Dos Pueblos Cross Country 2018 / DP Track (Distance) 2018

Cross Country Runners of the Week
Runner of the Week for 2018 season (Coaches and Captains' choice) are here.  

Off-season training for track distance events
Meet at XC practice location Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday - 6th period.
    Wednesday - after school
 Allow up to 2 hours for practice.
Coach Micks' plan for the week can be accessed on the Training page.

Cross country rolls over to track in 2nd semester (January 22)
Students in the 6th period cross country class at end of 1st semester
will be placed in the 6th period track & field class for 2nd semester.
Practice times for the track distance group is the same as for cross country.
Those wanting to focus on other events (sprints, jumps, throws)
can do so when coaches for those events become available.

Don Green Distance Carnival (Friday, Mar 2) and Memorial (Saturday, Mar 3)
at Moorpark High School.

Practice for cross country/distance lasts approximately 2-2.5 hours. 
Exact amount of time depends on how far you have to run,
which is different for each runner depending on age and experience.

During school year (school starts Wednesday, August 22):
Monday:        practice starts at 2:15 (during 6th period).  Meet at the track.  Goes til about 4:00-4:30.
Tuesday:        practice starts at 2:15 (during 6th period).  Meet at the track.  Goes til about 4:00-4:30.
Wednesday:  practice starts at 3:15 (after school.  Meet at the track.  Goes til about 5:00-5:30.
                        Though there is no 6th period, all runners are required to participate in Wednesday practice.
Thursday:      practice starts at 1:40 (during 6th period).  Meet at the track.  Goes til about 3:30-4:00.
Friday:           practice starts at 2:15 (during 6th period).  Meet at the track.  Goes til 4:00-4:30.
Saturday:      run on your own (see recommendations from coaches).
Sunday:        on your own (see recommendations from coaches).

Meet schedule:    click 'Schedule' tab above for the 2018 Cross Country schedule.

For individual recommendations, go to Training Schedule tab and click the download links there.
Cross Country - Race Preparation:  go to the Training page to get the one-page document.
Cross Country Mental Preparation:  there is a link on the Training Schedule page to the document that Coach Micks used for his talk in Mammoth.
     

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Contact Information
Coach Kaplan (Monica Kaplan) - Program Director - mkaplan@sbunified.org
Coach Nash (Nash Jimenez) - Boys Coach - njimenez@hotmail.com
Coach Micks (Micks Purnell) - Girls Coach - micks.purnell@gmail.com ​​​
Forms, etc.:  Give to coaches at practice.