News of the Week: October 4-9

Practice Week of Oct. 4-9
Daily Practice time is 2:30-5:25 mon-thurs and 2:30 -4:50 on *fridays (unless noted otherwise)- Always meet at the stadium * The activity bus only runs at 5:00pm on friday
Mon. 4th - Bus to Hamburg trail (Weldon Springs)
Tues. 5th - Drive to Creve Coeur Upper level
Wed. 6th - PHS Campus.... finished by 4:15 activity bus (parent/ teacher conferences)
Thurs 7th - PHS Campus...finished by 4:15 activty bus (parent/teacher conferences)
Friday 8th - No School - (optional special practice) "Apple Run" - meet at PHS at 7:30am -Coaches will drive all to Pere Marquette State Park for some trail running and hills of epic proportion. Distance will be adjusted based on ability level. After our run we will drive to nearby Eckert's Orchard (or possibly a different orchard) in Grafton and enjoy some post run apple picking and munching. Some apples will be purchased for all, but bring money if you wish to have some extra for yourself. We will return to the high school around 12:30.
Bring an extra t-shirt/dry clothes to change into after our run (there is a lodge at the park to change) and money if you wish to purchase extra apples for yourself or anything else at Eckerts.

Saturday 9th- (Required Event) Pattonville Middle School Meet at PHS.
This is our chance to be on the other side of the race course and support the middle school XC program. Hopefully, many of these runners may be your teammates next year. We are hosting the meet so your attendance and help is required. We will also have a workout after the meet is over. Details will be provided at practice this week.
Middle School Meet Times
8:15 am - Meet at the stadium
9:00 -Boys race
15 min after boys race (9:45ish?) Girls Race
10:30 Awards and we start our workout
Approx 12:00- Finish- Enjoy your weekend

Important dates for the remainder of the 2010 XC season
Saturday, Oct. 16 - Surburban North Conference Meet - Koch Park
Wednesday, Oct. 20 - Finn Dawg Inv. - Kirkwood park Only JV/Freshman Girls (no Varsity members) will race and this will be the final race of the season for those groups.
Saturday, Oct. 23- District meet - McNair Park
Wednesday, Oct. 28 Boys - Findley Memorial Invitational - Forest Park Only JV/Freshman Boys (no Varsity members) will race and this will be the final race of the season for those groups
Note: All Boys and Girls team members not racing in the meets on Oct. 20th and 28th are expected to attend the meets and support the team as well as practice. Wednesday Oct. 28th will be the last day of practice for all team members other than Sectional Qualifiers.
Saturday, Oct. 30 - Sectional meet - McNair Park
Saturday, November 6th - Missouri State Cross Country Meet - Oak Hills Golf Course, Jefferson City
Monday, November 22nd - PHS Cross Country Awards Night 6-8pm

Quote of the week: "I run because it's so symbolic of life. You have to drive yourself to overcome the obstacles. You might feel that you can't. But then you find your inner strength, and realize you're capable of so much more than you thought."
--Arthur Blank