Fall Running Club Starting on August 20th

Calling all third, fourth and fifth grade boys and girls that enjoy running and would like to prepare for a race (1 mile, 2 mile, or 5k).  Then you should join the Brassfield  running club.   During our weekly runs, we will work on building endurance and speed while fostering a love of running.  The club will begin on August 20th and meet weekly on WEDNESDAYS from 3:45-4:45.  Our last running club will be November 19th.  The runners must be picked up promptly at 4:45 in the bus parking loop.  We expect that all students participating in our running club with exhibit PAWS behavior.  If you have questions, feel free to contact Travis Shillings tshillings@wcpsss.net.  Please be sure to use an active email as this is how we will communicate information through our blog and email lists. Happy Running!

Sign up will be closed at noon on Wednesday 8/20.

Sign up Link -- Sign Up

See you on the Track!

June 3rd Running Club

We will be having our last running club of the season on June 3rd.  Track 2 runners and other interested participants will be running their mile or two mile run during our last running club. Tracks 3 and 4 students that have already run their mile times and are not interested in attempting to beat their previous times will be running with a group and play a variety of running games.  Reminder to bring appropriate shoes and a water bottle.  We would love to have some parent volunteers to run with the students but to also time the students at the start/finish line. 

May 27th's Best
1 mile - Bryant 7:33
2 mile - Amanda 15:56
See you on the track!

Runners World Links

Road Runners Club of America for students 8-12

May 27th

We will be having our second to last running club on May 27th.  For this running club we will be running a mile for all students to see how they are doing with their pacing, endurance, and overall running.  We are in need of parent volunteers to participate in the run, but also parents that would be time keepers and record the students' times. Please email Michele Hamilton if you would be able to participate in time keeping or recording.  I hope everyone has a wonderful three day weekend and we will see you on the track Tuesday.  As of today the weather doesn't look the most promising, but we are optimistic about being able to run.

Running Club for 4/29

Due to inclement weather will be canceling our running club. 

From WRAL -- Mostly cloudy, windy and very warm with showers and storms possible this afternoon and evening. Highs in the upper 70s-mid 80s. That stationary frontal boundary that was upon the area yesterday is still over us today. This feature will help lend any storms that develop this afternoon to take on some rotation and hence perhaps form a tornado. We do also have the potential for some large hail and some heavy rainfall that could prompt flash flooding. Tomorrow we may have a greater focus of strong to severe storms as the actual cold front arrives.

Third Running Club

We are excited about having our third running club of the spring season tomorrow.  We will be meeting at the track at 3:45.  Please be sure to bring appropriate clothes, water, and some energy. We will be dividing up into groups to work on the students fitness goals. 

Some good info -- http://www.runnersworld.com/tag/kids-running and http://kidfitnessexpert.wordpress.com/2007/08/01/how-to-teach-proper-running-to-kids/

1/2 mile run for the 2nd Running Club

We had a great second running club with 52 members!  We completed our first timed half mile runs.  WE have some fast runners!  We will be dividing our runners into groups next week based on their goals.

3:00 - 4:00 1/2 mile runners

Frank B

Amanda U

Hunter C

Bryant G

Ben M

Abbey S

Lucas M

Megan H

Travis D

Max B

Ryley O

Andrew G

Hutcheson C

Jenny C

Kees de V

Julia Miles F

Cecelia N

Joshua P

Karishma K

Renee B Sarah G Giovanni S Jack K Jessie Y

First Running Club

We had a great turn out for our first running club. We had forty-nine students and nine adults.  We worked on intervals and were able to run/walk for fifteen minutes and then complete three relays around the school.  The best part of the running club for me was hearing the runners' goals.

• "be a faster runner"
• "Beat my older brother running"
• "be able to run longer without stopping"
• "be the best runner"

Looking forward to meeting these great goals!  See you all on April 9th.