Grady Cross Country runners after Peachtree Road Race in Piedmont Park

Congratulations to those of you who ran Peachtree.  Everyone seemed to be in good spirits and good health even though it was a hot day.  Sorry if I missed anyone.  We can swap stories tomorrow.  Practice resumes at Candler at 6:00pm tomorrow evening.  Hope to see all of you, rain or shine, hot or not so hot.

PHYSICAL FORMS.  I need to get those this month.  You must have a completed form with insurance by August 1st.  No form - No practice - No exceptions!!!!

I going to paste a copy of our tentative schedule below.  Look it over.  If you see problems let me know so we can decide whether to make changes.  SAT dates are included for juniors and seniors.  DO NOT sign up for the November 5th SAT.  That is state!

I am looking for a T-shirt design.  We have had a student design the shirt every year.  You can set it up on a computer or sketch it by hand.  Include Grady High School, 2011, Cross Country somewhere in the logo.

We have three more weeks at Candler Park, then we move to Piedmont Park on August 1st.  Practice will be 5 days a week M-F during August, Sept and Oct.  Look at your schedule of other activities and we can work around them, but I need to know where you are if you are not at our practice.  Everyone is expected to attend every day.

The boys and girls teams are beginning to take shape.  Remember, 12 boys and 12 girls qualify for the state team.  We will make that decision in mid October.  The running you do NOW will determine if you make the team, and if the team will be strong enough to compete at Region for one of the four spots at State.  We have enough raw talent to qualify, but we must be ready to outrun the talent in the other 14 schools in 5AAA at Mercer on October 30th.  All coaches are telling their teams the same thing.  It is up to you to respond by running daily and encouraging your teammates to do so as well.