Greetings All! Hopefully you have checked the team website to follow up on the results of our first competition at the Moose is Loose relay. There are pictures as well linked on the right side.
We have completed 2 weeks of practice officially and we are heading into the school year now. In terms of attendance we have NOT had all 46 girls at one practice (out of 9 tracked practices). Additionally we had a practice last Saturday in which 20 girls were not in attendance. That practice was poorly understood and is partly my fault, but missing 20 girls for a long run is painful.
With practices starting up after school we would like to ask parents and athletes alike to set up an informal process of how the younger athletes get rides to the nearby parks. Since before I’ve been coaching we’ve always had athletes driving to the practices at closer parks – this saves the school a tremendous amount of money (bus costs are through the roof), time (there are 5 fall sports teams sharing busses as is), and gives us more freedom and flexibility. What we don’t want are kids cramming into cars like clowns creating dangerous situations. If parents have the means to come to school and give their daughters a ride to practice, especially the younger ones then that would be a great help. Traditionally the younger runners find rides with the older girls who have a car to drive. We’re hoping a set routine can get established where the older girls take initiative to find the non-drivers and make sure they take the same runners each time. Parents, if you could please talk to your daughters about who they should and shouldn’t ride with and see how this works out. And please remind the older girls about safe driving habits. We are VERY lucky to have a great park system so close that we can use – it would be a shame to lose this privilege. If there are practices scheduled further away than 3-5 miles then we’ll definitely schedule a bus.
Schedule for the week
Sunday, August 21 – Fall Sports Picnic at SJA – 3:00pm
Monday, August 22 – frosh orientation – practice at Mastick 3:30-5:15 alternate tempo and jog miles
NEED A WATCH
Tuesday, August 23 – practice at SJA 3:30-5:15 run from school and LIFT
Wednesday, August 24 – practice at Memorial field – 3:40-5:30 repeat 400’s
NEED A WATCH
Thursday, August 25 – practice at SJA – 3:30-5:00 – regular cross train day
Friday, August 26 – practice at SJA – 3:30-5:10 – team dinner at Harters – see separate email!
Saturday, August 27 – meet day! @ Berkshire Early Bird Invitational Kent Geauga Branch
More info posted Thursday or Friday
Sunday, August 28 – no schedule practice
Groups 4 and 5 – 6 miles on your own
Group 3 – 4 miles on your own
Everybody – lift and serious core on your own!
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