Hey Athletes!
It may have seemed like summer would last forever, but school–and MVXC15–are upon us now!
The upcoming schedule is as follows…
- Optional pre-season practice meeting at the Monta Vista track: 7am on Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday (August 10, 11 and 12).
- Optional pre-season practice meeting at Rancho San Antonio Park (lower parking lot) (a treat to run someplace different!): 7am on Thursday, August 13.
- First Official Practice meeting at Monta Vista track: 7am on Friday, August 14.
- First Optional Saturday Practice meeting at Monta Vista track: 7am on Saturday, August 15.
- First After-School Practice meeting at the Monta Vista track: 3:20pm on Monday, August 17.
…and thereafter, we meet every day after school at 3:20pm, and we have races or practices on almost every Saturday through early November!
PHYSICAL EXAMS
Hopefully you have your annual sports physical exam complete by now, or you have it scheduled for this week! If you have not had your exam yet…YIKES! You may have a problem. You can not join the team and practice without your medical forms signed off by an M.D. (remember, an M.D. must sign the documents, not a chiropractor, physical assistant, etc.). Have your parents call your doctor right away to make an appointment. If you doctor cannot see you between now and the first practice, you can go see a walk in clinic (do an internet search and you can find something convenient). Please take care of your physical right away! Also, consider getting a serum ferritin test in addition to the standard physical. This test, and understanding your iron levels, can be very important.
