This week's schedule:
June 24-30
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.
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!
Schedule: (click on the name of each park for a detailed map!!)
Monday: 7:30-9:00am -- Collins Hill Park (basketball side -- meet at the XC trail, 2nd parking lot up) Google Map HERE.
Tuesday: 7:30-9:00am -- Rabbit Hill Park (meet at the pavilion by the dog park and soccer fields!) Map HERE.
Wednesday: run on your own
Thursday: 7:30-9:00am -- Suwanee Greenway -- Martin Farm entrance
Friday: Â run on your own
Saturday-Sunday: run on your own. Make sure to get two runs in during the three days we are not together!
NEXT WEEK is Dead Week for GCPS. Please make sure to work together to go get your runs in next week!! Do NOT take the week off please...we will lose all of our momentum!
PLEASE make sure you have signed up for Remind so I can alert you to any changes due to weather or other factors. We WILL run in rain, but not in the lightning!!
Please make sure you are on time, especially for the long runs on Thursdays. You may miss us and be unable to find us if you aren't on time!
Here is what you NEED for these days:
GOOD running shoes. That means they can not be basketball, cross training, soccer, etc. This will be your biggest investment but is ABSOLUTELY worth it. If you ran track or have been running for a while or don't remember when you bought the shoes, please go get new ones. Shoes have a lifetime of 300-350 miles and by the time you realize you should have replaced them, you may be badly injured. If you don't know what to look for, please go see Big Peach Running or Fleet Feet -- both will help you choose the right shoes for your feet. Tell them you run with us and they will give you a discount too!
Breathable clothing. It gets hot, even at 7:30, and you don't want to get overheated.
A LARGE reusable bottle with your name on it. There are water fillers at these parks and we will have bottles if not...but if you bring a plastic bottle and throw it out you will have nothing to refill and won't drink enough. Plus...you will have to listen to me lecture you about killing the earth. :)
Your phone, so you can reach parents, though most times that will be in my car as you run unless there is a reason to hold it. It changes your gait to hold a phone so unless there is a real reason (like you are running in an unfamiliar place or without a big enough group) I will ask you to lock it up. If you don't have a phone, please give your parents this number: 678-390-3192. That is my Google Voice number and I always carry my phone.
Your completed rank one...which will be on your phone.
The willingness to learn. That's it! We love teaching new runners how to run right.