can possibly share a bus with Helena and possibly Butte runners.
Saturday, November 19
I just finished watching the NCAA Cross Country Championships, pretty amazing racing with some recent ties to us. Niko Young from NAU placed second overall, he and his team mates took the team title. We got to see them at the Big Sky Indoor Championship last February when we went to Bozeman. In the ladies race Elise Sterns from Missoula, and running for NAU, was Hellgate's #2 runner on their 2018 State Championship team, took 4th place overall today. That is a huge accomplishment. That just goes to show you a kid from Montana can succeed on the big stage. Set those goals high. You can find the race video on the buttons above.
Just a word about our awards night last Thursday, thanks for the great turnout. I'm pretty sure no one left hungry. I did forget to mention one bit of good news for the team. The Sons of Norway, who have the Viking booth that we work for at the fair, sent us another donation. In addition to the $635 plus tips they sent us right after the fair, they sent us another $1000 for our help in the booth, plus $336 in our split of all the tip money. For us that is a pretty big donation for doing a few days of sweating in the booth at the fair. We can only hope there are still enough Sons of Norway left to keep the booth viable, because I have told them we will do whatever we can to help them. It's actually pretty fun and another team bonding activity for those of us that participate.
Sunday, October 23
Hopefully everyone got some well deserved rest last night. A couple of things for all team members, bring your gear on Monday if you have not already turned it in. We will have a short meeting for all team members in Kilian's room after school tomorrow to vote for our Bison Pride Awards. On Tuesday after school, probably in the gym, we will be having the T-Shirt Run for all team members. Bring some warm clothes to run outside in. We have a bunch of great new/old shirts in the selection this year. This is lots of fun and everyone is encouraged to participate.
Just a few words about state. I know we were all disappointed with our team results, especially the boys, but sometimes things don't always work out as planned and we just have to learn from the experience, grow from it, and move on. We did not run a bad race, but as Kilian put it yesterday others ran "gooder." We just have to work on our own version of gooder next time. I think running as with life is more about the journey than the final destination. We had a great season and lets not forget the great things that happened all year and yesterday that may have been overshadowed by not getting a trophy. Ryan and Conrad had amazing races to finish with all state honors. Ryan finished in 4th, one place above his pre-race seeding, even though got out kicked by a 1:53 state 800 champ going into the finish, that race is nothing to be ashamed of. Conrad ran amazing race, improving on his Mountain West time by 35 seconds and improving on his pre-race seeding by 3 places to finish in 12th place. Up in the front of the pack that is hard to do. Nathanial ran well and improved his Mountain West time by 38 seconds. On the girls side some big improvements from Mountain West. Olivia took off 64 seconds, Mikayla got under 25 minutes and a took 88 seconds, Shania took off 93, and Ida was the big winner for improvement by taking off 98 seconds. Destiny probably would have improved a bunch, but did not finish at Mountain West. Good job ladies.
One final thing to be aware of if you are planning on lettering. This is being instituted by the administration, but we have to abide by it. You can have NO failing grades in the primary quarter of your sport. So that means no F's for 1st quarter. I know some of you are struggling in some classes. If it's math see Kilian or your teacher for help before Thursday. If it's another class see your teacher and get stuff turned in. Don't let a couple of percentage points keep you from lettering. Also you can have no more than 6 unexcused absences in that quarter. So if you have some days hanging out there clear those up with the attendance office.
See you at the meeting tomorrow and the T-Shirt run on Tuesday. Sting
Friday, September 9
Tomorrow's meet in Bozeman will put us six weeks out from the State Meet if for some reason you haven't taken this seriously yet tomorrow is the day. We will be running up against all but one or two of the teams that will be in the running for trophies at state. There is nothing I would like to do more tomorrow than for the boys to beat both of the Bozeman teams in their backyard, and for the girls to race well and have a strong showing. So let's put our game faces on and have a great race tomorrow. Don't hope to do well , expect to do well, and then do it.
For parents going to the meet, the race administration would prefer you park at the county fairgrounds and ride the shuttle buss to Bridger Creek Golf Course. There is no parking at the course as golfing is still happening on the backside of the course, and very little safe parking on the road. I have meet info as well as travel and parking instructions on the Bozeman tab under the Course Maps tab. We hope to see you tomorrow at the race.
Monday , September 5
Today's workout is one we do every Labor Day, kind of one of those traditions that make us stronger. Today is tough so make sure you are mentally ready. Click on the Labor Day Hill Workout button above if you are unsure of where we are going. Even if you are sure click on it and you'll get a peek at one of our new logos.
Thursday, September 1
So here I am the night before our first meet of the year updating our recently upgraded web site. You see I thought the notice to pay for our domain name was a scam. WRONG... the site was down for a short time, but after an excessive penalty fee to bail our domain name out of internet purgatory the site is back up and running. If you've visited the site before you probably won't notice much different, but there will be a few changes that will be comming up. For new users to the site the quickest best way to find out what is currently going on is the What's New tab. I'll list new information and/or to be direct you to it from there. However, I do encourage you to check out the entire site as it gets an upgrade. The best place to go for the Cut Bank Mike Reynolds Invitational information would be the Course Map tab under Cut Bank. here you will not only find the actual course map, but out meet itinerary and travel instructions as to how to get to the Cut Bank Golf Course. It looks to be a hot day in Cut Bank tomorrow and an exciting season for both our Bison Cross Country teams. Thanks to Kale's family for taking on our first pasta party tonight on short notice, and the Miser's friend Kippy who knocked the volunteer above and beyond ball out of the park with dishes of donated lasagna and bread. I know the team enjoyed it. The coaching staff and the entire team look forward to seeing you at some of our meets. Until tomorrow...Go Go Buffalo, Take care and drive safely to the meet. Sting
Sunday, May 1-
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/running-and-the-science-of-mental-toughness/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pofBa80GAwg
Monday Feburary, 21- Sorry for the delay in getting all this information out, it has been a hectic weekend. Below you will find the links for all the information for this next weekend’s Big Sky Conference Indoor Meet and the Bozeman Track Club Indoor Meet on Sunday. You may need to cut and paste the links into your browser as the hyperlinks don’t seem to be working properly. You need to register for the BTC Indoor meet before Wednesday, the cost is $23. If you are having any issues registering let me know. I will get tickets for all of us for the Big Sky Meet and you can pay me back later.
Our tentative weekend schedule would be as follows:
Friday, Feb 25- 3:20 PM- Leave for Bozeman right after school and travel straight to Brick Breeden Fieldhouse at MSU. The ladies 5000 starts at 6:45, and is followed by the men’s 5000 at 7:10. Distance Medley races for both men and women follow and finish off the night at 7:35.
8:00 PM – Get some dinner and break up for various locations for bed.
Saturday – Breakfast and head to the fieldhouse, meet starts at 10:30 AM and should be done by approximately 4:30 PM. Bring running clothes in case we can get on the track for a few minutes after the meet, or possibly just go to the MSU outdoor track for a shake out run.
5:30 PM – Grab some dinner, discuss plans for the next day and head in for the night.
Sunday – Up in time to eat breakfast and be to the track by 9:30, pole vault starts at 9, our running events start at 11 AM, last event is done at approximately 5:30. Grab some food and hit the road for home.
Arrive home at approximately 8:45 – 9 PM
Registration info on Athletic.net
https://www.athletic.net/edit/track/meet/register/4115888/overview
Bozeman Track Club Invitational
https://www.bozemantrackclub.org/all-comers-schedule
Big Sky Meet Schedule
https://msubobcats.com/documents/2022/2/7//2022_Tentative_Schedule.pdf?id=6192
January 12- Hey I heard some of you got together for a run yesterday, that's great. Take advantage of this Remote time to get in some extra miles while the weather is fairly warm. If we only didn't have to deal with the wind, right. I told Ryan I would put up some workouts for this next week to give you some direction. As nice as it is we don't want to do too much fast stuff since for the most part you don't have a lot of miles in on your legs at this point. So for the next two months your plan should be building up your base mileage and getting stronger so that when we hit the track in March everyone will be ready and not get hurt. So a typical week would look something like this: Day 1 - On the weekend you should get in a long run, for everyone the distance will vary depending on how many total miles you are doing for the week. The long run should be 20-25% of your total mileage for the week. So if you are running 40 miles a week your long run should be 8 to 10 miles at a good conversational pace. That means you can carry on a conversation while running without gasping every breath. Day 2 - Would be an easy recovery day of shorter mileage probably 4 to 6 miles. Day 3 - You need to get in one day of hill repeats, these work as fake speed work. You are using your sprinting muscles at a strong effort, but not beating yourself up as you would with just a straight speed workout. Day 4- Is recovery again again your distance will vary. Day 5 - Some sort of speed work on this day is the plan. You can do repeats at Gibson, sneak onto CMR's Track, do a fartlek workout on the road, run hard block easy block . Lots of different options here. The trail is generally a safe place to do any of these in that the city does plow and brush off at least the most used portions of it so you don't slip and fall. We just want you to be changing your turnover rate, getting your heart rate up, and expanding your stride length. Day 6 - Could be a longer recovery day, but again easy so your body can recover from yesterdays speed. Day 7 - Is your optional day, if you run you could use this like a pre-meet day and get in some mileage, but it would be broken up by drills, strides, and some short mileage. If you choose not to run you could do a different sort of exercise, or even take a day off if you are feeling tired.
For today depending on what you guys did yesterday you could either do the recovery day or the hill repeat day depending on how you feel from yesterday. If you are doing hills find a south facing hill that should be melted, like 7th or 9th Street hills out by Multi Sports and the Fire Training Center. Another good hill might be on the North side of the trail at Black Eagle Dam. There is a portion of the road that goes up from the river level to the right and climbs up to the top of the old residential area. If worst came to worst Giant Springs Hill is probably dry also. On Friday if you want to do some Speed at Gibson Park let me know and I can meet you there. I am spending most of the day at the school, but I could get out of here early that day. So someone let me know what you want to do.
December 15th- Please see the invitation letter below. It has pretty much all the information for Monday night's Awards Pizza/Pot Luck. I'm providing the pizza and we would like you to bring your favorite pot luck dish. Please contact me with what you are planning to bring so we don't just have 40 dozen brownies, and I'll try to make sure our menu is varied. Additionally, we would like you to bring a present for the door prize table.
Thanks, Sting
I just finished watching the NCAA Cross Country Championships, pretty amazing racing with some recent ties to us. Niko Young from NAU placed second overall, he and his team mates took the team title. We got to see them at the Big Sky Indoor Championship last February when we went to Bozeman. In the ladies race Elise Sterns from Missoula, and running for NAU, was Hellgate's #2 runner on their 2018 State Championship team, took 4th place overall today. That is a huge accomplishment. That just goes to show you a kid from Montana can succeed on the big stage. Set those goals high. You can find the race video on the buttons above.
Just a word about our awards night last Thursday, thanks for the great turnout. I'm pretty sure no one left hungry. I did forget to mention one bit of good news for the team. The Sons of Norway, who have the Viking booth that we work for at the fair, sent us another donation. In addition to the $635 plus tips they sent us right after the fair, they sent us another $1000 for our help in the booth, plus $336 in our split of all the tip money. For us that is a pretty big donation for doing a few days of sweating in the booth at the fair. We can only hope there are still enough Sons of Norway left to keep the booth viable, because I have told them we will do whatever we can to help them. It's actually pretty fun and another team bonding activity for those of us that participate.
Sunday, October 23
Hopefully everyone got some well deserved rest last night. A couple of things for all team members, bring your gear on Monday if you have not already turned it in. We will have a short meeting for all team members in Kilian's room after school tomorrow to vote for our Bison Pride Awards. On Tuesday after school, probably in the gym, we will be having the T-Shirt Run for all team members. Bring some warm clothes to run outside in. We have a bunch of great new/old shirts in the selection this year. This is lots of fun and everyone is encouraged to participate.
Just a few words about state. I know we were all disappointed with our team results, especially the boys, but sometimes things don't always work out as planned and we just have to learn from the experience, grow from it, and move on. We did not run a bad race, but as Kilian put it yesterday others ran "gooder." We just have to work on our own version of gooder next time. I think running as with life is more about the journey than the final destination. We had a great season and lets not forget the great things that happened all year and yesterday that may have been overshadowed by not getting a trophy. Ryan and Conrad had amazing races to finish with all state honors. Ryan finished in 4th, one place above his pre-race seeding, even though got out kicked by a 1:53 state 800 champ going into the finish, that race is nothing to be ashamed of. Conrad ran amazing race, improving on his Mountain West time by 35 seconds and improving on his pre-race seeding by 3 places to finish in 12th place. Up in the front of the pack that is hard to do. Nathanial ran well and improved his Mountain West time by 38 seconds. On the girls side some big improvements from Mountain West. Olivia took off 64 seconds, Mikayla got under 25 minutes and a took 88 seconds, Shania took off 93, and Ida was the big winner for improvement by taking off 98 seconds. Destiny probably would have improved a bunch, but did not finish at Mountain West. Good job ladies.
One final thing to be aware of if you are planning on lettering. This is being instituted by the administration, but we have to abide by it. You can have NO failing grades in the primary quarter of your sport. So that means no F's for 1st quarter. I know some of you are struggling in some classes. If it's math see Kilian or your teacher for help before Thursday. If it's another class see your teacher and get stuff turned in. Don't let a couple of percentage points keep you from lettering. Also you can have no more than 6 unexcused absences in that quarter. So if you have some days hanging out there clear those up with the attendance office.
See you at the meeting tomorrow and the T-Shirt run on Tuesday. Sting
Friday, September 9
Tomorrow's meet in Bozeman will put us six weeks out from the State Meet if for some reason you haven't taken this seriously yet tomorrow is the day. We will be running up against all but one or two of the teams that will be in the running for trophies at state. There is nothing I would like to do more tomorrow than for the boys to beat both of the Bozeman teams in their backyard, and for the girls to race well and have a strong showing. So let's put our game faces on and have a great race tomorrow. Don't hope to do well , expect to do well, and then do it.
For parents going to the meet, the race administration would prefer you park at the county fairgrounds and ride the shuttle buss to Bridger Creek Golf Course. There is no parking at the course as golfing is still happening on the backside of the course, and very little safe parking on the road. I have meet info as well as travel and parking instructions on the Bozeman tab under the Course Maps tab. We hope to see you tomorrow at the race.
Monday , September 5
Today's workout is one we do every Labor Day, kind of one of those traditions that make us stronger. Today is tough so make sure you are mentally ready. Click on the Labor Day Hill Workout button above if you are unsure of where we are going. Even if you are sure click on it and you'll get a peek at one of our new logos.
Thursday, September 1
So here I am the night before our first meet of the year updating our recently upgraded web site. You see I thought the notice to pay for our domain name was a scam. WRONG... the site was down for a short time, but after an excessive penalty fee to bail our domain name out of internet purgatory the site is back up and running. If you've visited the site before you probably won't notice much different, but there will be a few changes that will be comming up. For new users to the site the quickest best way to find out what is currently going on is the What's New tab. I'll list new information and/or to be direct you to it from there. However, I do encourage you to check out the entire site as it gets an upgrade. The best place to go for the Cut Bank Mike Reynolds Invitational information would be the Course Map tab under Cut Bank. here you will not only find the actual course map, but out meet itinerary and travel instructions as to how to get to the Cut Bank Golf Course. It looks to be a hot day in Cut Bank tomorrow and an exciting season for both our Bison Cross Country teams. Thanks to Kale's family for taking on our first pasta party tonight on short notice, and the Miser's friend Kippy who knocked the volunteer above and beyond ball out of the park with dishes of donated lasagna and bread. I know the team enjoyed it. The coaching staff and the entire team look forward to seeing you at some of our meets. Until tomorrow...Go Go Buffalo, Take care and drive safely to the meet. Sting
Sunday, May 1-
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/running-and-the-science-of-mental-toughness/?utm_source=pocket-newtab
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pofBa80GAwg
Monday Feburary, 21- Sorry for the delay in getting all this information out, it has been a hectic weekend. Below you will find the links for all the information for this next weekend’s Big Sky Conference Indoor Meet and the Bozeman Track Club Indoor Meet on Sunday. You may need to cut and paste the links into your browser as the hyperlinks don’t seem to be working properly. You need to register for the BTC Indoor meet before Wednesday, the cost is $23. If you are having any issues registering let me know. I will get tickets for all of us for the Big Sky Meet and you can pay me back later.
Our tentative weekend schedule would be as follows:
Friday, Feb 25- 3:20 PM- Leave for Bozeman right after school and travel straight to Brick Breeden Fieldhouse at MSU. The ladies 5000 starts at 6:45, and is followed by the men’s 5000 at 7:10. Distance Medley races for both men and women follow and finish off the night at 7:35.
8:00 PM – Get some dinner and break up for various locations for bed.
Saturday – Breakfast and head to the fieldhouse, meet starts at 10:30 AM and should be done by approximately 4:30 PM. Bring running clothes in case we can get on the track for a few minutes after the meet, or possibly just go to the MSU outdoor track for a shake out run.
5:30 PM – Grab some dinner, discuss plans for the next day and head in for the night.
Sunday – Up in time to eat breakfast and be to the track by 9:30, pole vault starts at 9, our running events start at 11 AM, last event is done at approximately 5:30. Grab some food and hit the road for home.
Arrive home at approximately 8:45 – 9 PM
Registration info on Athletic.net
https://www.athletic.net/edit/track/meet/register/4115888/overview
Bozeman Track Club Invitational
https://www.bozemantrackclub.org/all-comers-schedule
Big Sky Meet Schedule
https://msubobcats.com/documents/2022/2/7//2022_Tentative_Schedule.pdf?id=6192
January 12- Hey I heard some of you got together for a run yesterday, that's great. Take advantage of this Remote time to get in some extra miles while the weather is fairly warm. If we only didn't have to deal with the wind, right. I told Ryan I would put up some workouts for this next week to give you some direction. As nice as it is we don't want to do too much fast stuff since for the most part you don't have a lot of miles in on your legs at this point. So for the next two months your plan should be building up your base mileage and getting stronger so that when we hit the track in March everyone will be ready and not get hurt. So a typical week would look something like this: Day 1 - On the weekend you should get in a long run, for everyone the distance will vary depending on how many total miles you are doing for the week. The long run should be 20-25% of your total mileage for the week. So if you are running 40 miles a week your long run should be 8 to 10 miles at a good conversational pace. That means you can carry on a conversation while running without gasping every breath. Day 2 - Would be an easy recovery day of shorter mileage probably 4 to 6 miles. Day 3 - You need to get in one day of hill repeats, these work as fake speed work. You are using your sprinting muscles at a strong effort, but not beating yourself up as you would with just a straight speed workout. Day 4- Is recovery again again your distance will vary. Day 5 - Some sort of speed work on this day is the plan. You can do repeats at Gibson, sneak onto CMR's Track, do a fartlek workout on the road, run hard block easy block . Lots of different options here. The trail is generally a safe place to do any of these in that the city does plow and brush off at least the most used portions of it so you don't slip and fall. We just want you to be changing your turnover rate, getting your heart rate up, and expanding your stride length. Day 6 - Could be a longer recovery day, but again easy so your body can recover from yesterdays speed. Day 7 - Is your optional day, if you run you could use this like a pre-meet day and get in some mileage, but it would be broken up by drills, strides, and some short mileage. If you choose not to run you could do a different sort of exercise, or even take a day off if you are feeling tired.
For today depending on what you guys did yesterday you could either do the recovery day or the hill repeat day depending on how you feel from yesterday. If you are doing hills find a south facing hill that should be melted, like 7th or 9th Street hills out by Multi Sports and the Fire Training Center. Another good hill might be on the North side of the trail at Black Eagle Dam. There is a portion of the road that goes up from the river level to the right and climbs up to the top of the old residential area. If worst came to worst Giant Springs Hill is probably dry also. On Friday if you want to do some Speed at Gibson Park let me know and I can meet you there. I am spending most of the day at the school, but I could get out of here early that day. So someone let me know what you want to do.
December 15th- Please see the invitation letter below. It has pretty much all the information for Monday night's Awards Pizza/Pot Luck. I'm providing the pizza and we would like you to bring your favorite pot luck dish. Please contact me with what you are planning to bring so we don't just have 40 dozen brownies, and I'll try to make sure our menu is varied. Additionally, we would like you to bring a present for the door prize table.
Thanks, Sting