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#35: Gill1918 presents Adam Trausch "How We Run a Successful XC Camp" · The Gill Athletics Track and Field Connections Podcast

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  Welcome to the Gill 1918 Project, a podcast series by
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  Now let's get into today's topic.
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  Hi, this is Adam Troush. I coach cross country and track
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  here at Lyon College in Batesville, AR.
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  Today I'm going to walk you through the Lyon College Elite
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  Cross Country camp. What it is, why we run it and
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  what we do. It's just how we use two days in
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  July to to work, build connection and push young
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  runners in a way most of them have never experienced.
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  It's called a Lyon College Elite cross country camp.
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  It's about building development and it it's it's about being
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  elite, being the best that you can be.
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  It's about showing up with the right mindset and the
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  willingness to grow. We open it up to any athlete
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  entering grades six through 12. Doesn't matter if you're
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  varsity, all state stated or brand new 6th grader trying out
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  cross country for the first time.
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  If you're willing to work, this camp is for you.
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  We run the camp in two parts. It it's going to be July 18th
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  from 5:00 PM to 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM and Saturday morning on July
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  19th from 8:00 AM to noon. 2 two days, two days of running.
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  We, we split runners up by experience of them, so everyone
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  gets challenged appropriately. We start with a with a welcome,
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  we play, we play games, split everybody up into groups, have
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  some some team challenges throughout the weekend for a
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  team prize at the at the end, there's a short coaching panel
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  of of myself, my assistant coach and some coaches around the area
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  that have won state championships, ran in college,
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  have extensive experiences and timing meets or meat management,
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  running races, running themselves, running with their
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  teams and how they have developed their programs.
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  Then we trained we we have workout both days.
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  Friday we typically do a fart lick workout and we tailor to
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  the individuals. So it's it's out of
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  one-size-fits-all. The volume is very it's going to
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  range on your ability. And then Saturday we'll we'll do
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  a long run starting from our campus.
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  We, we train, we work on both days, feedback during and after.
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  We teach strength, mobility, recovery, but we're not just
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  showing it. We actually coaches as well too.
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  We'll, we'll get you in the weight room and do a little lift
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  after the long run on Saturday. We have mindset and racing
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  discussions and they're very interactive.
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  They aren't speeches, they're conversations.
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  There's team challenges too, Not just to have fun, but to see who
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  steps up, who leads, who competes and who who
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  communicates. We coach the whole athlete here.
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  We get to see, we get to see a lot of growth here at camp and
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  this is our fourth year doing it.
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  Started it in 2021 and it has grown and it reaches people from
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  all over the region, Texas, Illinois, Florida, Alabama,
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  Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi lot probably 1011
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  states are represented here at Arcane.
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  I I see what the athletes really are in 2 sessions I'll be able
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  to find out who lists listens when you coach, who asks
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  questions, who adjust mid mid run, who drags when they're
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  tired and who picks up their group.
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  And coaches are able to to watch as well as we conduct the camp,
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  bringing your team, you know you're you're able to wear we're
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  able learn a lot by watching them run and and how they
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  interact with in the team challenges the the kids get to
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  walk away a better understanding what it means to train with
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  purpose. A sense of how how college
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  recruiting works and and how college works, how it's
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  different than high school. Real feedback on movement,
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  mindset and their approach. Everyone gets A at shirt poster
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  on snacks and they get to kind of see where they are and what's
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  next. A lot of people leave fired up
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  and, and we we stay in touch with them after they, they, they
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  go home. And it's also a recruiting tool
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  for us. And we have a lot of a lot of
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  people on our team that have came to camp in, in their high
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  school. So if you coach middle or high
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  school in in the, in our Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee,
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  Mississippi, you got a kid who's hungry, send them our way.
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  We're really excited about our camp.
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  It's about connection, development and and community
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  here. Camp gives us a way to start
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  that early, build that community and they can change, change the
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  arc of their, their year or their career.
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  So Lion College Elite cross Country Camp, September July
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  18th and 19th in Batesville, AR Everything's on the website
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  lioncrosscountrycamps.com. We, we keep it very affordable.
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  We, we, we do not offer any housing on our campus, but a lot
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  of hotels in the Batesville area.
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  We also offer a campus tour for those who are interested before
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  the camp. If anyone wants to come to our
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  campus kind of built into the camp and, and if you have any
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  questions, you can e-mail me adam.troush@lyon.edu or shoot me
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  a text or, or, or give me a call.
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  We're continuing to build something that last year and and
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  our camp is a way to do that. Thank you and what we will see
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  you at camp. Hey gang, Mike Cunningham here.
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  Hey, I hope you enjoyed this episode of the Guild 1918
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  Project series. It's really my mission, my
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  passion to bring you massive amounts of value and I hope this
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  Hope you enjoy the day, they will see you tomorrow.