Week of Sep 7

Good Evening and Happy Labor Day Weekend! Hope everyone is enjoying the day!!  Here is some information for the upcoming week as we start back to school.

Practice Monday will be at 6:00pm on the West end of the Tennis Court Parking Lot.  Then, starting Tuesday we will be on our school schedule for practices, where for those at the high school, we will meet at the weight room at 2:25, unless otherwise stated, and then everyone will meet at 3:10 on the West end of the Tennis Court Lot, giving the Middle School runners time after school to get ready.  Expect practices to last until about 5:00 every day we have practice.

Thursday this week, September 10th, is our next meet, the Bauman/Rovn Invite at Gail Woods in Minnetrista.  Directions to the course are below, but know that they are always posted in the Parent Handbook on the right side of the blog.  Bus time is 1:45, with the HS runners getting out at 1:25 and MS runners at 1:20 (I submit names for everyone to get them excused). Once I get the time schedule, I will get that out to everyone.  In the past, the first race starts at 4:00 and the last one at 6:30, so expect this to be a later evening for getting home.  Runners are allowed to go home with parents, but we need notification from a parent prior to the meet and we would like for the runners to stay until their teammates have completed their races.

If there are any questions, please let me know,

Thanks

Denny

Bauman/Rovn Invitational: Gail Woods: 7210 County Rd 110 W, Minnetrista, 55364.  Highway 10 east to Hwy 610 and continue to Hwy 169 South.  Take 169 South to I94 West and follow to I494 South. Follow to Hwy 12 West, then exit onto Shoreline Dr, which is actually County Road 15, and continue going west.  Shoreline Dr will take you in and around Lake Minnetonka, and continue to Mound, where you will take a left onto Bartlett Blvd/County Rd 110W The park entrance will be a couple of miles after you take a left, on the right side of the road.  The WRA Park will be on the left side of CR 110W.  There is limited parking at Gail Woods, so consider parking at WRA Park, near the park.

District 11 Meet Results

Our Individual Results and the Overall Meet Results are now posted on the right side of the blog.  Two of the Boy's times did not make it into the Overall Results, but I am working on getting those fixed.

A positive step to start the season however.  Congrats to Ruby for taking 3rd overall in the girls race!  Temps were rising and got warmer as the day went on.  It wasn't a perfect day, and was actually rough for some of the runners, but it is something of a starting point for everyone and one that we can all build off of as we head into next week and the rest of the season.

Friday's practice will be at 8:00am at the High School.  This is the annual Donut Run, so if the runners want a donut, they will need to bring money with, as they will run to a local Donut Shop.  We are going to also have the Captains in charge of this workout, giving the team a break from us Coaches!! :)

Monday's practice will be at 6:00pm at the High School to allow those that may be out of town the chance to not have to rush back.

Starting Tuesday, practice for the season will be at 3:10pm on the West End of the Tennis Courts, unless otherwise stated.  However, for only those that are at the High School, we will be weight training after school at 2:25, so please meet at the Weight Room.

Thanks to everyone that came out and supported the runners this morning!! 

Denny

Meet/Schedule Changes

As mentioned recently, the Waconia Invite was moved to Thursday, Sep 24, and with this move we canceled the Chisago Lakes Invite.  Since then I have been able to add a meet for the MS/JV runners on Thursday, Sep 17, the St Francis Invite.  These two changes are updated on the Schedule on the blog.  Also, I received information on the Section 7AAA Meet and they changed us to the morning session, with the first race now starting at 11:30am.  This change is also shown on our schedule.

Sorry for all of the changes,

Thanks,
Denny

Meet Schedule Change

There have been a couple of changes to our meet schedule due to date change from what I was originally told.  The Waconia Invite has been changed to Thursday, Sep 24, and due to this we took the Chisago Lakes Invite out to give those running at Griak more time to recover.  Thus, we currently have an opening for our JV/MS runners where Waconia had been.  I am currently working on getting another meet put in, and once I have confirmation I will get that information out as well.

Thanks and sorry for any issues this may create,

Denny

Week of August 31, 2026

There are a few items in this post, so please read through the whole post.

The team apparel put together by the Captains is due in one week, Sep. 6.  Here is a link to what can be purchased.  Please remember that these are optional items:

https://lettermensp.tuosystems.com/stores/crcc-26

To help with those putting together food for the pasta parties (which there are still openings, please look through them), if your athlete(s) has any allergies, can you please fill out this form.  This will also help with the end of season banquet: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdZZesbmaXlI8krcHqYgxskvxmy4WiGxLZ7jtxK6LcJlM6z5w/viewform?usp=sf_link

The plan for practices is to be done by 5:00 Monday through Wednesday.

Third Week (Aug 31-Sep 4)

Monday: 3:10pm, CR Soccer Complex (Near Recycling Center)

Tuesday: 3:10pm, CRHS, West end of Tennis Courts

Wednesday: 3:10, CRHS, West end of Tennis Courts

Thursday: District 11 Meet, Bus leaves at 7:00am, First race at 8:30, Second Race at 9:15

Friday: 8:00am, CRHS, West end of Tennis Courts

Workouts for the Week: 

Workouts for the Week of August, 31

Thursday is our first meet of the season and it is on the south end of Anoka High School.  The Bus will be leaving at 7:00am from Door 3 of the High School and will return to the same location after the races are completed, getting back a little after 10:00.  The Boys will be racing at 8:30 and the Girls will be at racing at 9:15.  Everyone will be racing 5K and you will be able to see results online shortly after your runner finishes.  Once I get the link for the races, I will send it out

As for spectating, this is a good course to see the runners in a couple of spots without having to do too much running.  It will be a two lap course with the start and finish being in the general same area.  They also highly recommend that no dogs are brought onto the course.

Also note, we will meet at 6:00pm on Monday, September 2nd for practice, west end of the Tennis Courts, to allow those heading out of town for the weekend the opportunity to get home without rushing.

Any questions, please let me know,

Thanks

Denny

2026 Time Trial

Thanks to all that came out last night to support our runners and our Alumni that came to participate!  Even though the team numbers are not as high as we would like them to be, last night was one of the bigger groups of fans that we have had!  There was a lot of positive energy and the runners put forth solid efforts to start their seasons!! The results are posted on the right side of the blog under Results.  There were a couple of mixed up times at first, but thanks to the Photos Wade took at the finish (which are on our Facebook page), I was able to unscramble a few that were throwing off the finish times! If you also took pictures, or videos, and would like them posted on our blog, please send me a link and I will get them out there for everyone.

Thanks again for all the support!
Denny

Wednesday Practice

We will cancel tonight’s practice, Wednesday, August 26, so everyone has an opportunity to go to the Pasta Party at 5:00 at, the Mustafa household for some team bonding. Please check the GroupMe page for the address.  Also, we will change the location for Thursday morning’s practice to Riverview Park, still at 8:00am.

Thanks,

Denny