Phoenix,
Another week closer to the official start of the outdoor season, which will be on 2/26. A few things to know prior to that are below.
Registration
Everyone needs to complete registration at Register My Athlete. This will include a few minutes of preparation and a physical. The physical is the most time consuming part, and it is important that you take the form from the website to the Dr. and that you upload the ENTIRE FORM (all 3 pages) to the website once it's been filled out. Where people go wrong is not uploading the entire 3 pages.
If you've never done registration on that site before please view a walk through I've put together here: Registration instructions
Simplot
A group of athletes are headed up to Simplot this weekend, and we have a few opportunities for kids and relay teams to make finals. Anyone who is in a relay is expected to work handoffs everyday this week.
One of the tricky parts of Simplot is that the track is made out of wood and they don't allow spikes on the first two days of the meet. In finals on Saturday you can wear spikes (they have pin spikes available for purchase there).
So, on Thursday and Friday, if you have spikes that are plastic on the bottom, they won't be functional. Therefore your options are either wear your regular running shoes (not ideal) or wear cross country flats that have rubber tread along the entire shoe.
If any of you cross country kids have flats that could be borrowed by a teammate, please let us know. If you have older siblings who have flats that are no longer used, raid their closets are borrow them too.
This week
This week we'll be practicing after school on Monday and Wednesday. Let us maximize each opportunity that we have to get better.
If you have any questions please let me know.
Coach Jacobson
