Practice Schedule 8/17 to 8/23

Monday 8/17 marks the first official cross country practice of the 2015 season, with practices now becoming mandatory.  If you are are not eligible to participate you will not be allowed to attend practice.

For the remainder of the summer we will continue to hold most practices off campus to avoid paved surfaces and to enjoy some of Bend's best trails.  Starting Monday ALL PRACTICES WILL START AT 5:30 PM.  

Here is our schedule for the week:

Monday 8/17 - Meet at the Mountain View Track main entrance - Endurance Run & Strength Workout.  

Tuesday 8/18 - Meet at RiverBend Park

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Wednesday 8/19 - Meet at Mountain View Track main entrance - 1000s at Pine Nursery

Thursday 8/20 - Meet at RiverBend Park for a trail run.  We will carpool to the trail-head.  We will need parents and athletes that can drive to help transport athletes. 

Friday 8/21 - Meet at Shevlin Park for Hill Workout

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Saturday 8/22 - Run 4-6 miles on your own or come to our Optional Practice.  We will meet at RiverBend Park at 8:30 am and carpool to Benham Falls.  We will need parents and athletes to drive (Parents are welcome to join us for our run!) - Remember to bring your forest service parking pass.

Sunday 8/23 - Rest Day

Mark your Calendars!

Cougars,

We have an upcoming event scheduled for Saturday, September 5th that you will not want to miss!  The Cross Country Challenge is best described as a competitive team style scavenger hunt/race/adventure run and will be a celebration to the end our summer training.  We hope to have every athlete participate.  The start time will be at about 9am and we should be all finished around 1pm.

In order to make this event possible we will also need volunteers! If you can help in one of the following ways please let Mike know.

1. "Shadow" a team.  For the safety of our athletes we need several physically fit adults that can cover 5-10 miles on rugged terrain by foot or mountain bike.

2. Transport athletes and volunteers.  This event will finish in a secret finish location and athletes and volunteers will need transportation back to the start to pickup vehicles.

3. Finish Setup.  Email Mike for specifics.

Practice Schedule 8/10 to 8/16

Thank you to all of the athletes that attended Cultus this year.  We had a great time and are excited for the season ahead of us!  Photos will be posted to our Flickr Site soon.

Team Signups
Official practices will begin August 17th with all practices moving to 5:30 pm with the location TBD.  All athletes need to be cleared for participation by 3:00 pm on August 13th.  Non-eligible athletes will not be allowed to attend practice.  To become eligible, athletes need to register on FamilyID, have a current physical on file in the athletic office, purchase an ASB sticker and pay their participation fee.

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Click here to make online participation fee payment
(Athletes that are unable to pay online may pay by check in the athletic office)

For more information on signups visit the Mountain View Athletics Webpage by clicking here

Free physicals for girls will be held August 11 at 5:30 pm at The Center at 2200 NE Neff Rd

Free physicals for boys and girls will be held August 15 from 10 am - 3 pm at Mountain Medical Immediate Care at 1302 NE 3rd Street

Practice Schedule for this week

Our first race is coming up soon!  Please try to attend as many practices as possible in preparation.

Monday 8/10 - Meet at Drake Park at 8:30 am - Drake to Discovery Park
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Tuesday 8/11 - Meet at RiverBend Park at 6:30pm.  River Canyon Loop Endurance Run
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Wednesday 8/12 - Meet at Drake Park at 8:30 am - Run Old Mill Loop
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Wednesday 8/12 - Strength workout at Mountain View Track at 6:30 pm.

Thursday 8/13 - Meet at the Sky View Middle School Track at 5:30pm.  We will be watching McFarland at Sage's house after practice (near Sky View)

Friday 8/14 - Team Hike up South Sister

If you want to attend the South Sister Hike email Mike or signup at Tue/Thur practice.  This will be on first-come first-serve basis and we will have two groups of 12 due to size restrictions with the forest service.  Depending on interest we may add a third group.  If there are any parents interested in participating or able to drive that would be preferable to athletes driving.  Please email me if you are available.
Group A (JV) - Meet at Drake Park at 6:00 am
Group B (Varsity) - Meet at Drake Park at 6:30 am

Remember to bring water, lunch, sunscreen, hat, sunglasses, hiking or running shoes, a light weight jacket, light weight pants, and a small backpack.

If you can't participate in this hike, run an easy 3-6 miles on your own.

Team Fundraising

With our season quickly approaching we will be taking advantage of these last few weeks of summer to fundraise with the team.  We have worked up a list of local businesses and will be asking athletes to assist in soliciting these businesses for donations in groups.  More information will come at practice.

We are also asking for your help distributing our team fundraising letter to parents, extended family, employers, and any others that be interested in supporting our program.  These funds will help pay for team activities, equipment, and uniforms.  A copy of the letter is available at this link.  We appreciate your support!

Practice Schedule 7/12 to 8/4

It was great having such a strong turnout for the hike up Mt. Bachelor.  Thank you to the parents and athletes that were able to help out with driving!

This week I will be giving you the full practice schedule from 7/12 through 8/4 (Last practice before Cultus Camp).  Megan and I will be out of the country from 7/17 to 7/25 so assistant coaches and team captains will be leading practices during that period.  The following week from 7/26 to 8/1 is the OSAA Moratorium Week which prohibits student contact with coaches.  Captains will be holding optional team runs during this week.  Remember consistency at practices is going to be increasingly more important the closer we get to the start of the regular season.  Attending practices or running on your own is strongly encouraged!

Also remember to turn Cultus forms in by Wednesday!

Sunday 7/12 - Run 3 to 5 miles on your own.

Monday 7/13 - Meet at Drake Park at 8:30 am - Drake to Phils Trail Loop
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Tuesday 7/14 - Meet at RiverBend Park at 6:30 pm - Overturf Butte 1-3 Hill Repeats
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Wednesday 7/15 - Meet at Drake Park at 8:30 am - Drake to 1st Street Rapids
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Strength workout at Mountain View Track at 6:30 pm.

Thursday 7/16 - Meet at RiverBend Park at 6:30pm.  River Canyon Loop - 3 Hill Repeats
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Friday 7/17 - Meet at Drake Park at 8:30 am - Drake to Discovery Park
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Saturday 7/18 - Rest Day

Sunday 7/19 - Run 3 to 5 miles on your own.

Monday 7/20 - Meet at Drake Park at 8:30 am - Run Awbrey Butte
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Tuesday 7/21 - Meet at RiverBend Park at 6:30 pm - Run Haul Road Loop with 3 to 6 1-minute surges
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Wednesday 7/22 - Meet at Drake Park at 8:30 am - Run Awbrey Perimeter/Sawyer Loop
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No Strength workout - Mike and Megan out of the country

Thursday 7/23 - Meet at RiverBend Park at 6:30 pm - Run RiverTrail Canal Loop
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Friday 7/24 - Meet at Drake Park at 8:30 am - Run to Sawyer Park
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Saturday 7/25 - Rest Day

Sunday 7/26 - Run 3 to 5 miles on your own.

Monday 7/27 - Meet at Drake Park at 8:30 am - Run Awbrey Butte
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Tuesday 7/28 - Meet at RiverBend Park at 6:30 pm -
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Wednesday 7/29 - Meet at Drake Park at 8:30 am - Run Awbrey Perimeter/Sawyer Loop
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No Strength Workout - Moratorium Week

Thursday 7/30 - Meet at RiverBend Park at 6:30 pm - Run River Canyon Loop
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Friday 7/31 - Meet at Drake Park at 8:30 am - Drake to Discovery Park
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Saturday 8/1 - Rest Day

Sunday 8/2 - Rest Day

Monday 8/3 - Meet at Drake Park at 8:30 am - Run Drake to Phils Trail Loop
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Tuesday 8/4 - Meet at RiverBend Park at 6:30 pm - Run Haul Road Loop
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Mt. Bachelor Hike Photos

Cultus Camp Signups

2015 Cougars -

We are excited to a continue a longstanding Mountain View Cross Country tradition with the 2015 Cultus Camp!  This annual team camp is held at Cultus Lake, located off Cascade Lakes Highway, and is an important kickoff to our regular season.  In addition to a number of fun activities, Cultus provides opportunities for relational growth, team building and quality high altitude training which combine to make this one of the most enjoyable and memorable aspects of cross country for most athletes.

Megan and I will be out of the country from 7-17 to 7-25 and the OSAA Moratorium Week is 7-26 to 8-1 which prohibits student contact with coaches.  With that in mind, registration forms for the camp need to be turned in as soon as possible.  Please turn forms in by 7/15.  

Click Here for a copy of the registration form which can be turned in at practice or mailed to Mike and Megan's address, which is listed on the form.  We are asking for a $50 donation to attend the camp.  If this is cost prohibitive, please consider a smaller donation.  If you're able to donate more this will help cover the costs of those with financial needs.  For signups turned in after 7/15 we will be asking that you increase your donation to $60.  Please make checks payable to 'Mike Condon'.  Any additional funds not spent on the camp will be deposited to our team account.

We will meet at the RiverBend Parking lot at 9 am on August 5th and return there at 2 pm on Saturday, August 8th.  For more information on the camp click here to go to the Cultus page on our website.

Practice Week of 7/5 to 7/11

For our third week of practice we will continue a steady increase in mileage.  If you have not been attending practices this summer it is highly recommend that you begin to soon.  We will be adding hill/speed workouts in a couple weeks so building a base with solid mileage now will ease that transition.

Also, due to a lack of sign-ups for the freshmen camp we will be canceling it and hiking Mt. Bachelor and floating at Devil's Lake afterward as a team instead.  This hike will be in lieu of our normal Friday practice.  Meet at Drake park at 8:30am.  Parents - if you are able to drive please email Mike.  We could use a few extra drivers so kids don't need to drive.

Here is the schedule for the week:

Sunday 7/5 - Run an easy 3 to 5 miles on your own.

Monday 7/6 -  Meet at Drake Park at 8:30 am - Run Awbrey Butte
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Tuesday 7/7 - Meet at RiverBend Park at 6:30 pm - Run Overturf Butte
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Wednesday 7/8 - Meet at Drake Park at 8:30 am - Run Awbrey Perimeter/Sawyer Park
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Thursday 7/9 - Meet at RiverBend Park at 6:30 pm - Run River Canyon
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Friday 7/10 - Freshmen Camp cancelled due to lack of interest.  Instead we will hike Mt. Bachelor in place of our normal practice.  Meet at Drake Park at 8:30am.  This is open to all grade levels.

Saturday 7/11 - Rest Day