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Weekly Updates

2017 Season – Week #7

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Hey Team,

Week #7 of our our season brings plenty of fun including our team camp at Cultus Lake!  We are looking forward to some good times with those of you that have signed up!  Here are some important details for the week:

Monday – Meet at Drake Park at 8:30am for practice.  Will run Summit Drive Loop.  Awbrey Rd --> Mt Washington --> Summit Dr --> 12th Street --> Drake Park.  Long group will take 1st Street Rapids Trail to Mt Washington and then follow same loop.

Tuesday – No Practice.  Run on your own 20-60 minutes.

Wednesday – Cultus Camp!  Meet in the Mountain View Bus Loop at 7:30 am.  We need drivers to help carpool athletes and gear to the Cultus boat dock.  Please email me how many athletes you can transport if you’re available to help drive!  The attached info sheet has a list of things you will need to bring.  Please review it while packing!  If you can’t attend run 30-60 minutes on your own.

Thursday – Cultus Camp.  If you can’t attend run 30-60 minutes on your own.

Friday – Cultus Camp.  If you can’t attend run 60 minutes on your own.

Saturday – Cultus Camp.  We need drivers to help carpool athletes and gear from the Cultus boat dock to Mountain View.  Please email me how many athletes you can transport if you’re available to help drive!  We should be back to Mountain View around 1:30 pm.  If you can’t attend run 30 minutes on your own.

Sunday – Rest Day


Practice Update

Please note that official practices begin August 14th and you are expected to attend practice unless you have an excused absence.  Athletes must be cleared by the athletic office to participate in practices.  Go to the athletics web page at https://www.bend.k12.or.us/mountainview/student-life/athletics for details on registering.  If you can’t get registered in time for practice we usually have a group of athletes that will meet at the same time and practice separately – we just can’t let you practice with the team!  Regular attendance is required to participate in our first race at Breese Ranch on August 26th.  Please let Mike know if you will be missing practice for any reason.  Starting August 14th we will be having practices from 3:15 – 5:30 at Drake Park Monday, Wednesday and Friday and at Mountain View Tuesday and Thursday.  This will be our schedule until the first week of school.

Weekly Updates

2017 Season – Week #6

Posted on by Jared Bassett

Entering week #6 puts us 1/4 of the way through the 2017 season!  If you haven’t been running or regularly attending practices by now it would be a good idea to start so you are ready for our first race on August 26th.

Cultus Camp is a week from Wednesday so now is the time to sign up if you plan to attend.  Signups are due by the end of this week (Friday 8/4)

Cultus Camp – August 9-12

Our Cultus Team Camp is coming up in August!  Please sign up following the instructions below.  A camp waiver and camp information sheet is attached for your use.  Please email or bring a signed copy of the waiver to practice.

 
Pay Camp Fee at https://touchbase.bend.k12.or.us/

Bend-La Pine Schools – touchbase.bend.k12.or.us

touchbase.bend.k12.or.us

For Parents: User Name is Student ID Number Password is Student’s Last Name – Password is case sensitive For NON-Parents (Guest Users)*: Please CLICK HERE to create …

User Name: Student ID Number
Password: Last Name w/1st letter capitalized
Select Cultus Camp
Enter Payment Amount
$60 if you didn’t volunteer at Pacific Crest
$30 if you volunteered a minimum of 10 hours at Pacific Crest (friends and family you bring to volunteer will count toward the 10 hours)
FREE if you volunteered a minimum of 20 hours at Pacific Crest (friends and family you bring to volunteer will count toward the 20 hours).  If your entry is Free there is no need to sign up on Touchbase.  We just need the waiver.

Here is our practice schedule for the week:

Monday – Meet at Drake Park at 8:30 am – Run Hills on 17th Street – 2 to 6.  Complete the Overturf Butte loop after completing your hill repeats.

Tuesday – Meet at Drake Park at 5:00 pm to carpool to Tumalo Falls for a run with the AC Flora High School Cross Country Team who will be visiting from South Carolina.  We could use any parents interested in joining us to help with carpooling.  We should be back to Drake Park by 7:30-8:00 pm.

Wednesday – Meet at RiverBend Park at 8:30 am – AC Flora will be joining us for practice and to float the river afterward.  Bring your swimsuits and floaties!  We will run the River Canyon Loop for practice.

Thursday – Meet at Mountain View at 5:30 pm – We will run the Shepard Loop & do a Strength Workout.

Friday – Meet at Drake Park at 5:30 pm – Run 1st Street Rapids Trail to Sawyer Park.  Varsity Runners will run past Archie Briggs to the large dip in the trail near the Relentless Trail cutoff that goes up Awbrey Butte.

Saturday – Easy 30-60 min run on your own

Sunday – Rest Day

250 Mile Club!

Megan wanted to send a quick reminder about the training logs & “250 mile club.”  She made training logs for the team and passed them out at practice at the beginning of the summer.  The logs have a few purposes including to help athletes learn about training by recording their runs throughout the summer and season as well as to provide motivation by recording progress and accomplishments.

To provide extra incentive to train over the summer, any athlete that logs 250 miles or more throughout the summer will get a “250 mile club” t-shirt.  When totaling miles, athletes can include any miles run after the first day of summer practice.  If you did not get a training log, please contact Mike or Megan at practice, we have plenty of extras.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Weekly Updates

2017 Season – Week #5

Posted on by Jared Bassett
This week is moratorium week so coaches are not allowed to have any contact with athletes.  Because of this we will have our team captains leading practices and they have been tasked with coming up with a fun week of activities.  The schedule for this week is provided below.  Please note that we have some changes to our normal practice location and time schedule!
Monday – Meet at Shevlin Park at 8:30 AM for a Trail Run
Tuesday – Meet at Mountain View at 5:30 PM.  Run to Pine Nursery Park for “Ultimate Frisbee 101”
Wednesday – Meet at **Drake Park** at **8:00 AM**  (**THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM NORMAL MEETING TIME AND LOCATION).  Run to RiverBend for Frisbee with Bend High XC Team
Thursday – Meet at Mountain View at 5:30 PM.  Will run long hospital loop and carpool to Mallory Robert’s House for movie and pizza.  Please bring $3 for pizza.  Address for pickup is 62610 Bunchgrass Place.  Plan to be picked up around 8:30 PM.
Friday – Meet at Drake Park at 8:30 AM to carpool to Tumalo Mountain for a hike up.  If you are a parent that is willing to help drive we could really use your help.  Please show up Friday morning and we will coordinate rides.  We will be back to Drake Park around Noon.
Weekly Updates

2017 Season – Week #4

Posted on by Jared Bassett

Hey Team,

Please begin trying to make team practices a priority.  We are only a few weeks from Cultus Camp and our first race is only a month and a half away.  Building a base now is critical to injury prevention and overall success this season.  Please also work on inviting friends to attend practices now if they are interested in trying out cross country and encourage your teammates that haven’t been out this season to be here too!

Here is our practice schedule for the week:

Monday – Drake Park @ 8:30. 1st Street Rapids Trail.  20-35 minutes out/back

Tuesday – MV @ 5:30.  Shepard Loop & Strength

Wednesday – RiverBend Park @ 8:30. Haul Road Trail. 20-35 minutes out/back

Thursday – MV @ 5:30. Shepard Loop & Strength

Friday – Drake @ 8:30.  Run to RiverBend to play frisbee/games.  Freshmen Fun Friday starts after practice (See below for more info).

Saturday – Run on Own 30-60 minutes

Sunday – Rest Day

Freshman Fun Friday

Our team captains have put together a special event to welcome our incoming Freshman. This will take place Friday, July 21st.  We will carpool to Elk Lake after practice (around 10-10:30am) and anticipate returning to Mountain View around 5pm.  Please bring a sack lunch, swimsuit, sunscreen, water, and any tubes, floaties, etc. for the water. We will likely need a few parent drivers so please let us know if you are available.  This event is open to freshmen only.  Please RSVP if you can attend!

Cultus Camp – August 9-12

Our Cultus Team Camp is coming up in August!  Please sign up following the instructions below.  A camp waiver and camp information sheet are available by emailing me at cougarxc@outlook.com  Please email or bring a signed copy of the waiver to practice.

 
Pay Camp Fee at https://touchbase.bend.k12.or.us/

Bend-La Pine Schools – touchbase.bend.k12.or.us

touchbase.bend.k12.or.us

For Parents: User Name is Student ID Number Password is Student’s Last Name – Password is case sensitive For NON-Parents (Guest Users)*: Please CLICK HERE to create …

User Name: Student ID Number
Password: Last Name w/1st letter capitalized
Select Cultus Camp
Enter Payment Amount
$60 if you didn’t volunteer at Pacific Crest
$30 if you volunteered a minimum of 10 hours at Pacific Crest (friends and family you bring to volunteer will count toward the 10 hours)
FREE if you volunteered a minimum of 20 hours at Pacific Crest (friends and family you bring to volunteer will count toward the 20 hours)

Weekly Updates

2017 Season – Week #3

Posted on by Jared Bassett

Hey Team,

Sorry for the late update for this week.  We will continue to progress slowly with increasing our mileage.  If you haven’t been attending practices please make sure you’re running some on your own so you’re ready for Cultus and the start of our official season!  Here’s the schedule this week:

Mon – 1-3 Loops of Overturf Butte (3.5/5.1/6.7 miles)

Tue – Short Run/Strength Training (2.5/3.5 miles)

Wed – River Canyon Loop (3/5 miles)

Thur – Short Run/Strength Training (2.5/3.5 miles)

Fri – Farewell Bend/South Footbridge (4/6.5 miles)

Sat – Run 30-60 min on your own or with teammate(s)

Sun – Rest

Don’t forget that our Cultus Team Camp is coming up in August!  Please signup following the instructions below.  Contact me for more info and to get a waiver at cougarxc@outlook.com.  Please email or bring a signed copy of the waiver to practice.

Cultus Camp – August 9-12
Pay Camp Fee at https://touchbase.bend.k12.or.us/

Bend-La Pine Schools – touchbase.bend.k12.or.us

touchbase.bend.k12.or.us

For Parents: User Name is Student ID Number Password is Student’s Last Name – Password is case sensitive For NON-Parents (Guest Users)*: Please CLICK HERE to create …

User Name: Student ID Number
Password: Last Name w/1st letter capitalized
Select Cultus Camp
Enter Payment Amount
$60 if you didn’t volunteering at Pacific Crest
$30 if you volunteered a minimum of 10 hours at Pacific Crest (friends and family you bring to volunteer will count toward the 10 hours)
FREE if you volunteered a minimum of 20 hours at Pacific Crest (friends and family you bring to volunteer will count toward the 20 hours)

Weekly Updates

2017 Season – Week #2

Posted on by Jared Bassett
Hey Team,

It was great to see so many of you out for the first week of cross country!  We are especially excited about the great turnout among freshmen.  Lets hope for a little better turnout from our upper class men this week 😊  If you have friends considering cross country or that might be interested, please encourage them to come give it a try.  Please also encourage teammates to make summer practice a priority.  Summer training is crucial to the success of our team during the regular season!

Here are is our practice schedule for the week:

Sunday 7/2 – Rest Day
Monday 7/3 – Meet at Drake Park at 8:30 am for a Scavenger Hunt.  We know many of you will miss practice for the holiday weekend so let’s have some fun for those of you still here!
Tuesday 7/4 – 4th of July.  No practice.  Enjoy time with your family and celebrate our wonderful country!
Wednesday 7/5 – Meet at RiverBend Park at 8:30 am.  30/40/60 minute out and back run on the Haul Road
Thursday 7/6 – Meet at Mountain View at 5:30 pm.  Short Canal/Purcell Canal & Strength Training
Friday 7/7 – Meet at Drake Park at 8:30 am.  30/40/60 minute out and back run on 1st Street Rapids.
Saturday 7/8 – Run 30-60 minutes on your own.

Don’t forget that our Cultus Team Camp is coming up in August!  Please signup following the instructions below.  A camp waiver and camp information sheet are available by emailing Mike at cougarxc@outlook.com.  Please email or bring a signed copy of the waiver to practice.

Cultus Camp – August 9-12
Pay Camp Fee at https://touchbase.bend.k12.or.us/

User Name: Student ID Number
Password: Last Name w/1st letter capitalized
Select Cultus Camp
Enter Payment Amount
$60 if you didn’t volunteering at Pacific Crest
$30 if you volunteered a minimum of 10 hours at Pacific Crest (friends and family you bring to volunteer will count toward the 10 hours)
FREE if you volunteered a minimum of 20 hours at Pacific Crest (friends and family you bring to volunteer will count toward the 20 hours)

Weekly Updates

2017 Season – Week #1

Posted on by Jared Bassett
Thank you so much to all of our wonderful volunteers that worked the triathlon transition and water and aid stations Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Pacific Crest.  Because of your help we raised several thousand dollars for our program that will be used for activities and freebies this season!

The 2017 Season is here and our first day of practice is Monday morning at 8:30 am in Drake Park.  Summer practices are a great way to start getting in shape and a good trial period if you’re not sure you want to do cross country yet.  Attending summer practices will also improve your race performance during the regular season.  We hope to see many of you out there!  Here is our full practice schedule this week:

Monday – Meet at Drake Park at 8:30 am (Meet by bike racks near footbridge).  Short Easy Run & Game (2.6 miles)
Tuesday – Meet at Mountain View Track at 5:30 pm.  Easy Run & Strength Training (2-3 miles)
Wednesday – Meet at RiverBend Park at 8:30 am (Meet by bathrooms).  Easy Run (3-5 miles)
Thursday – Meet at Mountain View Track at 5:30 pm.  Easy Run & Strength Training (2-3 miles)
Friday – Meet at Drake Park at 8:30 am (Meet by bike racks near footbridge).  Easy Run & Game (3-4 miles)