Practice and Bus time for Rhinelander

Thursday practices will be at school.  Bus leaves on Saturday at 7:30am.  Good practices at Ed's Lake, and good seeing the Wabeno runners in the afternoon.  I think we will have to have some more combined practices during the school year since we are a bit smaller and can travel a bit easier.  See you this afternoon and to the ones in the morning I hope you had a good workout.

Pricing for jacket and pants

The cost for Under Armour Jacket and Pants will be the following:

Jacket:  $71
Pants:  $ 65

That includes the set up costs and shipping and handling.

Rhinelander meet

Bus will be leaving at 7:30 am from Wabeno.  The meet is at Rhinelander HS.

Practice week of Aug 22-26

Tuesday afternoon practice will start at Coach Sorenson's home

Wednesday:   both practices will be at Ed's Lake at normal times

T-shirts

This year the t-shirts are going to be tie-dye with green and purple to represent the schools.  The back has an inspirational quote as well as a new design on the front.  Looks pretty cool.  Once again friends and family can also purchaseon eas well.  The price is $17. 

Sectionals

SECTIONAL #3 - IOLA-SCANDINAVIA 

Amherst, Bonduel, Florence, Gillett, Goodman, Green Lake, Iola-Scandinavia, Laona/Wabeno, Lena/Saint 

Thomas Aquinas Academy, Marion, Menominee Indian, Oconto, Oshkosh Lourdes, Princeton, Rosholt, Saint 

Mary Central, Valley Christian. 

Letter

Rebel Cross Country team,

I hope you are enjoying your summer.  In several weeks we will be starting practice so I am sending a reminder about a few things.  Number one, RUNNNNNN!!!  I ran the Nicolet Plastics run in Lakewood and saw Jake down there. Everyone missed a great race day. I also did the 10K Hodag run and took 2^nd place in my age group.  My next race is Armstrong Creek on July 24^th  and I hope to see some of you there.  If you have not been running at all work on endurance and put one speed workout a week.  Remember you should be able to run at least 40 minutes nonstop before practice begins.  Do this gradually over the next of couple of weeks.  I expect my varsity runners in shape on the 1^st day of practice.

Second reminder, don’t forget about your physicals or alt. year cards.  This must be done before you can practice.  Ask your athletic directors which one you need.

Third reminder, Practice will start at 5pm  Monday Aug. 15^th at Laona High School.

This reminder is only for Wabeno athletes.  You have a mandatory meeting with your athletic director August 1st 7pm in the auditorium.  You and your parents must attend in order to participate in athletics. 

Finally, ACT’s exams are coming up in the fall the weekend of SPASH and Sectionals.  If you plan to one of these, please choose the SPASH date so we don’t have any problems on which one to choose.

Equipment athletes will need.  1. shoes(duh), go to a good store like East Bay or Scheels.  If you are really serious and have money you will need a pair of cross country spikes and a pair of training shoes.  Look on the internet for Eastbay for deals.  If you only want one pair of shoes, buy a light pair of trail shoes like Teva, Salomon, Saucony or Brooks are great shoe companies.  Choose what works for you.  2.  Black pair of shorts for the meets. Nothing below the knees and without writing.  3.  Water bottles, our practices get long and we run in the heat and you will need to stay hydrated.  We have had issues with drinking out of the same bottles and getting sick so each person will have to bring their own bottles for practices and meets.  We will have coolers.

If you have questions call me at school.  I am usually here from 8-10 am.  You can call me at home, good luck at reaching me.  You can also go on the Rebel  Blog  which has all the information.  Looking forward to seeing everyone in several weeks. 

Why run cross country?

1. Going to State is there anything else
2. Good way to outrun a bear
3. Get cool T-shirts with awesome sayings
4. Improves your tan
5. Souper run is August 7^th (Yes do it!!!)at Silver Lake Beach
6. Coach runs at 6:30am(yes in the morning)
7. Eat more and not feel guilty
8. See your teammates 
9. Run against national caliber athletes:  Chris Solinsky American record holder in the 10K, Molly Seidel , and Allie Woodward who is running for Oregon Univ.
10. Your coach (or God) told you to run

Mr. Sorenson and Mr. Twardowski