Lindbergh Cross Country

Each week this summer I am going to post a blog entry that I am going to call the Rettblog.  I will discuss events that happened during the week or that are planned for the coming weeks.  I will give a sampling of the summer mileage logs of various team members so that we can see what people are doing.  I will also include my own running log so that you can see that even old people like me have goals and have to work to achieve them.  Occassionally I might tell funny or inspirational running stories.  I will also include candid pictures from our summer runs and events.  Be sure to check the site regularly througout the summer so that you can keep up with what's going on.  You can email me your weekly mileage, or anything else, and I will include it on the site.  Use my home email account, not the one at school:  jrettmann@hotmail.com

My goals for the summer:  1)  stay healthy  (My calf has been giving me problems, as many of you know.  The past few summers I have had to take time off).  2)  Run 500 miles (of course, this depends on the being able to accomplish goal #1)

My week #1 mileage:  30 miles

 Keep running!

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Thursday, May 31 at 2:10 in my room we will be having a Cross Country team meeting.  Spread the word.

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Good Luck to everyone on the up coming track season. Hope everyone has a fun and exciting season, girls looking for an 7-0 repeat and guys all I'm going to say is All-City, All-City, All-City.

I will be posting some workouts and my race results on the forums if you would like to know. 

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The team records, mileage clubs, and all-time lists are now all updated.  Check them out.

 Keep training.  Remember, there is no off-season!

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The key to improving as a runner is to train on the off-season.  Training with your teammates makes running more fun.  Monday through Friday meet by the locker rooms at about 2:20ish.  See you there.

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Cross Country Awards Banquet 

Tuesday, November 14^th 6:00 – 8:00 pm 

This will be a potluck dinner.  Your families are invited.  Everyone needs to bring something—see the list below.

 Freshmen:         Salad or Side Dish 

Sophomores:    Desserts 

Juniors:   Drinks 

Seniors:            Main Dish

**I will provide paper plates, plastic forks, cups, etc.

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The 2006 boys team is now officially the best team in the history of Lindbergh cross country.  Prior to this year, no team had placed better than 7th at state. 

Some interesting Lindbergh Cross Country statistics:  We have competed at the state meet 5 out of the last 6 years.  Out of those 5 state meets, we have place (in order) 11th, 9th, 10th, 8th, 6th.  This year we beat the 7th place team by 63 points, but we were only 22 points from the 3rd place team.  This team (the best in school history) had two freshmen and two sophomores on the varsity, and one of the those sophomores is a first year runner.  Trevor was the fastest freshman in the state, and Nate was the 9th fastest freshman in the state.  This year's freshmen class, with 6 strong runners, is the best in Lindbergh cross country history. 

Hard work over the next year from our top 8 or 10 runners  +  the talent we already have on our team  =  hardware at the state meet

Go to www.jcrawford.net for the complete state meet results.

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The state meet is in Pasco at the Sun Willows golf course.  The team will leave Friday morning at about 7:30.  We will run the course Friday afternoon.  The 3A boys race starts at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday.  The awards presentation will take place at about 3:00.  The team will leave Pasco at about 3:30.  We'll drive to Yakima for dinner.  We will be back at Lindbergh around 9:00 pm.

 We are staying at the Kennewick Super 8 hotel.  The school pays for the hotel and some of the food costs.  Team members will need to bring some additional money to pay for their meals.  They should also bring money if they want to purchase state meet gear.

For lots of information about the state meet, go to www.jcrawford.net

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The West Central District is now an uber district, containing half of the 3A teams in the state.  16 teams qualified for the district meet.  The top 8 girls teams and the top 7 boys teams  qualify for the state meet.

The Lindbergh runners ran great today as a team.  The boys finished 2nd, packing 3 runners in the top 8.  The girls, running without #3 runner Bailey Bangerter, finished 13th.  Of the 14 team members who ran in the meet, 12 of them ran PRs.

The boys team will compete in the state meet next Saturday.

Click below for results.

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This Saturday, Oct. 28th, is the West Central Distict Meet at American Lake Golf Course.  The 3A Girls race is at 1:30, and the 3A Boys race is at 2:30.  For directions to the course and other information, go to the West Central District Meet website:  http://www.wiaa.com/Dist3/b_Cross_country.htm

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