Workouts: 4/15, 4/16, 4/17, 4/18

4/15  At Kern Center. Everyone worked with sprint group or did strength work.

4/16  At Kern Center. Brian joined HJ group and trained with Jerome, Nate, Carson, Kasey, Alex and later, Mike. Flexibility work, pit bridges, backovers, 4-step jumps (some off ramp), run throughs, full jumps for Alex and Kasey at 4-0, 4-3, 4-4. Carson jumped at 5-6, 5-8. Brian and Mike at 5-6, 5-8, 5-10. Nate and Jerome at 5-10, 6-0, 6-2. Total jumps for most were in the 8-10 range.  At Marquette. Kasey, Nathalie, Nate, Mike, Andrew, Joe and Logan did a quick warm up 6x up/back hurdle progression and then   3-hurdle segments, starting at 2 into 3-4-5, 3 into 4-5-6 and so on to 7 into 8-9-10. Essentially, 6 reps covering 105 meters and 18 total hurdles. Calf stretches and out.

4/17  At Kern Center. High hurdle night had Nathalie, Brad, Joe, Jon and later Brian on hand. Did 3x3H 5-step (2x -3" and 1x race height). Took a practice start and then a 1H start at race height. Nathalie then did 4x4H a regular space and height. Men did 3 or 4x4H. Men finished up with a few 6-hurdle buildups, starting at 18' foot spacing and progressing in 2' increments to 26'. Everyone was working on making a few improvements: Nathalie consistency on steps to H1 and running a straighter line through the hurdles; Brad trying to get the lead leg to bend, cycle and get back down quicker, and flattening out the trail leg; Joe working to square up and get the lead aligned better and trail leg pulled through high to front, which was better when hips and shoulders were squared up; Jon worked on keeping the trail leg in tighter; Brian worked on everything as he scraped off some rust and made some nice adjustments -- good start mechanics and entry position to H1, working on 39s. Jon ran some quick split times -- all sub-1.2s all night. Joe was in mid to upper 1.2s most of night but got down to some mid-teens late in session after he squared up better.  Brad was in the mid to upper 1.3s most of the time, but had some faster and some slower, normal inconsistency for a first-year hurdler.

4/18  At Kern Center. Nathalie, Joe, Nate and Logan did a light 400H workout. Brief warm up and then 6x5H 1-step (1/2 oppo). Andrew trained earlier. Kasey was missing. Did a couple 1H starts, 3x3 relative spacing reps and then 4x3 random. Nate took a fall. Logan skipped a rep because of shins and to prep for 4x1 work. High jumpers did strength work.