This week's schedule:
July 1-7 -- DEAD WEEK!!
Please download Strava and join the Collins Hill XC Club. Set up your profile so that only your followers can see your activity. This will enable us to track your summer mileage automatically.
Get togehter.
IMPORTANT -- you must order your uniform this week or you may not be running with us this season. The deadline is July 1 -- after that they will not arrive in time for the first meet!
This is dead week. For those of you who have not done high school sports before, that means that we cannot see you, run with you, or organize any runs during this week. :)
HOWEVER...please do not take the week off running! Hopefully you already arranged to go run together, but any way you look at it you need to be running this week. Please keep up with Strava for your runs -- I'll be checking in with you at the end of the week to make sure everyone is on the right path so I can reevaluate the plans. :) If you are running in the Peachtree or somewhere fun, upload pics on our main page so we can share! I'll be there...look for me at the end!
For sure keep running together! Amanda sent out a link for a groupme -- get together and get those runs done so that you keep that fitness up.
Looking ahead:
Time trials:
1st trial is July 29! This is the first of our fitness tests!! This date is MANDATORY unless I have talked with you.
2nd time trial is August 8! This is the final fitness test -- if you didn't make 7/29 or were not successful, make sure you are here this day. We will be determining the teams after this date!
August 17 is our first meet! See HERE for the full meet schedule.
Spike Week: July 28-August 3
Uniforms:
Our uniform order site closes on Monday 7/1! Follow THIS LINK to get to that page. Spiritwear and shorts can still be purchased online until August but PLEASE order all uniforms by the 16th.
Our uniform has CHANGED -- this uniform will be good for three years, but you MUST get the new one even if your old one is still in good shape. The old one is vastly different!
Returning runners: You will need a new uniform but your warmup is fine unless you want the New Balance version of the warmup. This is the $300 package.
New runner: you need to order the whole $400 package please.
The uniform cost includes the jersey, shorts, warmup (returners), team shirt, and team fees.
If the cost is prohibitive and you need to pay over time, get ahold of me NOW!! I will put you in touch with the board members to work out a payment plan. Not doing this is like making the decision you do not want to run. It takes six weeks for these uniforms to come in!!
I have sample sizes, but we are out of time for you to try them out. Go ahead and put in your order! If, the week of the 8th, you realize you ordered the wrong size...I can change the size. But if you don't order and don't talk to the board, you may miss the first few weeks because you will not have a uniform to run in. :(