Updates about the Red Bank Regional Girls Cross Country Team. "To give anything less than your best, is to sacrifice the gift." ANYGIVENSATURDAY TRADITIONNEVERGRADUATES STARTUNKNOWN,FINISHUNFORGETTABLE
I just wanted to start by congratulating the girls one more time for this past Saturday. Setting a new school record for varsity top 5 team 5k average (non OCP course) is a serious accomplishment. The RBR GIRLS XC record books continue to be rewritten each year in the recent era of the program which is no small feat. They do a great job representing RBR inside classroom, on the course and in the community.
With that said we are onto next Saturday, which is the Shore Coaches Invitational. This is a very large race, with the number of teams that attend and crowd watching. Spectators will most likely need to take a shuttle bus to get into the park.
The weather is calling for rain all week so make sure we are prepared properly and just for fun a picture of the BUCS taking over the buccaneer ride this past Saturday.
Here is a list of important upcoming dates and reminders that we all should set side.
1. Saturday, September 24th - SIX FLAGS 5K -You will be racing in the morning through a path in the Wild Safari. Then we ALL will be entering the park to enjoy a day as a team for 3-4 hours.
Here is the information on how to purchase tickets:
Please visit https://www.sixflags.com/greatadventure?promo_code=RUN299 or go to the Six Flags Great Adventure website and enter the promo code RUN299 in the upper right hand corner of the page
Everyone must purchase a ticket ahead of time or have a season pass. Everyone must also return the medical waiver form that was distributed at practice.
2. Sunday, October 2nd -Little Silver 5k. We are volunteers and help run this event every year. It is in the morning.
3. October 13th and 25th- Bake Sale Dates as we continue to fund raise. Our account almost has $1000 for the first time ever.
4. October 27th- This is the 8th grade open house and one of the most important nights to our season. This is the only opportunity you will have all year to talk to your potential future teammates about why they should join the team. Recruitment is the only way we continue to be great each and every year.
"You don't climb mountains without a team, you don't climb mountains without being fit, you don't climb mountains without being prepared and you don't climb mountains without balancing the risks and rewards. And you never climb a mountain on accident - it has to be intentional."
After a great opening invitational it is time to get ready for our second race. We look to become stronger, smarter and faster runners as the season progresses. Here is the finish to Cameo's win just for some fun!
Next Saturday we are heading up the Bernie Magee Memorial Class Meet at Greystone Park the site of our State Sectional Race. It is a great opportunity for us to see and get some race experience at the site of one of our biggest races against strong competition.
Here is the race schedule for that day.
Junior Boys A 9:00
Junior Boys B 9:20
Junior Girls 9:40
Senior Boys 10:10
Senior Girls 10:30
Sophomore Boys 11:00
Sophomore Girls 11:20
Freshmen Boys 11:50
Freshmen Girls 12:10
As you can see you will only be racing against your grade so scoring for the overall meet will be different. I will go into detail on Friday at our prerace meeting.
**Please don't forget to hand in your SIX FLAGS forms this upcoming week**
Tip of the day: Why do a cool down after a race?
Helps your heart rate and breathing to return towards resting levels gradually; helps avoid fainting or dizziness, which can result from blood pooling in the large muscles of the legs when vigorous activity is stopped suddenly helps to remove waste products from your muscles, such as lactic acid, which can build up ...
