Running with Rocco Update

Are you tired of winter? Has this cold weather got you down? Do you want to punch Old Man Winter in the face? Well, then Running with Rocco is for you! Back by popular demand, Running with Rocco returns this week! 

Here are the dates & times for the next two weeks of running:

    Thursday   1/22    3 - 3:45 p.m.             Learwood
    Friday        1/23    3 - 3:45 p.m.            Learwood
    Saturday    1/24    9:30 - 10:15 a.m.      ALHS Track

    Monday        1/26    3 - 3:45 p.m.            Learwood
    Tuesday       1/27    3 - 3:45 p.m.            Learwood
    Thursday      1/29    3 - 3:45 p.m.            Learwood
    Saturday       1/31    9:30 - 11:30 a.m.     Rocky River Metro Parks
                                                                     We will be meeting at ALHS Track to take a bus out to metro parks

Make sure you bring a hat, gloves, water, a snack, and dress in layers! Running with Rocco, it's the club where you get a chance to show Old Man Winter who's in charge!   

Blog site: http://learwoodmiddleschoolcrosscountry.blogspot.com/

ALSO:  There are still items in Mr. Rocco's Room from Friday Night Dinners... a green bowl and a ladle!

Running with Rocco

 

Thursday, December 18, 2014 11:47 AM

Looking for the perfect gift this holiday season? Give yourself the gift of running! That’s right, Running with Rocco continues throughout the Winter Break! 

 

Here are the dates & times for the next two weeks of running:

 

                Saturday              12/20     9:30 – 10:30 a.m.              ALHS Track

                Monday               12/22     9:30 – 10:30 a.m.              ALHS Track

                Tuesday               12/23     9:30 – 10:30 a.m.              ALHS Track

                Friday                    12/26     9:30 – 10:30 a.m.              ALHS Track

                Saturday              12/27     9:30 – 10:30 a.m.              ALHS Track

 

                Monday               12/29     9:30 – 10:30 a.m.              ALHS Track

                Tuesday               12/30     9:30 – 10:30 a.m.              ALHS Track

                Friday                    1/2         9:30 – 10:30 a.m.              ALHS Track

                Saturday              1/3         9:30 – 10:30 a.m.              ALHS Track

 

Is it a holiday miracle? Not quite, but it’s close! It’s Running with Rocco!

Running Club Update

Running with Rocco continues this week and next!

Here’s the updated schedule for the next couple of weeks:

                Tuesday               12/2       3 – 4 p.m.                            Learwood

                Thursday             12/4       3 – 4 p.m.                            Learwood

                Friday                    12/5       3 – 4 p.m.                            Learwood

                Saturday              12/6       9:30 – 10:30 a.m.              ALHS Track

                Monday               12/8       3 – 4 p.m.                            Learwood

                Thursday             12/11     3 – 4 p.m.                            Learwood

                Friday                    12/12     3 – 4 p.m.                            Learwood

                Saturday              12/13     9:30 – 10:30 a.m.              ALHS Track         

We’ll meet in Coach Rocco’s room (404) each day! Please dress in layers, bring a snack & water, and wear a hat and gloves! Running with Rocco—it’s the club where you get to run with Coach Rocco!

Running Club Update

Running with Rocco continues this week and next!

Off-season running with Rocco has already started. If you’re interested in running track, want to get in shape for another sport, or just want to start a training regimen, then Running with Rocco is for your! All distance runners are required to run 3 times a week for 20-30 minutes a session, from now until the start of Track & Field season.

Here’s the updated schedule for the next couple of weeks:

                Friday                    11/20     3 – 4 p.m.                            Learwood

                Saturday              11/21     9:30 – 10:30 a.m.              ALHS Track

                Monday               11/24     3 – 4 p.m.                            Learwood

                Tuesday               11/25     3 – 4 p.m.                            Learwood

                Wednesday        11/26     9:30 – 10:30 a.m.              ALHS Track

                Friday                    11/27     9:30 – 10:30 a.m.              ALHS Track

We’ll meet in Coach Rocco’s room (404) each day! Please dress in layers, bring a snack & water, and wear a hat and gloves! Running with Rocco—it’s the club where you get to run with Coach Rocco!

Running Club is Starting!!

Attention all Cross Country & Track and Field Athletes:

Our off-season running club will be starting this week. Running club is for all distance runners and sprinters who are getting ready for the upcoming Track & Field season. All distance runners are required to run 3 times a week for 20-30 minutes a session, from now until the start of Track & Field season. If you can’t make any of the sessions throughout the winter season, make sure to run on your own, run on a treadmill, or do some elliptical work! It is mandatory, even if you’re in a winter sport, that you run 20-30 minutes, 3 times a week.

Here is the schedule for our first couple of weeks. In addition to this schedule, please go to the Learwood Cross Country Blog Site for details:

Thursday             11/12                     3 – 4 p.m.                            Learwood

Saturday              11/15                     9:30 – 10:30 a.m.             ALHS Track

                Monday               11/17                     3 – 4 p.m.                            Learwood

                Tuesday               11/18                     3 – 4 p.m.                            Learwood

                Thursday             11/19                     3 – 4 p.m.                            Learwood

                Saturday              11/22                     9:30 – 10:30 a.m.             ALHS Track

We will meet in Coach Rocco’s room (404) each day. Please dress in layers, bring a snack & water, and wear a hat and gloves! Also make sure to arrange for transportation home at 4 p.m. each day. If you have any further questions, please see Coach Rocco in Room 404.

OHSAA Week Update

Weekly Update 10/18

·         Congratulations to the Shoremen on their SWC Championship! That was an awesome race. While we talked about our assignments, what to do and when to do it, and who to run with, it really comes down to execution. You guys executed perfectly! That was an awesome race!

·         Congratulations to the Shoregals on your 3^rd place finish! You really pushed through some adversity to place a very close 3^rd place. I realize you really wanted to repeat as SWC Champions, but you did the best you could on Saturday, and that’s all anyone can ask of a person or a team. Thanks for a great couple of seasons, girls!

·         Please turn in uniforms to Room 404! Please wash your uniform and turn it in to Coach Rocco in room 404. Please place everything in a bag and label it with your name.

·         Starting next week, you need to take a break! One of the problems distance coaches have with good teams—and we have two really good teams—is getting those teams to rest. Rest is important! Take 3 weeks off of running, starting next week. No running! This is ‘Couch Potato’ time, where you have permission to be a lazy kid for three weeks. Eat what you want, play other sports, sit on the couch and watch television/play video games. Time to rest!

·         Running with Rocco (our off-season running program) starts the week of November 9^th. If you are not involved in a winter sport, or if the winter sport you are involved in does not conflict with our off-season running, then you need to start running the week of November 9^th. We will meet 3 days a week, after school, from 3 – 4 p.m. We will definitely be done by 4 p.m. We will also meet on some Saturdays and we’ll start advertising road races as well. Running Club starts in November and goes until February, when Track & Field conditioning begins. It is important for runners to run in the off-season! Nothing crazy, but you want to get out there after your rest period. We’ll be running outside so dress for the weather!

·         I’m updating the Cross Country bulletin board with our new individual and team records. Parents, if you have any pictures you can bring, I’ll laminate them and put them up. I don’t have any pictures myself so anything you can give me would be great. The pictures we currently have are from 2 years ago!

·         Thanks for a great season! This season has been exhausting with such large numbers, but it’s also been one of the most fun! Thanks for being such great kids, and thanks go out to all the parents for all your help, donations, and patience this season! We’ll be updating the blog every couple weeks with our Running Club dates/times, races, and workouts!

OHSAA Middle School Invitational

·         Bus leaves TROY at 8:30 a.m.  Be there at 8:25 a.m., and be ready to sleep on the way down. We’re taking 2 buses!

·         We should return around 7 p.m. We plan on stopping for food on the way back home.

·         This meet will be held at:

Waggoner Road Junior High School

360 N. Waggoner Road

Reynoldsburg, OH 43068

·         Dress for the weather! Right now it looks like it will be 54 degrees, with a chance of rain. Dress in layers. Bring at 2-3 pairs of socks, a pair of dry shoes you can keep on the bus to change into on the way home, and rain gear if you have it (I’ve got home-made ponchos from clear plastic bags should you need it). Hats and gloves are good too!

·         Pack a lunch. You’re going to want to eat lunch on the way down to the meet, or when we get there (depending on when you run).

·         Bring extra food/water. I’ve got extra water but you’ll want to snack when we get there so bring some food and a sports drink!

·         Bring money! You might want to buy apparel when you get there, and we’ll be eating on the way back.

·         Here’s the course map: http://www.baumspage.com/cc/ccframe.php?path=http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/cc/default.asp

·         Here’s the racing assignments:

Race Assignment	Race Time
Section G - Boys Open	1:00:00 PM
Section H - Girls Open	1:30:00 PM
Section I - Boys Team Scored	2:00:00 PM
Section J - Girls Team Scored	2:30:00 PM

·         Here’s who we’re running against: http://www.baumspage.com/cc/ccframe.php?path=http://www.ohsaa.org/sports/cc/default.asp

·         Here’s Avon Lake’s roster—we can take 10 people on TEAM for this race (names are not in any particular order):

BOYS OPEN        1 p.m.

Nick Foley

Erik Fjeldstad

Clay Ledbetter

Anthony Powe

Luke Brodke

Eddie Wolski

Kyle Burr

Tyler Stepak

Sam Baugh

Nathan Jagodzinski

GIRLS OPEN        1:30 p.m.

NONE

BOYS TEAM        2:00 p.m.

John Swansinger

Michael Mandel

Jacob Nasr

Michael Kuban

Ryan Keller

Abud Salem

Brandon Holton

Joey Carson

Jacob Morris

Patrick Neipp

GIRLS TEAM       2:30 p.m.

Camden Lockner

Catherine Arebaugh

Julia Dixon

Lauren Davis

Elena Stojanovski

Alyssa Whalen

Olivia Crimaldi

Liz Murdock

Mackenzie Tyson

Ava Kramhoeller

SWC Week

SWC CHAMPIONSHIP

Here we go! This is the final race of the season. Let’s go to work:

·         Please check Coach Walters’ room for any missing items! At the end of our season we’re going to place all missing items in Learwood’s Lost & Found.

·         Parents, while this final race is centrally located, make sure to remind kids to stick together!

·         Time to get some rest! Eat health, drink a lot of water, stock up on sleep (9 hours, 15 minutes a night), and STRETCH before bed! Avoid soda, junk food, and limit sweets to one dessert a day! Remember, it’s not what you do Friday night, it’s what you do this whole week.

·         Parents and athletes: typically athletes like to toilet paper my house after SWCs (Saturday night). Just remember: we love Coach Rocco and we would NOT want to do any damage to his home.

·         Bowling Reminder: after SWCs we meet at Spevock’s Bowling in Avon Lake.  The coaching staff will be collecting uniforms/jackets. If you can wash them BEFORE you return them that would be AWESOME!  However, because of the short time between race and bowling we understand if that is not possible. 

·         Parents: we’ll be updating Avon Lake’s Team Records & Individual Records. We’ll also post this on the blog after SWCs.

·         I’m including Avon Lake’s SWC History here. Take a look at what athletes have done over the last 20 – 25 years!

Southwestern Conference Championship

·         Bus leaves at Troy at 12:10 p.m. (be there at noon).

·         Boys run at 1:30 p.m.

·         Girls run at 2 p.m.

·         SWC Awards Ceremony at 2:30 p.m. Top 7 runners (All-SWC) will be recognized, then Top 8-14 runners (2^nd Team All-SWC) will be recognized, then the SWC schools will be recognized.

·         There is an Elementary Race at 12:45 p.m. It’s 800 meters and it’s open to any young athlete in the SWC! Pre-registration is over, but all elementary kids (grades 1 – 6) can still register tomorrow by the tennis courts if you want to race.

·         SWC apparel will be available! We pre-ordered but they may have extra apparel should you want to get something.

·         We’ll leave around 3:15ish.

·         Once we return to Avon Lake, go home, shower, then come bowl with your team (don’t forget your uniforms if you’re not running at the OHSAA Championships). Bowling takes place from 7 – 9 p.m. at Spevock’s in Avon Lake.

·         I’m posting the final Cheat Sheet of the season! We passed this out on Monday, but here it is one more time. Thanks for a great year!

OHSAA Middle School Championship Meet

·         We will go over this early next week—we just got our confirmed race times and we’ll set everything up for those participating at the state-level!