This year, we are going to try out a meet that I've been wanting to take teams to for quite a while now. It's not often that Cross Country runners get to experience "Friday Night Lights", but on Friday September 2nd, we will get to do just that at the Nature's Bakery Reno Twilight Invitational.
The meet is actually fairly small and low key for the small school divisions, as can be seen from Last Year's Results. The point of the meet is not to go and face the best fields of the entire season. The point is to take our most experienced kids for a trip to do something unique and unusual and to open up our season in a fun way. Perhaps we will win some awards while we are there.
The basic itinerary for our trip looks like this.
Friday
8:30 - AM. Depart from staff parking lot at HHS.
11:30. Lunch stop in Truckee, CA
1:00 PM - Preview Course at Shadow Mountain Park.
2:00 PM - Check into Reno Circus Circus. Rest. Homework.
4:00 PM - Light snack
5:30 PM - Depart for Meet.
7:53 PM - Varsity Girls Race
8:17 PM - Varsity Boys Race.
9:00 PM - Dinner and return to hotel, have fun at Circus midway, swim in pool, etc...
11:00PM - In rooms, lights out
Saturday
7:00 AM - Wake Up
7:30 AM - Run 60 minutes on Truckee River Bike Path
9:00 AM Breakfast
10:30 AM Depart Reno
12:00 Lunch in Rocklin
2:30 PM Arrive HHS
If any parents are interested in following the vans and attending the meet, I and the kids would love to have you along. It is Labor Day weekend in Reno, so hotels are a bit more expensive and have filled up pretty well already. There already wasn't a lot left when I booked the trip a few weeks ago. Actually, Circus Circus was one of the only places where I was able to get a large number of rooms togehter. If you, as a parent, want to come as a spectator/chaperone, let me know as soon as possible and get a room booked quickly.
Looking forward to a great start to our cross country season and for the greatness to continue until November.
Coach B.
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