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!