First Day of Practice: Monday, August 3rd

Hey Everyone:

Here's information regarding our first official day of practice:

• We're meeting at ALHS (by the caboose).
• Girls will meet from 8 - 9:15 a.m.
• Boys will meet from 9:30 - 10:45 a.m.
• All athletes should bring their own water, a mask, running shoes, and clothes that could get dirty (don't wear your best clothes). Please bring your own water, there can't be sharing of water this season and we don't think you'll be able to use the drinking fountain.
• Just a reminder that masks are mandatory, we'll bring extras but try to bring your own as we may not have enough.

A few things about forms:

• The two forms you need in order to practice Monday are the Emergency Medical Form and the Physical Exam Form.
• The Emergency Medical Form can be found HERE
• The Physical Exam Form can be found HERE
• If you haven't had a physical yet, you can still attend practice! You can't practice with us, but we can give you an alternate workout to complete on your own. We'll still take your attendance, and you can meet with the team both before and after the workout.
• We'll focus on the other forms after we collect these two forms.
• Try to drop off these forms this week at the Learwood Office. We'll go through them, create our current roster, and meet with everyone Monday. 
• The Learwood Office will be open this week from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m., so you can stop by and drop off your forms.
• If you can't turn in your forms this week and you show up Monday with them, try to get there 15 minutes before practice so we can process them prior to practice officially starting.

A few things going forward:

• We are planning on starting practice at ALHS for the first week, as it has a nice track, stadium steps, a fitness trail, a place to run on the north side of campus, and we can utilize Kopf Reservation.
• If we run at Kopf Reservation the coaching staff will direct athletes to run 6 feet apart through the trail.
• We may be shifting some practices to different locations this summer, and we may not be allowed to use buses to get there. If we do this, we'll allow for alternate workouts to take place for those athletes who may not be able to attend practices off-campus.
• Mostly, however, we plan on being at the high school throughout the remainder of the summer.
• If you cannot attend practice because of a family commitment (namely, you're on vacation) or you have an excused absence (dentist/doctor appointment, for example) just email us and we'll post alternate workouts on the blog so you're still staying in shape when you return.

Lastly:

• We're used to having really large teams, but this might change this year. 
• Still, if someone you know is interested in running, it's not too late to join! Let them know about this blog site and have them go through the blog posts from this summer.
• They can also email me at rob.rocco@avonlakecityschools.org