We are wrapping up summer running this week. We have had a good group this summer. Although we will not officially be meeting, I encourage everyone to keep running over the next two weeks. If you haven’t been running much – you better get moving because the season starts soon!
GET YOUR PHYSICALS TURNED IN NOW!
Hope to see many of you at the Course of Dreams 5K or the Farmstead Stampede 5K (or both)!
We will not be meeting at Heritage Park on Saturdays for the remainder of the summer.
Please download one. Fill it out and save a copy with your name in the file name.
Email it back to Coach Moos: coachmoos@gmail.com
If there is rain or thunderstorms we will not meet for conditioning.
Please make an effort to get in a run on your own later in the day once the weather clears up.
Summer Conditioning – begins June 14th.
(Optional, but highly recommended. If you want to be competitve, your season starts NOW!)
Monday thru Friday 8:00 am – meet at the track at Indian Trail due to construction at Olathe South.
Physicals – for next season may be completed anytime after May 1st .
DON’T DELAY!!! YOU MUST HAVE A PHYSICAL BEFORE PRACTICE BEGINS IN AUGUST.
Summer Open 5K Races (Optional, but a good way to test your fitness after a summer of running.)
July 31st – Course of Dreams 5K @ SMPark
August 14th – Farmstead Stampede 5K
See www.sportkc.org for info.
XC Season Starts – August 16
Ashley McBride and Megan Rosa have signed with Baker University. Congrats ladies!
http://www.theolathenews.com/2010/02/19/657048/olathe-south-athletes-relish-signing.html
“You know,” Rosa said to McBride. “You still look like you do in the eighth grade.”
But besides looks, McBride has held on to the same goal — running cross country in college. When she started, McBride admired an older cousin who was a college runner and desired the same path. This week, she accomplished her long-held goal by signing a running scholarship to Baker University. Rosa, who will also continue her career at Baker, was part of the 24-athlete signing ceremony in the Olathe South small gymnasium on Thursday.
“I started running because of my cousin at Drake,” McBride said. “I guess I’m following his footsteps.”
McBride stepped on to the varsity roster as a freshman but enjoyed her most successful year this past fall as a senior. McBride finished 12th at the Sunflower League meet, sixth at regionals and placed 23rd at state. To an extent, the careers of McBride and Rosa have been similar. Rosa placed 13th at League and 35th at state in her best season ever, but unlike McBride, her early running days were not filled with such promise.
“It’s been quite a journey,” Rosa said. “When I first started I was barely on varsity… when I first started, I never thought I’d be running in college.
“I actually thought anyone who would run a mile was crazy.”
The teammates look forward to continuing their friendship through college.
“We’ve always been together for the past four years,” Rosa said.
Added McBride: “I think it’s awesome, it’s good to go in and know someone (already) on the team.”
Here is a link for some indoor track meets that are nearby for anyone who is interested in racing this winter. You enter these meets as an individual (“unattached”) runner, not as an Olathe South runner.
http://heartlandathleticservices.com/
Keep running!
6A Girls Regional – 3rd Place
Staying in shape over the winter is essential if you do not want to lose all the fitness you have built up during XC season. If you are serious about track (or even cross country next year) you will be running a lot this winter. This is a time when you have to motivate yourself. Get together with other runners from the team – find times that fit your schedule! But you HAVE to be running!
Get out there and run and we will see many of you in the Spring for Track!
Attached is a 12-week progression of suggested workouts. You can always do less if you feel like you need a break, but try to get in as much running as you can.
CONDITIONING PROGRESSION 12 Weeks
Check out this article for why getting in longer runs is important.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1073615/index.htm
Monday, August 17th
First Day of Practice
3:30 pm @ Olathe South Track
Thursday, August 20th
XC Parent Meeting
6:30 pm @ Olathe South Flex Theatre
Tuesday, August 25th
OSXC Team Night (20% off!)
Garry Gribble’s (119th & Quivira)
Saturday, August 29th
Donut Run Time Trial
7:00 am @ Olathe South Track
Make sure you physicals are turned in before practice on the 17th!!