Covid 19 and the rest of our season.

Hey guys, as I'm writing this, I don't know what the status on the rest of our season is.  what I do know is this - Many of you have put in the work during the off season and pre-season and are in the best shape of your lives, but now your opportunities to demonstrate your fitness to the rest of the league and section is in jeopardy.

It sucks that the rest of our season is clouded with uncertainty. So, I want to give you as many facts as I can, based on the information that I have.

• As of right now, all the schools in our area have suspended athletic competition.  
• San Joaquin County Schools are closed until April 6th (Ripon, Escalon)
• Merced Union High School District (Livingston) has suspended athletics until April 19.

As of right now, I'm hopeful that we may still be able to salvage some of our season in late April and then move forward into the championship season of May. So, what does that mean for us.

1. If we are able to stay in school, our practices will continue as they have.  We will bring in some more fun, Intra-squad competitions to keep things interesting.  We'll likely play some game days as well.
2. If school is shut down and we cannot practice, you should continue to train on your own in anticipation of being able to compete after spring break.  If we do shut down school, I plan to push out workuts for you guys on this website.  Remember, your events lend themselves the best to training OYO.  There haven't been books, movies, and songs called "The Lonlieness of the Long Distance Runner" for nothing :).  In some ways, you guys could look at a potential school shut down as an opportunity to get in even better shape because you will have more time to double and more time to sleep!.

I will be keeping you guys informed as best as possible.  For today, remember that this is supposed to be a day where all groups get 50-70 minutes of total running in.  If you need to break that into two runs, that is fine.