Training July 21-27, and Some Important Dates!

Hi, everyone! We hope that everyone's summer is going well--we have had great turnouts at our team runs, and all the girls are working very hard!

For this week, the workouts are going to be as follows: Veterans complete four runs--50 minutes, 40 minutes, and two 35 minute runs. Rookies, also complete four runs--40 minutes, 30 minutes, and two 25 minute runs. We will continue to meet at the gazebo this week at 8am to run as a group, (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday), and meet at 8:30 on Wednesday to do some core followed by a pool workout.

Some important dates coming up include next Monday, July 28. This is the date of the parent's meeting for information regarding Mohican. It will be held at 7pm, at the brown shelter by the soccer fields on Cahoon Road (across the street from the Gazebo). There will be a notary present at the meeting if you are still needing to take care of getting the Mohican permission form notarized. We will discuss drivers, tents, foods, supplies, and general questions about out upcoming trip. Please plan to attend.

If your daughter is planning on running the Classic at Mastick on Wednesday, August 13, you need to fill out and mail in the registration form, no later that August 6. Registraion were sent home with the girls at practice, but if you need another, Coach Aldrich has lots of extras she brings with her each monring.

Finally, all important forms for the school are due by August 1! These are the physical forms, concussion form, emergency medical form, and insurance form. If these are not all in the hands of Coach Snyder or Coach Aldrich (or on file at the High School) by August 1, your daughter cannot participate in pratice, untill they are received. Please turn those in ASAP.

So far we are enjoying working with all of the girls, and are anticipating a great season! With the weather warming up, be sure to hydrate often, and make sure you are fueling throughout the day (as well as before practice in the morning--meaning EAT BREAKFAST!), so that you feel your best for the workouts.

Info about Wednesday Swim Workouts

As in years past, we will have a cross-training day at the pool throughout the month of July. Our pool day will be on Wednesdays this month. We will meet at the gazebo at 8:30 (note that this is later than the 8am meeting time for our running days), to do a short core/strength workout, before walking over to the pool. We will be in the pool for about 30 minutes each time.

The girls do not need to be expert swimmers, just comfortable in the water, using a kickboard, etc. Make sure to wear regular running clothes to the core workout part that day--we can change into our suits later on once we're at the pool.

In order to participate in these workouts, each girl MUST turn in a signed pool waiver form to either Coach Snyder or Coach Aldrich by Wednesday. These can be found attached to the right.

Also on Wednesday or Thursday, the coaches should have a packet of important forms that need to be turned in by the start of the season: Concussion form, Emergency Medical form, and Insurance Release form. Please watch out for those and turn those back in to us as soon as possible.

Great run this morning! Remember to hydrate throughout the day, and to bring water and a sports watch with you to practice each morning. See you all tomorrow!

Team Meetings/Training Starts TOMORROW!

We hope everyone has enjoyed their down time so far this summer, and is ready to start some more formal meetings and trainings starting tomrrow, Monday, July 7. We will be meeting at the gazebo starting at 8am for a workout. It is really important that the girls start hydrating ahead of time (meaning today), and bring water with them to practice tomorrow. Also, if you do not already have one, each girl should look into getting a sports watch to wear while running because a lot of our runs will be time-based.

Another reminder that we will be going to the Bay pool on Wednesdays this month, starting this week! In order to attend these workouts, each girl much bring a signed pool waiver. This waiver is attached to the links at the right. We will provide more information this week about those workouts. Girls do not need to be expert swimmers to do these workouts, just comfortable in the water.

We're excited to see a lot of you in the morning! Enjoy the beautiful weather outside today!