Dear Team,

Thanks for a great season!  This will definitely be one I remember.  Everyone trained hard and performed at their best, but most of all I think we all enjoyed it.

Speaking of which, we fared well as a team at the Sectional Championships on Friday.  All official results are linked from the results page.

Sadly though, Friday was our last race of the season; my last race ever with the team.  But I hope and expect that you juniors, sophomores, and freshmen will continue to enjoy our longstanding traditions of hard work, success, and Glenville pizza for many years to come.  I also expect that you will enjoy the endurance of many new traditions that only began in the last season or two, like the summer practices that your new captain Simon Vogel will be holding, this website which Kyle O’Neil will now be managing, and of course the chocolate on chocolate post-race cookies.

Although I will be around for the rest of the school year, I wish you a successful and enjoyable 2012 season.  To the boys: you are all very talented and have great potential to finally take back the League Champion banner.  To the girls: may you finally find a fifth runner!  Thank you again.

NOT sit-ups!  (Going past halfway up does not build muscle and actually damages your spine!)

Sit on your glutes with your legs folded and off the ground, extend your legs out and lower your body, fold back up.

Lie with your back flat on the ground, arms at your sides, and hold your legs a few inches off the ground.  MAKE SURE you push your lower back into the ground, squeezing your abs, otherwise you can damage your lower back.

Sit on your glutes with your legs folded, but off the ground.  Twist to each side, touching your knuckles on the ground.

Fold up to touch your right elbow to your left knee and vice versa.

Lie on your stomach with your arms and legs extended straight out and off the ground.

Keep your body straight and off the ground, facing either down, up, or to the side.