The Long Green Line

The Long Green Line is a group of York High School Cross Country Runners wearing their green school cross country running t-shirts crossing the finish line at cross country meets.

York High School is in Elmhurst, Illinois, USA. They are the one of the best high school cross country teams in the state and have won the cross country state championships 24 times (beating 700 other schools in that state to reach there).I really admire them...

A group of old students from York High School is creating a documentary about the cross country team which will be released later this year.They first started making the movie two years ago and i am glad they finishing it soon.
Hopefully, i will to be able to watch it. But i don't know whether the movie will be released here...

To me this excerpt has already taught me many things about cross country and about life. Lessons which are useful for daily life and living. To me running is an exhilarating sport.... I really enjoy it. ..



To know more go to http://www.longgreenlinemovie.com

Running Techniques

Here is a short training video to help anyone improve his running technique.

Happy Viewing!

Michael Johnson vs Jeremy Wariner

Both Michael Johnson and Jeremy Wariner are 400m Olympic champions. Watch them fly across the track...

For the record Michael Johnson ran the 400m in 43.19s. I wish i could run like that...

The 400m olympic record is 43.49s set by Michael Johnson in Atlanta during the 1996 Summer Olympics. Jeremy Wariner did not break the record even though he won the 400m event at the 2004 olympics in Athens.

Jeremy Wariner was featured in the 'adidas impossisble is nothing' advertisements.

The music is fantastic!

Enjoy!

Training and Morning Runs

Now that the mid year exams are over, it is time to concentrate on running.

Training will resume as Mr Tong informed us. Also, there is morning run on tuesdays and thursdays at 6.45 am until the school holidays at the end of the month.

This morning there was a meeting for all of us with Mr Tong. He asked us what events we wanted to take part in the National Interschool Track and Field in July this year. Even the sec 1's were allowed to join.


Next week is our school sports carnival held on the school grounds. The track and field events we can choose to participate in are: 430m, 1300m and high jump. Each student can participate in a maximum of two events. Those who sign up and never particpate will lose points for their house. So be forewarned!

Morning Run on Tuesday

Today i reached school at 6.45 a. m. I first saw Kenneth entering the canteen and told him to wait for me while I went to deposit my bag.Later, At about 6:55 am, I saw Nicholas come to school.Kenneth, Nicholas and I ran a total of 2 rounds around the school and later I went a third round myself .Gideon also came and started running at 7 am.He ran a total of 2 rounds.

During recess, Chitmin ran about 2.4 km or 8 rounds around the field.Guo Qin ran 1 round behind the field.He ran 800m.


There is a morning run tomorrow at 6.45 am. See you then!

National InterSchool Cross Country Video

With the photos that Miss Tan took, I created a video for Team HI at the National InterSchool Cross Country Championships. Enjoy!

Final Mileage as at 19 April 2007

This is the Final Mileage for Team HIH as at 19 April :

• Ray Andrew: 50.40 km
• Gideon: 55.09 km
• Nicholas: 52.74 km
• Lee Yi sheng ; 44.78 km
• Lee Zhi Hui: 52.16 km
• Kenneth : 51.86 km
• Wilburn: 52.88 km
• Tan Jun Guang: 51.94 km
• Khoo Chit Min : 47.64 km
• Tay Wei Sheng: 20.86 km
• Chia Guo Qin: 47.73 km
• Janus Koh : 25.70 km

Notes:

1.Includes the competition on 18 April

2. Includes all morning runs on tuesdays and thursdays up to 19 April