Running Club 5/10/16

Today at running club we did time trials! Track 1 and 4 did the one mile run. Track 2 completed their 2 mile time trial because they will be tracked out when we officially do this at the end of May. The kids all did an amazing job. Times will be posted very soon!!

Today was hot and humid, but the kids persevered and showed amazing effort in all of their runs. Congratulations to our 2 award winners, Sam and Lucia, who won the Effort award! Both kids completed their 2 mile times and had great attitudes and strong finishes. Awesome work! 

Thank you to Mrs. Simmons for leading strength exercises with the kids while they were not running. Everyone showed great effort in choosing to do those activities with her! 

Here is a list of the one mile and two mile times. Track 2 was given the opportunity to run for 2 miles or 19 minutes! 

First Name	1 mile	2 miles
Arjun	7:59
Ashlyn		19:00
Austin		16:17
Ava	8:31
Breckin	8:56
Brianna		19:00
Bryce	7:29
Campbell	10:19
Elijah		19:00
Ella	8:32
Ellie	9:55
Evan Kate	8:54
Geoffrey
Giada		18:00
Grayson
Griffin	8:15
Henry	7:56
Isabelle	7:11
John "Jack"	8:08
Jonah	10:42
Jordan	12:14
Justin	9:08
Katelyn	7:37
Kathryn	8:34
Kelis	9:05
Kira		19:00
Lotanna	8:17
Lucia		17:02
Luke	8:37
Lydia	9:10
Madeline	6:39
Megan
Nate	8:15
Nick	7:03
Parker	10:15
Peyton	9:05
Randi		19:00
Sam	8:06
Sama		19:00
Samuel		17:58
Samuel		19:00
Samuel	11:59
Spencer		19:00
Tanner	6:29
Vishal Subramanian	14:14
William "Parker"
Xander	6:30

4/26/16

Long Distance

Today, the runners participated in long distance activities with their groups. We are getting ready for our 2 mile run in a few weeks! Congratulations to all of the runners who completed the 5k this weekend!

Our character trait of the week was respect. Congratulations to our winners...Giada and Briana. These sisters are always respectful and so sweet to their teammates and coaches. Way to go!

We loved listening to music and running this week...thank you to Mr. Colon for letting us borrow the stereo today. We had a lot of fun and even got to do one lap of "free style" dance moves during our warm ups today. :)

Angels Among Us 5k Fun!

It was a beautiful day at Duke this morning for the Angels Among Us 5k!

Brain cancer research is so important to many Brassfield families and it was so inspiring to hear stories of hope and be able to run with so many wonderful fighters and survivors.

Way to go Olivia for representing the Running Club!



Hopefully next Spring we'll get the word out a little bit sooner as this is such an excellent course for an excellent cause!

Spring Running Club 4/19/16

Today was a wonderfully warm day for the Running Club! We rotated between three stations today working on speed, strength, and agility. Coach Flahive led groups in games of fitness tic-tac-toe on the field focusing on teamwork. Ms. Pakes led groups in hill repeat relays and a planking exercise to help strengthen our core. And Ms. Harkey led groups in sprints around the track to work on our speed and agility.

Today's character trait was Good Sportsmanship. All of the coaches noticed two particular ladies who were always genuinely cheering on their teammates in their group. Way to go Abby and Zoe for showing great sportswomanship!



This Saturday is the Angels Among us 5K and Family Fun Walk which celebrates HOPE in the fight against Brain Cancer. This cause is near and dear to many Brassfield boys and girls. Visit their homepage here if your family would like to support the Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center: http://dccc.convio.net/site/PageServer?pagename=angels_home

Ms. Pakes will be running the 5K with her blue Brassfield Running Club shirt on. Please let her know if your family will be attending as she would love to have more running buddies! :)

First Spring Timed Run Results!

Ms. Pakes here with a quick note about these incredible times.

Running Club members showed so much perseverance on Tuesday, especially since the route I explained was actually a 2K route! Don't worry, the times from Fall still reflect a correctly mapped out 1 mile course. I was just a wee bit zealous and added 0.24 miles while explaining the route this week, so the route was actually 1.24 miles. Way to persevere and go the extra distance!

Through the awesome power of math we were able to get the times adjusted to reflect their approximate minutes per mile pace shown below:

Name	min./mile pace
Abby	12:14
Alexander
Anderson	10:38
Arianna	10:45
Arjun	7:49
Ashlyn	8:25
Austin	7:31
Ava	8:14
Ben F.	9:05
Benjamin G.	6:06
Breckin
Brianna	10:12
Bryce
Campbell	10:12
Caroline	8:34
Charlie	9:41
Chase	9:50
Delaney	8:29
Edward
Eli B.	16:08
Ella
Ellie
Evan Kate
Geoffrey	9:17
Giada	11:16
Grayson	10:54
Griffin	7:03
Henry	7:48
Isabelle
Jack M.	7:38
Jake	7:50
Jack W.	8:16
Jonah	8:59
Jordan	16:08
Justin
Kambrie
Katelyn
Kathryn	8:12
Kelis	8:46
Kira	16:08
Liam
Lotanna	7:41
Lucia	8:27
Lucy	6:49
Luke	9:27
Lydia	9:20
Machaon	9:08
Madeline
Megan	9:28
Nate	6.38
Nick	7:11
Olivia N.	7:53
Olivia P.	12:14
Olivia A.
Peyton	9:19
Randi	8:39
Rebecca
Ryley	7:37
Sam R.	8:33
Sama	10:47
Sam N.	8:27
Sam B.	16:08
Sam C.	10:30
Sawyer	6:50
Sloane	9:07
Spencer	13:00
Tanner	6:34
Tori	7:50
Tyler T.	8:05
Tyler A.	9:25
Tyler K.	9:12
Vishal	12:10
Parker	8:46
Xander	6:46
Zack	9:10
Zoe	9:49

Fantastic job, Running Club! Next week we'll be focusing on how to have good sportsmanship. See you Tuesday at 3:50! 

Spring Running Club 4/5/16

Today was our second running club of the spring season. We were excited to welcome several new runners this week! Students ran a timed mile run and did a wonderful job. We look forward to seeing their times improve over the course of the season.

Due to our distance run today the character trait of the week was perseverance. We were happy to see many runners showing perseverance throughout the run but two 4th graders stood out among the crowd. Congratulations to both Griffin & Spencer!

The mile times will be posted to the blog later this week. Congratulations to all our runners on a job well done! We look forward to seeing you all next week!

Spring Running Club 3/29/16

Today we started our spring season of running club! The kids had so much fun trying out all sorts of activities. We participated in a large group 1/2 mile run through the trails around the school. We also worked on some strength exercises and sprinting on the track! 

Each week, we will choose 2 students who demonstrate our "Character Trait of the Week." Today, our trait was optimism/ having a positive attitude. Congratulations to our two winners! Zack is a 4th grade student and Parker is a 3rd grade student. Both boys showed great support for their team mates and had a smile on their face the entire time. Way to go!

Please see the link below to sign up for the Angels Among Us 5k in Durham for Brain Cancer Research on April 23rd! We would love for all running club families to participate in this 5k with us as it benefits a charity that is so close to our hearts here at Brassfield. 

Link:
http://dccc.convio.net/site/PageServer?pagename=angels_home