Join us at the Barn Quilt 5k!

Hi folks!  We would like to invite you to join us at the Shawano Pathways Barn quilt 5k run/walk on Sat 9/24 at 9:40 am at Memorial Park. Through a generous gift, club kids can enter as a group, and participate in this event for FREE!  There will be food and games and jumpy house.  We encourage kids to try to collect pledges and bring to the event, which goes towards SAM 25 emergency shelter, Boys and Girls Club and Big Brothers/Big Sisters.  We will hand out entry forms this coming week at practice, which kids need to RETURN TO US at practice by Wed 9/21, so we can register as a group together.  We will also hand out the pledge forms, which need to be back day of the race.  This is an untimed, noncompetitive event.

We do not have school or practice on Friday 9/23, so this would be a good practice run before the Shawano Invite, our first race, on Monday 9/26.  We plan to start easy at this 5k, then run about 2 miles, then "cool down" for the last mile.  Believe it or not, I suspect most kids have been running this type of distance already during our practices past week!

Please come show support for these wonderful community organizations!  Wear your team shirts (which should be in this coming week!)

You can find more information about the race at www.shawanopathways.org

Parent meeting notes

 


In case anyone missed the parent meeting on Friday afternoon (and I started a few minutes early), here is a quick run down:

1)  Absences:  please encourage your runner to attend all practices if at all possible, to prepare for the races. 

2)  Proper clothing:  dress for the weather (heat, rain, wind, and we'll leave it at that).  If your runner shows up with flip flops or heels, he or she will not be permitted to run.  Instead, we will assign another task such as maintaining the school yard, etc.

3)  Water bottle:  It may be difficult to get back into the school building to get water after we exit.  Please have your runner bring a bottle.  We will remind kids to fill up; and use bathroom, before we exit the building.

4)  Waiver form and athletic code form:  please return all forms by second practice, Wed 9/7; otherwise your child will not be allowed to practice with us.  DO GO OVER THE ATHLETIC CODE CAREFULLY WITH YOUR RUNNER, AND MAKE NOTE OF THE 3 WARNING AND YOU'RE OUT SYSTEM.

5)  Shirt order:  please return with payment by Wed 9/7.

6)  Pick up time is 4:30.  We need to finish stretching, and go over announcements or other educational topics, after we run.  Please do not disperse before everyone is dismissed together.  If you have special circumstances, please email me (yuchinfang@yahoo.com) ahead of time.

7)  Buddy system:  we are encouraging kids to run with at least one other for safety, and look out for each other.