Super Important Announcements - Again!

1)Hey PHS RUNNERS! We still need sweats and uniforms from a lot of you. Please retrun them to Coach Lamb or Coach Fader ASAP. You will not receive awards (and will be fined) if you do not return your gear.
2) Make sure to mark your calendars for the Cross Country Awards Night on November 24th at 6:00pm. I passed out a flyer to all you in school so you should have all the details. If you did not receive a flyer stop by my room (g114) or let me know someother way and I'll get you one. Don't forget to make your "special award" for your designated teammate and make sure to meet up with your desert team to make your entry for the desert competition. See the flyer for details.

3)Speaking of awards night, I am now assembling the slide show and I could use any pictures from the season that you are willing to share. I'm also very open to suggestions for music, unless you want to risk a soundtrack completely composed of Coach Fader's "old guy" music. Banjos anyone?

4) Keep that love for running alive, prepare for Track or just run for fun this winter by joining the PHS Winter Running club. Sean-Z has been hard at work forming a club for winter road races and running. Meet in my room next tuesday(Nov. 19th) during contact time for more information. Stop by my room sometime beforehand to pick up a pass.
CUrrently Sean has come up with a schedule of road races for those interested and the club will meet on thursdays at 1:08 (immediately after school) at the stadium for a weekly run. There is also talk of a weekly satuday morning run beginning at the Falls in Creve Coeur PArk at 8:00am. Come on by the meeting and share your thoguhts and discuss teh details. Oh,.. and bring a friend.

5) Finally, running never ends, it just changes seasons. Now is the season to just simply get out and enjoy the freedom, fitness and many other benefits of being a runner. I'll likely post some running inspiration and running tips over the winter, so stop in from time to time and see whats happening on winter version of the XC blog.

News of the week Nov. 2- 7,2009 - last of the XC season

Practice- you know who you are and where to meet - we will likely be done by 4:15 everyday
Mon 2- Creve Coeur Upper
Tues 3 - O'connor Park
Wed. 4 - Athletes choice
Thurs. 5 - High School
Fri. 6 - Leave for state meet in the afternoon and tour the course.
Sat. 7 - Missouri State Championship Cross Country Meet - Good Luck Jalisa and Hannah!

Missouri State Championship Info.
Location: Oak Hills Golf Center, Jefferson City
Race Times:
class 4 girls: 11:30am
class 4 boys: 12:45pm

H2O + XC = Racin' in the Mud

The photo above was taken on the starting line at Sectionals , before the race.

Torrential downpours over the past week or so have left us with some true cross country action to finish out the season. Pirate runnners split up last wednesday between the Findley Memorial Inv. at Forest Park (boys) and the Finn Dawg Inv. at Kirkwood park (girls).Congratulations to all our competitors in these races for finishing your season in style...true muddy-soggy- swampy style.

Our Sectional meet at Forest Park this past weekend offered up more mud lovin' fun. Two collegiate races were held immediately before our races, leaving the already soggy course the consistency of pudding. What is normally considered a race track became a swamp fest for a ticket to the state meet. Congratulations to Sean, Jalisa,Hannah and Geri for making the best of the day and battling hard in a sloppy sectional meet. In the end, Jalisa(3rd overall!)and Hannah (19th overall) both cruised through the mud bogs fast enough to earn a spot in the state meet next weekend. Congratulations and best of luck. Go Pirates!