Summer Training/Journal

As we get ready for the end of the school year and the start of the summer, we also start to get ready for summer training for the upcoming Cross Country Season.  We will be starting summer practices on Monday, June 12th at 8:00am.  Also note, especially for those not currently in a sport, that you can start your summer training now, focusing on just getting out and getting some easy miles in.  If any of the Captains are wanting to set up any get togethers to run, I will let you know.

Below are the basics for the first week of our summer training.  Please note that at this moment we will only be having a morning session (8:00am), but if there is enough interest from our athletes to have an evening session due to not being able to make the morning, we will set up a session at 7:00pm.  If you are one that knows you cannot make the morning sessions, then please let me know.

Practices the 1st week are going to be very low key, focusing on low and slow mileage and working together, thus with warm-ups, stretching, the workout, and any additional items we will do after the run, we should be done a little after 9:15.  

Make sure athletes bring water, and if possible bring a water bottle they can run with (this is an example: Water Bottle Example).  Food will be important as well, so please check out the right side of the blog under Health and Nutrition to get ideas for Breakfast, which is very important to have before workouts.  We will continue to put items in this section of the blog and discuss them with the runners, but please check through them if you are a parent as well.  Any questions, please let me know,

Schedule for the 1st Week:  All practices at 8:00am

Monday -  CRHS, meet in the wooded area on the west end of the Tennis Courts across Northdale Blvd from the high school.

Tuesday - CRHS

Wednesday - CRHS

Thursday - Bunker, Golf Course Parking Lot 1

Friday - CRHS

To help with the training and keeping track of how one is progressing, I have created a Spreadsheet for all of the runners (assigned to them on the Google Classroom page. Email me if your athlete is not on there) to fill out through the summer as well as the season.  Using a journal is very helpful in monitoring for the current season but also to compare from year to year.  It is also a way to gain lettering points on the season (check out the Parent Handbook for details).  

To go with the Journaling, for Summer Training purposes (June 1st - August 31), this year we will award team T-Shirts for accomplishing Total Mileage Goals.  There will be 3 different shirts for what you are at on August 31st (only one shirt per person):
200 Miles
300 Miles
400 Miles

I will check all journals after August 31st for Total Mileage and then get shirts to those that have putting in the miles and accomplished a goal.  

Any questions, please let me know,
Thanks,
Denny