This June we started our pre season cross country practices. By we I mean Sally Johnson and me. Sally is the head junior high cross country coach for Heritage Academy and I’m the assistant coach. This will be our third year coaching together! Avery and Ella (Sally’s daughter) were on our team the first year before they moved up to high school. Ben Johnson joined the team last year and will be again this year, and Zara moved up to Heritage and will be on the team this year. So excited for this season ahead. For summer practices Rupert came to many, and we’ve had more younger siblings join practice this summer than other years. So fun!
We started summer practices weeks ago and it’s been so good getting to know a lot of new runners, build endurance, play some games, do speed work and last Friday was our last summer practice. School starts on Tuesday, July 30 and we had our last practice at Sally’s where we did the same 2 mile loop we always do and had snow cones afterwards. I also brought pumpkin chocolate chip muffins.
Sally and I already got the schedule for our meets this season, all in September and October, so we have a month to get all our runners ready. We totally have this!
Every year we have an amazing team, but it’s feels different each year as we gain new runners and loose some. Different personalities effecting the few of the team each year. I have a good feeling about this year’s team!
Go Heroes!
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