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Hey Team,
First week is in the
bag! Only 11 regular
season weeks to go until
our final meet. It
literally flies by so
let's try to enjoy each
day. I'm proud of all
of you for keeping with
it. I see some smiling
faces, some "what did I
get myself into faces",
and then some "I don't
know if I can keep going
faces". I'll tell you
this, week 2 is probably
the hardest week
mentally. You've got to
dig deep and tell
yourself one more day
because in the third
week you will start to
crest a hill and your
body will start saying
"this isn't too bad".
You are all doing so
well! I'm hearing a lot
of positive comments
from parents that the
athletes are
communicating and that
keeps me excited!
Parents, thanks for
getting your kids out
there to practice and
for helping me to
encourage them to keep
going. Once we get them
to the third week, those
on the fence will never
look back.
This week we will
continue with a lot of
what you saw in the
first week. Getting
some distance in without
breaking the body.
We'll increase the times
a little and get into
some more hills. We
will also be working to
place the athletes in
the correct running
groups. This isn't
necessarily by age but
at this point more by
ability. We will now
have a group 1 (mainly
youth with a handful of
more experienced midget
runners), group 2 (some
youth but primarily
stronger midget
runners), group 2b (new
midget runners and
stronger bantam/ gremlin
runners), and group 3
(bantams/gremlins).
Don't forget to check
your shoes, you need
some solid running
shoes!
Please bring a water and
electrolyte to
practice. I don't
promote this as often as
I should but if you need
an electrolyte, Gatorade
is ok but really
contains a lot of sugar
and ends up not being
great for your body. I
am big on needing proper
nutrition so my personal
use and recommendation
of over 16 years are
Shaklee products. If
you have questions, ask
me, if you want to check
them out go to
http://jkstepan.myshaklee.com and
then click About Me and
choose the Age Group
Athletes button on the
left.
I'm looking forward to
an amazing season ahead
of us and please, any
time you have a question
feel free to email me or
ask me at practice.
Thank you,
Coach Jeremy
Jeremy.Stepan@adageit.com
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Cross Country
Sign Ups
Sign Ups for Cross
Country are still
open. Please
download the
signup paperwork
and bring it to
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Jelly Beans &
Jolly Ranchers
At this time we are
going to ask that
you hold on to your
donations of jelly
beans or Jolly
ranchers, we have
plenty for the time
being, we will let
you know if we need
more.
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Practice For The
Week Of Aug 12 - Aug
17
Monday Aug
12 -
West
Creek Park
(Click for a map)
24093 W Village Cir,
Valencia, CA 91354
(Take Rio Norte Dr,
towards Jr HS, go to
Village Circle
Drive, its a one way
street, turn right
and go all the way
around, we will be
meeting at the
picnic tables, there
is parking all the
way around the
park.)
Tuesday Aug
13
- College of
the Canyons
next to
Baseball
diamonds
Thursday
Aug 15
-
Central
Park
near the
basketball
courts
Saturday Aug
17
- we will be
at
Carpenteria
State Beach
Closing out
the week
we'll have
our first
beach day.
Saturday's
practice
this week is
going to be
at 10:30 at
Carpinteria
State Beach.
The details
are as
follows:
we'll meet
at the life
guard
station at
the end of
Linden Ave,
near the
volleyball
courts. Exit
86, go left
to
Carpinteria
Ave, go
right to
Linden, then
left to the
end of the
road.
Parking:
there is
free parking
at the end
of Linden or
side streets
by the
houses, or
you can pay
$8 to park
in the state
beach
parking [Go
left on Palm
Ave from
Carpinteria
Ave which is
before
Linden
follow signs
to the
campground].
The plan
will be to
start
practice at
10:30 which
gives you
time to
sleep in a
little. It
takes about
an hour and
twenty
minutes to
get there.
By the time
practice is
over, it
should be
prime beach
weather.
Bring your
umbrella's,
beach balls,
and boogie
boards. And
picnic food
for your fam
ily.
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Beach Run and Fun
in the Sun
We will be meeting
on Saturday August
17 at Carpenteria
State Beach at 10:30
am for our practice,
Please plan on
staying after
practice for a fun
day at the beach.
Pack a lunch, bring
your beach chair and
enjoy the sun and
surf.
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Urgent Alert Text
System
If you would like to
join our Urgent
Alert Text System,
on your cell phone
text the word "STORMXC"
to 41411 and you
should be greeted
with a welcome
message, we use this
system rarely for
very important
urgent alerts, for
example, We cancel
practice early due
to unforeseen
circumstances.
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GO STORM!
Alan Bingham
Santa Clarita Track Club |
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