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

National Interschool Cross Country Photos

Miss Tan took many photos of us at the National Interschool Cross Country that day. Here is the link:

http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2093108160&code=27609107&mode=invite&DCMP=isc-email-AlbumInvite

Results of National Interschool Cross Country

The results of the National Inter-school cross country are out... And we are ... not last! We came in no. 49 out of 63 schools.

We will improve on our postition next year!

Pos Team Total Div
1 Raffles Institution 39 B Boys
2 Catholic High School 42 B Boys
3 Victoria Secondary School 56 B Boys
4 Singapore Sports School 63 B Boys
5 River Valley High School 153 B Boys
6 Hua Chong Institute 162 B Boys
7 ACS(INDEPENDENT) 213 B Boys
8 Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary School 233 B Boys
9 Victoria Junior College 263 B Boys
10 St. Andrews Secondary School 264 B Boys
11 St. Josephs Institution 288 B Boys
12 Commonwealth Sec. Sch. 295 B Boys
13 Maris Stella High School 352 B Boys
14 BOON LAY SEC SCH 357 B Boys
15 Broadrick Sec Sch 366 B Boys
16 Nan Hua High School 376 B Boys
17 St Patricks School 382 B Boys
18 Ngee Ann Secondary School 405 B Boys
19 Loyang Secondary School 422 B Boys
20 Bukit Batok Secondary 431 B Boys
21 North Vista Seconday School 443 B Boys
22 Seng Kang Secondary School 448 B Boys
23 Fajar Secondary School 466 B Boys
24 Northland Sec. Sch 492 B Boys
25 Macpherson Secondary School 494 B Boys
26 Jurong Secondary School 504 B Boys
27 Bukit View Sec School 508 B Boys
28 Anglo-Chinese Sch. (BR) 508 B Boys
29 Peirce Secondary School 527 B Boys
30 Bowen Secondary School 538 B Boys
31 Chua Chu Kang Secondary School 546 B Boys
32 Evergreen Secondary School 546 B Boys
33 Fuchun Secondary School 565 B Boys
34 Fairfield Methodist Secondary School 575 B Boys
35 Canberra Secondary School 628 B Boys
36 Anderson Secondary School 640 B Boys
37 Ang Mo Kio Sec School 658 B Boys
38 Woodlands Secondary School 665 B Boys
39 St Gabriels Secondary School 684 B Boys
40 Tanjong Katong Secondary School 694 B Boys
41 Northbrooks sec. (NBS) 703 B Boys
42 Riverside Secondary School 704 B Boys
43 Yishun Town Sec Sch 784 B Boys
44 CHANGKAT CHANGI 798 B Boys
45 Telok Kurau Sec Sch 811 B Boys
46 West Spring Sec Sch 816 B Boys
47 Unity Secondary School 903 B Boys
48 Geylang Methodist School 906 B Boys
49 Holy Innocents High Sch 926 B Boys
50 Compassvale Secondary School 969 B Boys
51 Kuo Chuan Presbyterian Secondary 983 B Boys
52 QUEENSWAY SEC SCH 983 B Boys
53 PEI CAI SEC SCH 984 B Boys
54 Beatty Secondary School 1001 B Boys
55 Admiralty Sec Sch 1008 B Boys
56 Hua Yi Secondary School 1085 B Boys
57 SIGLAP SEC SCH 1093 B Boys
58 Hong Kah Secondary School 1119 B Boys
59 Nan Chiau High School 1158 B Boys
60 Guangyang Secondary School 1169 B Boys
61 North Light School 1177 B Boys
62 Jurongville Secondary School 1346 B Boys
63 Montfort Secondary School 1357 B Boys

Morning Run on Thursday

On Thursday i arrived in school at 6.45 am. I waited for a while outside general office and almost immediately Kenneth came. After that Nicholas appeared and then Wilburn came. We all run one round around the school.




Mr Tong, even though there is CCA standdown, can there still be cross country? All of us boys do not want to lose our form...

One thing's for sure, there will be morning run next tuesday... See you all then...

National Inter- schools Cross Country Championships

Wednesday 18 April was the finals of the 48th National Inter-schools Cross Country Championships held at Turf City at 4p.m. It started with the 'C' boys. Our 'C' boys did not participate but the 'B' Boys did. We were allowed to leave class at 11 am to have lunch and prepare ourselves. Miss Tan accompanied us on the bus at 1.30 p.m. Those who ran the race were Gideon, Ray, Guoqin, jun guang, Yi Sheng, myself. Kenneth, Wilburn and Nicholas our 'C' boys also came but they were not running.

I was very happy that our 'C' boys came to cheer us. Next year you will definitely participate....

Ray ran very well and came in below 19min. The rest also did their personal bests. Congrats to you all.

Unfortunately as I had been sick the week before, I was unable to finish the race. I hope Mr Tong is not too upset...

All of us are definitely looking forward to running again next year..

Training on Monday and Tuesday's morning Run

Training was at Turf City on monday. Mr Yon and Mr Ong both came to conduct the training. Janus, Gideon, Chitmin, Yi Sheng, guoqin, Ray, jun guang, Kenneth, Wilburn and Nicholas, myself came.

All the boys (except me) ran one round of 4.5km. Mr Yon also ran with us.

The second round almost everyone was walking...


On Tuesday, I arrived in school at 6.45 am. I was surprised Joseph came to run too as I did not keep track of his mileage.

Kenneth, wilburn, nicholas, joseph and myself ran two rounds around the school (1.6km).

Our School Cross Country 2007

Thank you to the school and Mrs Wong and Mr Tong without whom I would not have been able to produce this photo slide show.

An American cross country running competition

This is a video of American River College Cross Country team. They are running in a cross country competition.

To me it feels very good to run like that... I hope it inspires you too...

Total Training Mileage for Team HIHS as of April 11

This is the total training mileage that was recorded in training in school, at CCAB and at Turf City since Mr Tong announced that we were accumulating miles on 23 March last month. You can click on the bar chart to get a clearer and bigger view.

Congratulations to Nicholas for achieving the best mileage among the sec 1's and the second highest mileage overall so far.

The rest of you keep up the good work too...Just remember to keep running...








Notes:

1. This is the cumulative from the trainings on mondays, wednesdays, and fridays and the morning runs from Tuesdays and thursdays in school.

2. All personal runs done outside this time is not recorded and thus not added in.

3.I am assuming that the boys present in wed 11 april completed two rounds at turf city as i had left before they returned. ( except jun guang who ran one round and janus who did none. - however he was kind enough to come and look after everybody's
school bag. thank you Janus!)

4. It does not include yesterday's early morning run.

American River College Cross Country Video 2

I enjoyed the movie Chariots of fire. It is about how a team of British athletes trained and went on to win in the 1924 summer olympics.

The music in this video is the theme song from the movie.. I love it...

Morning Run on Tuesday

This morning I reached school at 6.45 a.m. Kenneth was already there when I went to the canteen.He told me to wait until 6.55 a.m. While I waited, I saw Gideon walk to school. At 7 am we started running. As i had been ill, i just ran 1.6km. They rest also did the same.

Those present were gideon, nicholas , kenneth and me. Nicholas only did one round as he said he had knee problems.(0.8 km)


There is a change in training venue on Wednesday. Meet at general office at 2.45 p.m. There will be a bus leaving for turf city at 3 p.m.and there will be a return trip

See you all tomorrow at General Office. Don't be late.

American River College Cross Country Video 1

Here is a favourite running video of mine. Hope you like it...

I also find the quotes very inspirational...

Training on Monday

There was training in school today at 3 p.m. However, I did not go as i was not feeling well. After my maths remedial, which ended at 5.15 p.m. I joined the team to warm down.


As far as i know this is what they did : 840m x 7 . Pls correct me if i am wrong. They also did drills and worked out in the gym. Mr Yon and Mr Ong conducted the training. Miss Tan also came to see us at 4 pm. I was very surprised to see Mr Tong at 5.15 p.m.

Those who came for the training: yi Sheng, wilburn ,jia jun, gideon, Guo Qin, Chit Min , jun guang.

At the end of training , kenneth and wei sheng appeared.

There will be a morning jog at 6.45 am tomorrow.

Next training will be on wednesday at 2.45 pm in school.

Team HIHS Cross Country video

I enjoyed creating this video of the HIHS Cross Country Team ...