Thanks Ange!
This year will be interesting. The cold weather has caused many kids to stop coming to practice. As the coach, it was a tough call deciding to go outside or stay inside. Knowing we run in poor conditions, I went with being outside (except for a few days). I’ve had several kids come down with quad tightness/pulls.
I run into a logistical issue. The school gets out at 210pm. I can’t get to the track until 330 with my teaching job. Starting this week, several days a week we have to be off the track by 430 as they have soccer games, lacrosse games etc. I usually have the older kids warm up at 3pm and be ready for me at 330. With the weather, many kids are not preparing right. Also, this group of kids as a group is never on time. I struggle with things like this. I have to crack down and get the group in order.
I have about 6 girls who will make up my varsity group. I have to decide how much to spread them out in meets. Individually, they are average. As a relay, they will do much better.
The meet schedule on weekends is mainly invitational style (heats, semis finals in 100 200 110h/100h, and then 4x1, 4x2, 4x4, 300H, 400). They aren’t fast enough to advance in the rounds in the weekend races, so I think those meets will be about 2 events in relays, and save the Tuesday conference meets for multiple races. With so few kids, this reminds me of my first year coaching with only a dozen boys and about 6 were varsity level.