2018-19 UPDATE Newletter

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas. Enjoy your break! Make sure to sign up for Clash Camp and Track Remind (see website). Hopefully we will have some "drop by" days over the 2 weeks. I will announce on remind if we can plan some track or weight room days after Dec 25rh

UPDATE Trips

As we enter our 11th Track and Field Season, we have been overdue for a couple of items, which costs our program money $$. These include:

New Blocks and a Cart
a New (very cool) Team Tent!
A new (Planned) PV Pit to replace the original from 2009
A new (planned) School Record Board for the Gym (Its time we recognize our programs and achievements !!

We also pay 2 coaches from our fundraising

The items listed above will cost our program over $ 25,000 and that will not include entry fee's or transportation

THE ISSUE:
We still have student athletes that need to pay for previous trips. Those trips are funded by YOU but the school picks up the tab for some of the entry fee's and meals and in some cases hotel as well.

With a year of upgrading now, we are going to be tight and we are going to be behind in raising money to cover these costs. If we wait...we seem to always be in waiting ....etc. These upgrades are over due and we are still using a lot of old equipment from 10 years ago.

With that being said.......

We will not plan a trip to Arizona this year.
At least not in a way that we have before. One reason is that we only have a handful of athletes that showed interest and the Charter Bus does cost us $9700. That would be $405 if we had 24 commitments. So the cost would be $550-600. Over the past 2 years, we have had only 18-20 kids.
There is a possibility for a select few that may be willing to pay for the trip through airfare. The bottom line is that the school is going to be in major fundraising mode and can't afford the extra expenses. We are currently seeking sponsors to help too.

We have had some help with Mr. Boley and our school, but this is a year we need to cut back on future expenses. We will ALL help participate in fundraising this spring that will support our operational expenses. I hope that all makes sense with those of you that have helped or enjoyed those trips.

If you have questions or want to discuss how to help, please see Coach Miller

We are very excited about our Track Clash Club and our Spring Season!!

Have a well deserved break from school and get out and do some running and/or training.

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!

Winter Training for Mid Distance and Distance

Please Read: This is a good outline of what we have talked about many times before. As you transition into building up miles in December and January.....800 meters up to 5000m

Think about running by feel on your pace. This is a good resource that we have used in the past:


Runners Winter Training (800,1600,3200,5000)

Racing after the season ....OR NXR

Hello Gang....Here is a great article that came to me this week from Coach Jay. It fits perfectly and I like his use of 'race rhythm" and not  so much the  splits. This confirms a lot of what we do in our LT training already!  With that in mind, we will try to have events each month. November 9th (Weather Permitting) we will hold a 2 mile flat track time trial. This is a great time to use your cross country training and see what goals are next for the winter and spring

I know some of you will be getting right into winter sports, but nobody should stop all together. Take 2-3 weeks off then get back to some fun runs. We will have a winter program starting up after Thanksgiving. Enjoy this article. I hope you can find time to read these from time to time.

Hello, and I hope this finds you doing well.

While this newsletter focuses on things coaches and athletes can do to have a great experience at a postseason meet, the suggestions in this email are also helpful for coaches and athletes who are done with their season. For that group, simply keep this email and revisit it at the start of next year’s cross country season, making sure the following elements are in the training plan.

Race Pace Rhythm

This is a must do, not a nice to do. 

Athletes must have run race pace in practice in the weeks leading up to the most last two or three races of the season. This is especially important between the state meet and the NXR or Footlocker regional meets if the course for those meets are easier than the state meet course. There is a rhythm to race pace and athletes need to know how that rhythm feels.

Workouts can include longer reps, likes 1,000m repetitions, or shorter reps, as short as 300m repetitions. Are 300m repetitions too short? Not in my opinion -  we did 300’s at the University of Colorado to prepare for 10,000m championship races, so it follows that that 300m is long enough for high school athletes running 5,000m. 

The key is that the athletes groove the rhythm they’ll need to run in the race, if they are to run to their fitness level.

Replicate Race Distribution In Practice

This one is simple. If you want athletes to be able to go out a bit hard in the first 300m-500m of the race, then settle into the rhythm of race pace, and finish the race speeding up, so that the net race distribution is a negative split race, then you need to practice this well before the race. I know many coaches and athletes know this, and there is a very good chance that a staple workout that was done throughout the year can be tweaked to better prepare athletes for the specific task of a well-run race.

For instance, you could do 3 x 300m with 30 seconds jogging recovery, going out harder than the 5k pace you hope they’ll average during the race. Take 2-3 min easy, then do the next part of the workout, which is some work at race pace. 

The second part of the workout could be 5-7 x 500m at the rhythm of the race. This allows the athlete to groove race pace and learn to run that pace when they are uncomfortable. 

Then they Jog 3-5 min, then finish with a 1,600m where you’re running race pace for 800m, then the last 800m is split into 500m, 200m, 100m, where the athlete switches gears three times. 

Rest for 5 minutes, then finish the day with some fast strides, followed by neuromuscular work and general strength and mobility that you normally do with athletes following a hard workout.

The great thing about the workout above is that it teaches athletes to…

Speed Up When You’re Tired

You can’t expect an athlete, even one with great aerobic fitness, to know how to speed up in the last kilometer of the race if they haven’t had a chance to do it in a workout.

Learning to keep a calm mind when you’re running hard is an important skill, and one I learned from University of Colorado coach Mark Wetmore. It’s also crucial to teach athletes that when they are tired, they can speed up. And the way you do it is by designing workouts that demand that athletes speed up when they are fatigued.

This is not rocket science, but it does take some planning. And when in doubt, give them more rest between the different workout elements to ensure that they can run fast for the last part of the workout.

Note: I really like workouts that have three parts — A, B and C — where A gets the athlete into race pace rhythm, B has them doing some decent volume at race pace, and C is the crux of the workout, the time where they run race pace, then crush the last part of the workout. 

The Track May Be A Great Place To Work Out

If memory serves me, the only workout in Running with the Buffaloes that has lots of photos is a track workout at the end season. Why? Because it was done a track and Chris Lear, the author  and the photographer, could stand in one place and get a lot of shots. 

But why were we on the track for a workout late in the cross country season? 

When you’re at 5,200 ft and you want to run the race pace, getting on the track makes a lot more sense than running on grass. It would have bun near impossible to run a longer workout on grass, at the pace we’d run at sea-level, in Boulder, at 5,200 ft.

For other coaches, such as John Sipple at Downers Grove North (IL) — his boys were fourth last year at NXN — the reason to go to the track is that there aren’t dirt paths or lots of grass parks to train on near his school. The track is his best option, and obviously he’s figured out a way to make it work for his team.

Bottom line is that the control you have with the track — getting splits, helping athletes groove race pace — could make it the right place to do these end of the season workouts.

How to get better for next season? Whats Next?

Hello All....Whether you are training for NXR or Spring Track, I believe in order to get better you need to run! Here is the latest newsletter from Coach Jay. I believe in what coaches have always said but runners need to believe it as well. Running should be a habit of mind all year long (44 weeks or more per year). Don't make XC a 12 week only routine!

Here you go...Enjoy!

Hello, and I hope this finds you doing well.

For the majority of high school runners, the chance to race in a junior varsity uniform in school-sanctioned meets has ended, or is ending in the next ten days. At some schools, there is a tradition of training for a Nike Cross Regional meet (NXR) for junior varsity athletes. 

So, athletes are either entering a time where they won’t be meeting with their team for a few weeks, or they will continue to train with their team for the NXR meet. With that in mind, here are my suggestions for junior varsity athletes in these two scenarios.

Recover, Get Ready To Get Ready, Then Get Ready

I’m of the opinion that high school athletes can improve from season to season (and year to year) if they simply run 48 weeks a year. So that means two weeks of not running following the cross country season. I first heard this principle from Greg Weich, one of the best high school coaches in the country, and the coach at Broomfield HS in Colorado (here is a summary of his contribution to High School Running Coach). 

Other coaches, such as Joan and Marc Hunter, who coach the reigning NXN Boys Champion Loudoun Valley team, take less down time. After having a spring season where they were top 25 in the 4x800m relay, distance medley relay and 4x1600m relay, they are the current number one ranked cross country team, so obviously their approach works. As with many things in running, there are multiple ways to approach training.

My approach is simple:

1. Recover from the cross country season.
2. Get ready for the first steps of training — so get ready for the training that gets you ready to do real training.
3. Get ready for real training by doing aerobic training, basic neuromuscular preparation and lots of general strength and mobility.

Obviously athletes need to follow the directions of their coach. What follows are my recommendations, which should not be taken by parents as the rule for training following the season.

Recover From The Season

The key takeaway here is simple: a high school athlete needs a mental break from the rigors of training. Parents and coaches will know athletes are ready to train again when athletes are antsy, wanting to get out the door run. One could argue that high school student-athletes in 2018 have unrealistic demands placed on their time. Giving athletes a break from training for a week allows them to live the life their friends who aren’t distance runners get to live.

On the day that they are antsy to train, try to delay formal training for one more week, then resume training. You want them excited to resume training, and if they aren’t chompin at the bit to train, wait another week.

The First Week

The first week following the end of the season, I recommend one week of nothing. No running, no cross training, no general strength and mobility. If they want to do some activities — swimming, basketball, biking with parents and siblings, hiking, a yoga class, etc. — that’s fine. The key here is they feel like they get to do as they please, which could mean video games and Netflix and possibly some junk food.

The Second Week

The second week, athletes need to be active, yet the activity should ideally be an activity that they wouldn’t do during the season. No running this week, and no cross training this week. There is no reason to do strength and mobility work this week.

Basketball, ultimate frisbee and yoga come time to mind as activities that athletes might not do during the season — this is a great week for those activities!

The key here is that the athlete is active four to five days this week, but there is nothing that looks like the focused training they would do during the year.

The Third Week

Key Point: From here on out, the coach is obviously in charge of the training.

This is the first week of formal training. What should this entail? Here are three areas that all athletes need to focus on:

1. Focus on the neuromuscular system. Athletes should be running strides, and running some of them fast, the very first week of formal training, assuming they have a safe surface to run on. If the roads and fields athletes ran on during the cross country season are icy and snowy, then they will have to find an alternative.

2. Strength and mobility are crucial if the junior varsity athlete is going to handle either more volume, more intensity or more of each variable over the winter. A strong foundation of bodyweight work should start during this week of training.

3. The development of the aerobic metabolism is vital for distance runners, as well as middle distance runners. Thus, in this first week of training, some light fartlek runs make a lot of sense. If coaches want to assign a long run, the distance should be quite a bit shorter than the long run distance at the end of the cross country season. For instance, a junior varsity athlete who was doing 8-mile long runs during cross country may run 5-6 miles for their first long run. They are four months until March, giving athletes 16 weeks to build their long run distance.

This week, the athlete is ready to follow the winter training the coach has laid out. Obviously each coach will have a progression of training — volume, intensity, neuromuscular work and strength and mobility work — that will take the athlete from this week to the first week of outdoor track.

You can argue that this is a great time for running circuits, circuits where athletes run 300m-500m and then do exercises between the running. 

Note: Running circuits are very different than weight room circuits, where athletes go from exercise to exercise. The running circuits I’m referring to are mostly aerobic in nature, compared to a weight room circuit, which has a significant contribution from the anaerobic metabolism to fuel the session.

What I love about circuits this time of year is that you can get a 30-, 40-, 50-minute high-level aerobic stimulus that is challenging, yet the overall running volume is low. 

Coaches should design circuits that are appropriate for junior varsity athletes’ abilities and their strength and their mobility. The video examples I have to share are likely one step beyond what would be appropriate for a young athlete. That said, if you need ideas for circuits, simply respond to this email.

NXR and Footlocker Junior Varsity Racers

One of the neat things about NXR and Footlocker is that a junior varsity athlete can continue to train through the months of October and November and race with their teammates at the big meet. What follows is simply my suggestion — athletes need to follow the direction of their coaches.

The First Week Of NXR Training

I think it makes a lot of sense for a junior varsity athlete to take 5-10 days of easy running, light strength and mobility, yet no decrease in neuromuscular work, following their last race with their school.

From there, the training should include an aerobic workout and a race pace workout each week. Some coaches would say the aerobic workout needs to be a long run, others would say a threshold run. The key is that there is aerobic work being done at this time of the season.

Race pace workouts are key during this period and should be done at goal race pace, with fast finishes. 

Finally, I like to see athletes do aerobic repeats, which are longer repeats (800m, 1,000m, 1,200m or 1,600m) where the majority of the repeat is aerobic, with the end of the repeat, and the end of the workout being a bit anaerobic. These workouts are fun and athletes recover quickly from them.

Another type of workout athletes can do during this portion of the season is Critical Velocity (CV) workouts. Some CV workouts fit well at this time of the year, as they improve the aerobic metabolism, yet are easy to recover from, allowing for some race pace work later in the week.

In the coming weeks, the Boulder Running Clinics videos of Tom “Tinman” Schwartz will be available. He discusses his Critical Velocity (CV) training in detail. 

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Jay

email to Parents and Meet INFO for Sept 25th - Sept 29th

As mentioned earlier....

We have split races this week. Some will race on TUESDAY at Adams Co Fairgrounds, while others will race Saturday at Polson Ranch in Sadalia (Near Castle Rock)

You can see what we have you listed in on our WEBSITE! Please let us know if you need to change your race day due to school or activity reasons, etc.

BUS OR NO BUS
For TUESDAY....We are told that we must leave school by 12:15 at the latest. Those running will be excused at 11:55am and leave by 12:15
The races are Boys 2:50 and Girls 3:25 (Only 2 races) This will be a fun water and mud course too!.

WE WILL NOT HAVE A RETURN BUS!! The district can't guarantee us a return time, so we have canceled the bus home. Parents, please let us know if this is a problem, or we can change the race day if needed. The races will be over by 4pm

Saturday the race will be in Sadalia and since it is close and a Saturday, we also will not require a bus at all. Directions and time schedule will be posted for this meet as well. NO BUS OF THIS MEET!

The Adams Co race is
Adams County Fairgrounds, 9755 Henderson Road, Brighton 80602, near US 85 and 124th. Easily accessible from I-76, E-470, and I-25.
About 45 mins to drive via 470

Saturday the race drive time is around 30 minutes. Directions will be posted

Thank You all for your flexibility and patience as we have 4 meets over the next 2 weeks

KU Rim Rock Trip

 The KU Trip!  A Tradition! For the past 4 or 5 years, we have made a varsity/jv travel trip to Kansas! It has been our philosophy for LTXC that trips provide a great learning and running experience. We leave on Thursday Sept 20th and race on Friday OR Saturday Sept 19/20. We take a charter bus and leave from the meet on Saturday and arrive back on Saturday night around 10pm

We invite the top 24 (12 boys and 12 girls) to be part of this trip. The trip does involve a cost and that is usually around $400 that covers the bus and the hotel and fee's. If you decide to be part of this event, you will be responsible for the bus cost regardless of other travel plans. The only way we can keep the costs down is to split among the 24 participants. If someone can't go, then we will ask the next runner. The list will be update following the Races on Sept 1st

All Fundraising money will go to the kids who raise it...We may be able to help match some of the funds, depending on how the fundraiser goes...We won't settle our fee's until the first part of October. The total amount needed for each kids is $400

If we have 24 kids, we need
$260 for the bus, $100 for hotel, $40 for a couple of meals and entry fee's. This kids will be responsible for fast food stops and anything extra....

Entries are Due Sept 12th, but I can make some changes. We just want to make sure they get entered. We also have to make sure we have hotel space for everyone that wants to go.

The hotel info is on the website too.
JV races will be Friday Sept 21 and Varsity races are the 22nd

We leave at 6:30 am on Sept 20th and return as soon as the races are over on Saturday, so arrive back on Saturday night Sept 22nd around 10pm at Legend

Email any questions and we will be glad to give more info...As soon as I have the final numbers, we will send out detailed info as well

Thanks for your support in making these memories!

Congratulations! You found the BLOG

This is a place that you can get info from the coaches, important meeting notes and research articles and motivation....Please check....reply if you wish....I will send reminders also

A) What makes a good runner? Think and Train Philosophy This I Believe

Read the document above.....Why do we train the way we do? Think like a runner!

B) Bus or No Bus: Please fill this out when asked! It is important when scheduling our bus. We want all runners to be together as much as possible, form the start of the meet until the end. We know this will not always be possible...We want and EXPECT to support each other....EVERYONE!

C) Fundraising: YES we DO. This is important for everyone. We do not ask for as much money up front to be part of this team as other programs. A team expectation is that we all help support the entire team with funds to help with replacement equipment, team functions and events, entry fees, and to support our out of state trips too!

YOU NEED 15-20 GOOD EMAILS by Tuesday Sept 4th. You also need a good selfie head shot to make an account. I will send that link out very soon

D) The KU Trip!  A Tradition! For the past 4 or 5 years, we have made a varsity/jv travel trip to Kansas! It has been our philosophy for LTXC that trips provide a great learning and running experience. We leave on Thursday Sept 20th and race on Friday OR Saturday Sept 19/20. We take a charter bus and leave from the meet on Saturday and arrive back on Saturday night around 10pm

We invite the top 24 (12 boys and 12 girls) to be part of this trip. The trip does involve a cost and that is usually around $400 that covers the bus and the hotel and fee's. If you decide to be part of this event, you will be responsible for the bus cost regardless of other travel plans. The only way we can keep the costs down is to split among the 24 participants. If someone can't go, then we will ask the next runner. The list will be update following the Races on Sept 1st

More info .....soon....Any questions, talk or email the Coaches!

Arizona Update

Some of this may not be updated for 2018.....Please email me if you have questions

Arizona Spring Break Trip

Dear Parents/Athletes                                                                      RE: Spring Break Track Arizona

            We are very excited to continue a track tradition of a spring track trip to Arizona. The Chandler Rotary Invite is a big invitational that gets teams from Colorado as well as around the country. We have made arrangements to take a team of up to 30-32 athletes this spring. Here are some of the details as we move forward.

            The meet will be held at Chandler HS in Chandler Arizona. We already have up to 9-10 hotel rooms booked for our athletes  this number will be the max, but everyone will have the opportunity to participate. There is a limit of 2-3 athletes per event and a relay team. We make every effort to get those interested involved in at least two events if possible. Some athletes will be able to compete in 2-4 events, including relays. Other athletes may only compete in one or two events. Again, there is a limit of just 2-3 entries in each event, so let us know ASAP.  I may be able to add extra in some events. If multiple athletes want to compete in the same event, the coaches will take the top performer. This meet is varsity meet and should make our varsity standards for a meet like this.

            Here are some more details: Date: March 21-25^th: The meet itself is 2 days with a qualifying mark needed for the second day. The meet that we will have most athletes in will be March 23^rd, and we may have a few that compete on March 24^th

Trips: Over the past many years, Coach Miller has taken athletes on trips to Idaho, Arizona, and for Cross Country, Arizona and Kansas. Trips are a great experience for our young athletes to experience a quality big meet and visit with other students from the region. This will be our 5^th  trip with Legend Track.  Our top goal for the trip is not the performances themselves, but the team atmosphere and bonding that does occur. The trip down and back is long, but kids enjoy the socializing and comrade that will be just a memorable as the meet itself! This is truly a team trip!

Travel: As a team we are working with Arrow for our Charter bus and leave at 6:30am on Wednesday March 21^st . We will travel by bus and arrive around 7-8:00pm. We will have some team plans on Thursday (including practice time) and compete on Friday and Saturday. We will leave from the meet on Saturday night (around 9pm) and travel through the night, and arrive around 1pm  on Sunday March 25^th .

Hotel: We have hotel reservations for the Days Inn- Country Club in Mesa, Arizona

We reserved our room last fall, and space is very tight. There are a number of activities going on in the area, so additional rooms are going to be very hard to find.

·        333 W Juanita Ave, Mesa, AZ, 85210 United States of America 

·        map & directions

Cost:  The cost of our trip will be set at $500 –

The trip costs will cover the bus, hotel, and 3 team meals. The team will cover 2 of the main team dinners on the trip and a dinner at the meet/bus for the ride home. We will ask for athletes to bring cash to help with additional food/snacks and souvenirs at the meet.  

This year: We will ask everyone to bring in $20 cash to give to Coach Miller to help pay for part of the 3 team meals. It is easier to collect from everyone up front. Extra meal money will be for lunches or items on your own at the meet or rest stops. We will also use the money to load up a cooler. Drink donations will help!!

Breakdown:

Hoping for 30 team members (min) to make the trip affordable for all.

Bus is $9,000 not including gratuity. With a minimum of 34 athletes = $375 each

Hotel- Depending on the number of rooms we will need…..10-12 plus the driver. The cost will be around $3500 for 3 nights (Weds, Thurs, Fri) which would break down to about $100 each….maybe a little less, depending on the number in the rooms…..and the boys breakdown vs the girls breakdown plus….I know we may be able to cut down rooms if we have athletes that have parents in town. Most of the time, the kids do like to stay with the team and enjoy the team bonding. We will have a block of rooms, and the hotel does have a pool.

The remaining amounts  will help cover the team meal costs….Which puts the total around $500 each. Other teams that make this trip are charging close to $800.

Since the trip does occur over spring break, I have had at least 2 or 3 kids/parents mention that they will make a family trip of it, and fly with parents and not travel with the team. While we understand your family plans, this will not necessarily reduce the cost of our ‘team trip’.  Our team has always had 25 to 30 athletes on the trip. I think we could have as many as 36 this year. The bus is our biggest expense at $9000. This is $300 for each team member. If we don’t have 30 kids ‘ride’ the bus, then it increases the cost for the remaining teammates. Flying with a group this large is not an option. There may be a way to reduce some costs if we can get 30+ commitments. The bus is the best way to get the most kids and families to afford and participate.

Remember: The trip down and back is a big part of the experience too! We do understand that other plans may prevent this in certain situations. Please understand that we are tight on funds and the trip is all funded by our team raising money and our families. There is not a budget for these trips. The goal is 30 or more.

We have plenty of fundraising opportunities to reduce most of these costs!!!

Snap-Raise online fundraising (very popular and successful by many teams)  We raised over $8,000 last year!

We also have our Chili’s nights, our home track meets, and some ‘sponsorship’ possibilities. There is no reason that our Arizona team cannot get the entire trip paid for if they participate in the fundraising! Snapraise is team fundraising service and does take a smaller cut if we have 70% participation.

Athletes who raise monies from our fundraiser will count towards the trip. Final payments ($350 remaining after deposit, can be made online in the fees in parent portal.  We won’t be able to accept checks after March 10^th. You also can split payments up. Final payments will be due on or before the first week of May. Contact us if you have questions on how to make payments.

We will have a number of fundraising opportunities as we have done in the past. Please encourage your child to get involved with our fundraising!  A $150 cash deposit will hold your spot. The balance can be determined after the fundraiser and other expenses come due sometime in April.

There will be forms to complete and more info soon. If you have questions, please ask!!!

Coach Miller    roger.miller@dcsdk12.org  Coach Wiederstein landon.wiederstein@dcsdk12.org

Posted by LegendTrackCC Coach at 10:13 AM 

Arizona Trip 2018

Hello Team:

I apologize for getting this out so late.The history of this trip has always been on a short timeline. We are starting our 3rd week and only a handful of quality workouts and only one meet. The trip we take is to Chandler Arizona for the Chandler Rotary Invite. The meet includes over 150 teams over 2 days.

We have a few from last year and are trying to fill the trip with new members this year. From our workouts and meet last week we want to include as many as we can, but the meet is limited to Varsity runners at three different levels. There is also a limit of just 2-3 per event.

Benefits of this trip include a great team bonding experience. This is a TEAM event and we want to enjoy the travel and the experience as much as the competition. The cost of the trip includes our Charter Bus down and around and then back. The reason we do the bus is to keep transportation available (no cost for multiple coaches driving 3 or more vans). We also are able to change or add runners at the final days if needed. The cost vs flying and transportation is about the same or even maybe a little less.

We also have hotel rooms booked at the Days Hotel in Mesa. The total cost of the bus and hotel and our entry fee will stay at $500. This is still less that our actual costs and we will ask for help with one of the team dinners and we will cover the rest. The breakdown for the bus is about $375 and hotel is about $100 for 3 nights.

We split the bus up among the entire team to keep the cost fair and affortable

We offer 2 different fundraisers including our online snapraise and our runathon donation drive. We also may use some funds from our team fundraiser track meet and a couple of team dinners (Chillis and maybe one other).

There is no reason the kids can't reduce this cost by fundraising if they put in the effort (parents can help support this too)

Nothing is due until the fundraising is over after April 19th and final payment will be due by May 15th and be added to the required fee on IC

We plan to leave on Wednesday March 21st
We have the 22nd to practice and do some team activities .
The meet is all day on Friday and Saturday. We qualify for different sessions. We will have food and water along the way and leave after the meet on Saturday and our driver will get us back to Parker on Sunday around noon.

I will have a detailed letter available and the coaches info as well. If you have any questions along the way, please email me.

Entries are due on Wednesday March 14th, so please let me know by then so we can try to get everyone in 2-4 races over the 2 days.

This is a great quality meet in great weather and low altitude. The performances can be fast, and the awards are amazing. The experience is priceless! All performances will be reported on MileSplit, but wont count towards rankings since it is an out of state event. The memories have been very positive and the team looks forward to this each year. This will be our 5th straight year and we have always had some great performances and feedback.

I hope you will consider this and let us work with you.

roger.miller@dcsdk12.org