Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Practice Cancelled Due to Thunderstorms
There is NO practice today (Wednesday) due to the impending thunderstorms. Don't run on your own, take the day off. We'll see everyone tomorrow!
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Practice Start Times
A friendly reminder, once school starts tomorrow, practices will begin at 2:15 for the boys, 2:30 for the girls team. If you have to stay after school with a teacher or have another reason for being late, please contact one of the coaches ahead of time. Coach Kelley's e-mail is mkelley@tauntonschools.org, while the other three coaches you can all find in the High School during the day. (You can also e-mail them if that's easier).
Monday, August 19, 2019
8AM Practices Thursday/Friday
After talking to Coach Coute (boys' team head coach) at our staff meeting this morning, we decided that both the boys and girls teams would have practice at 8AM this Thursday and Friday.
As for next week, Monday and Tuesday there is no school for students, but all four coaches (Coute, myself, and our two assistants) do have professional days. If the weather is favorable, we may go with the typical afternoon start time (2:45). However, we won't make an official announcement until Friday morning. We'll know by then if Mon/Tues are supposed to be too hot in the afternoon, in which case we'd go early in the morning instead.
Don't forget to bring your blue permission forms Thursday! If anyone needs them, the Athletic Director's office is open this week, they have plenty of extras.
As always, send any questions to me at mkelley@tauntonschools.org
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Spike Night Tuesday, August 27th!
We'll be having our Team Spike Night at Marathon Sports in Mansfield on Tuesday, August 27th from 5-8 p.m. The store always gives high school athletes a discount on shoes, but usually it's more on team nights. If you can't make it that night, you can of course go on another day, or shop elsewhere if you prefer.
Please refer to the other post for more general information.
Friday, August 9, 2019
Welcome to 2019 Girls XC
Hello everyone!
First, I'm thrilled to be able to take the baton (metaphorically speaking) from Coach Charlesworth, we should be able to build off the progress you made last year to reach new heights in 2019! Most of you I know from being on staff a couple of years ago, but for those of you that I don't, I look forward to working with you this year!
If you have any questions, my e-mail is mkelley@tauntonschools.org. Please refer to the links on the side, which have a lot of relevant information. I'll be adding more links in the next few days.
Here's a preliminary schedule for the first mini-week of practice. Remember, you need to be registered with an updated physical in order to be eligible to practice. If you're out of town on vacation for any of these, you're of course excused.
Thursday, August 22 - 8:00 AM start. Introductions, Lunge Matrix/Leg Swings, Core Circuit, Dynamic Warmup (Drills), Base Run. ("Base Run" can be thought of as medium, or typical length. Not your long run for the week, in other words). Stretching afterwards.
Friday, August 23 - 8:00 AM start
Lunge Matrix/Leg Swings, 10-12 minute easy jog, Dynamic Warmup. Then a 3K time trial on the track. 3K is 7 1/2 laps, a bit under 2 miles. I'd recommend you do this in training shoes, not spikes. The purpose of the time trial is to get a sense of where everyone's fitness is in relation to each other, so future workouts can have paces that are appropriate for you. If we have more than 15 athletes that day I'll split it up into two heats. 8-10 minute cooldown jog afterwards and stretching afterwards.
Saturday, August 24 - 8:00 AM Start.
Same as Thursday, we'll hold off on a true Long Run until the following week.
*Starting with the first full week, rookies (8th graders and any older athletes who didn't do XC, and weren't distance runners in track) will have Saturday practices off. This will keep your overall mileage a bit lower than the more experienced runners, while also allowing you to run with the veterans on some of the weekdays.
I'll have a more detailed schedule shortly, as well as start times for the first full week, which includes the first two days of school.
Keep up the summer running, get registered, and spread the word to any friends that may be interested in joining! See you in a couple of weeks!
First, I'm thrilled to be able to take the baton (metaphorically speaking) from Coach Charlesworth, we should be able to build off the progress you made last year to reach new heights in 2019! Most of you I know from being on staff a couple of years ago, but for those of you that I don't, I look forward to working with you this year!
If you have any questions, my e-mail is mkelley@tauntonschools.org. Please refer to the links on the side, which have a lot of relevant information. I'll be adding more links in the next few days.
Here's a preliminary schedule for the first mini-week of practice. Remember, you need to be registered with an updated physical in order to be eligible to practice. If you're out of town on vacation for any of these, you're of course excused.
Thursday, August 22 - 8:00 AM start. Introductions, Lunge Matrix/Leg Swings, Core Circuit, Dynamic Warmup (Drills), Base Run. ("Base Run" can be thought of as medium, or typical length. Not your long run for the week, in other words). Stretching afterwards.
Friday, August 23 - 8:00 AM start
Lunge Matrix/Leg Swings, 10-12 minute easy jog, Dynamic Warmup. Then a 3K time trial on the track. 3K is 7 1/2 laps, a bit under 2 miles. I'd recommend you do this in training shoes, not spikes. The purpose of the time trial is to get a sense of where everyone's fitness is in relation to each other, so future workouts can have paces that are appropriate for you. If we have more than 15 athletes that day I'll split it up into two heats. 8-10 minute cooldown jog afterwards and stretching afterwards.
Saturday, August 24 - 8:00 AM Start.
Same as Thursday, we'll hold off on a true Long Run until the following week.
*Starting with the first full week, rookies (8th graders and any older athletes who didn't do XC, and weren't distance runners in track) will have Saturday practices off. This will keep your overall mileage a bit lower than the more experienced runners, while also allowing you to run with the veterans on some of the weekdays.
I'll have a more detailed schedule shortly, as well as start times for the first full week, which includes the first two days of school.
Keep up the summer running, get registered, and spread the word to any friends that may be interested in joining! See you in a couple of weeks!
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