02.11.08
Posted in Training, Profiles, Driller of the Week, Road Races, Athletes, Boys, The Colonel, Results, Upcoming, Drillers, Clubs, Bakersfield Track Club, Driller Noise, Bakersfield Distance Project at 11:41 pm by Administrator
in may of 2005, christopher graduated from bakersfield college. this may, he plans on running his first marathon:
The Palos Verdes Marathon.
the csub peak run was a start to that goal. after being sick for a couple weeks and going through the rigors of the academic decathlon, i wasnt sure if he run very well. but i i knew that he had a shot at winning the race if the field was the same as it had been in the past.
when we got to the race, i looked around and thought that today was his day and he went out and won the race. the time wasnt fast and the field wasnt deep but a win is a win.
he has never won a race before. gotten second a few times but never a win. so with this boost he begins his marathon training.
to start, i had him run home after the race. so he ended the day with a little over 12 miles.
over the next couple months, he will be following the daniels’ marathon running formula. which is built around two quality workouts a week. he will also be running more local road races like the btc half marathon, the kern river 15 miler and the rio bravo 10 miler.
i hope he will also want to run some track meets this spring because the speedwork will make his marathon pace seem easy.
his main goal is to finish and get as close to 3 hours as he can. to break 3 hours one must run 6:52 miles. according to daniels book his 2 mile PR (vdot 55) predicts he is capable of doing it.
we shall see.
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06.29.07
Posted in Training, Profiles, Athletes, BHS, High School, The Colonel, The Colonel, Drillers, DTL, Driller Noise, DTC at 6:42 am by Administrator
more and more athletes are showing up for driller summer training camp and many are related.
on thursday, two brother/sister combos came to practice for the first time. nick and natalia and audrey and anders. we also have sandy and her brother, the scrivano sisters, my sons and a couple of other sibling combos.
it is real nice to see all these families together!
today (friday) is an off day but we will be running on saturday morning at 8 am. next tuesday, is the third btc handicap race. click HERE for info.
this summer the team will be meeting at 7 pm at beach park to run most weekday nights. every other tuesday we will be running the handicap series.
men’s summer program HERE (need word to view).
women’s summer program HERE (need word to view).
camp photos HERE.
Summer Series 5K - Start on Alfred Harrell Hwy across from CALM. Registration from 6:15pm to 6:50pm - Race begins at 7:00 pm. Race flyer & Rule
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06.22.07
Posted in Yada Yada, Science, The Colonel, Education at 6:40 am by Administrator
Firstborns found to have higher intelligence
A study of 240,000 Norwegian men says eldest children have IQs 2 to 3 points greater than younger siblings’.
By Denise Gellene
Times Staff Writer
June 22, 2007
Wading into an age-old debate, researchers have found that firstborn children are smarter than their siblings — and the reason is not genetics, but the way their parents treat them, according to a study published today.
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05.11.07
Posted in The Colonel at 10:56 pm by Administrator
a year ago today, christopher graduated from BC.
since then, he started running and i started coaching.
we had a great time and meet a lot of great people along the way.
we both look forward to the upcoming year and christopher’s brother nicholas joining us next year.
we wish all of you good luck at valley and state.
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04.11.07
Posted in Kern Track Results, The Colonel, BHS, Highland, Garces at 10:29 pm by Administrator
we ran at highland today against highland, frontier and garces. i dont have any official results but when i get them i will post them here.
if you click on the photo, you can see the other photos christopher took today.
because of the weather (poor light), he didnt take many of the later events.
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03.28.07
Posted in The Colonel, Education at 7:40 pm by Administrator
State issues school rankings
BY LISA SCHENCKER, Californian staff writer
e-mail: lschencker@bakersfield.com | Tuesday, Mar 27 2007 10:45 PM
Last Updated: Tuesday, Mar 27 2007 10:49 PM
How does your school stack up to others across the state? Each year, the California Department of Education ranks schools based on how students do on tests such as the California Standards Tests and the high school exit exam, among others. They rank schools on a scale from 1 to 10, with 10 being the best.
Links:
To see scores for the state as a whole:
To see scores for Kern County as a whole:
To see scores for a specific school district:
To see scores for a specific school:
Now’s your chance to see where your school stands.
The results show several things including:
* How your school compares with others statewide.
* How it compares with others with similar student demographics.
* Your school’s Base API (Academic Performance Index) score, which is a reflection of last school year’s test scores. The goal is for all schools to eventually score at least 800.
* Your school’s target API: the API score the state expects your school to reach this school year.
Ultimately, the idea behind all this is to show the state and federal governments whether schools are progressing fast enough toward one of the main goals of No Child Left Behind: that all students perform at grade level in math and reading by 2014.
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03.23.07
Posted in Profiles, Athletes, Kern Track Results, The Colonel, Drillers, BHS, Race Summary, 2007 Track at 10:14 pm by Administrator
Tiara Stewart Track and Field Statistics (see photo)
our second tri meet and it came down to the 4 x 400 again. but i will get back to that later.
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Posted in Sports, The Colonel, Mr. Noise Challenge, Track Meets, WTF, Drillers, Results at 9:00 pm by Administrator
i started this adventure last june, when christopher did his first run. we had stayed away from organized sports since his soccer career ended when he was 6 or 7. the main reason was the adults not the kids.
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