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Sunday, August 3, 2014

the countdown begins

Two short weeks left before we kick things off for the 2014-15 school year!  We're excited about getting everyone back together at practice, our favorite part of every day!

Some important dates to note:
*Thursday, August 14th is the date freshman can (and should) move in.  Of course, if you're attending one of the last two FASET sessions, you will move into your school year housing assignment early when you arrive for the orientation.
*Saturday, August 16th is the date upperclassmen can move into on-campus housing without an early move-in charge of $75/night.
*Sunday, August 17th will be a busy day...physicals in the morning, squeeze in a run sometime (probably should plan on going longer on Saturday), compliance meeting and team meeting in the late afternoon.  Freshmen will also have an academic orientation in the early afternoon, as well as freshmen convocation in the late afternoon if possible.

Hopefully, the compliance office will email you soon with the compliance paperwork now online so that you can fill out the necessary forms prior to the compliance meeting.

And plan on a blood test in the early morning sometime during the first two days of class.

AND THEN, practice will officially begin on Tuesday morning, August 19th.

Oh, did I mention classes begin...

Enjoy these last two weeks :)

54 comments:

Ryan M. said...

Ran a great 63 miles last week at Hilton Head Island last week. An escape from the hills in Virginia was nice, but I'm glad to be home. Looking forward to meeting the team soon.

Zack said...

Fiddy miles wit a day off to travel up to VA Beach (the greatest part of Virginia, Ryan). Had a not so great long run last Sunday and a lackluster 9 miles Wednesday, I blame the heat and exams last week. Looking forward to the next 2 weeks training at altitude in the mountains of Virginia Beach (jokes)

Katie T. said...

67. Legs have been really tired. Overall a rough week.

Caroline said...

50 miles. Looking forward to seeing everyone soon!

Justin said...

69 miles this past week. The weather seems to be pretty fair and the humidity/temps are low up in Pickens. I'm headed to Texas this week, so I'm sure the opposite will be there.

Dunlap said...

17 miles this week.

Allison said...

50 miles! Ran kennesaw again this morning with Hayley K - tripped and fell flat on my face, with a nice big bruise and cut on my hip to prove it. Those sneaky roots...

Also I'm really excited to be back with everyone! A complicated series of events led to Diana, Paige, Rachel, Erin and I running together the other day and it felt just like practice. Made me realize how much I miss everyone! See y'all so soon :)

melissa said...

50 miles! I think this may have been my highest mileage week in my life so that's kinda cool

Hayley D said...

60 with a day off. Ready to be back with everyone!

Anonymous said...

82 manly miles. Legs feel fantastic. The workouts went okay. kinda a shock to the system. -Veith

JGreen said...

29. Minor(ish) quad issues late last week and early this week. I didn't push it, just being conservative right now. Trying to be fast in February, not August. I'll probably start workouts the week school starts, maybe a group back at first. In other news, I am about to finish up work and head out to Hawaii (shoutout to SRob) for 9 days before school starts. I'm hoping to get some good runs in, among other things.

Ayyoo to Justin, the weather man, for a solid 69er.

Anonymous said...

AYYYYYYYY OOOOO Justin! -Veith

Kelly said...

50

Calvin Tirrell said...

58 miles this week!

MJ said...

64 英里, մղոն , Meilen , Mílte, millas , mijlen, miles!

Had strong workouts and felt great, ayyyy oooo Justin!

I'm still doing a lot of mileage on soft trail to decrease the impact, going to miss it in 12 days in the concrete jungle!

Things I'm not going to miss: German nuns yelling at me while I'm running, seeing cow tongues in the grocery stores, the sun rising before 5am, and nettles...the European poison ivy (#1 enemy of the trail runner).

See you all very soon!!! :)

Nico said...

AAAAYYYYYOOOOOO

51 in 5, Trans-Atlantic travel made me miss an unplanned day.

The rolling hills of Southeastern PA were a shock to the system, but at least here I can ditch my burqa and run shirtless without fear. We truly live in the land of the free.

Unknown said...

54 miles this week. The workouts went extremely well. Can't wait to meet everyone.

Paige said...

43 miles in 5.
Had to take Thursday off unexpectedly due to a sudden move out of my house, but I got every other day in. CANNOT wait for school to start because my internship sucks so incredibly much. Staring at a computer for 8 hours a day is not fun. At all.

Erin Gant said...

46 miles

Hailey G said...

48.5 miles

Matt M said...

63 miles last week

Unknown said...

54 miles!

Anonymous said...

60 miles-Zane Coburn

Diana said...

39- I was sick with a viral infection and didn't run 2 days, but felt really good by the end of the week. Had a solid progression run Friday and a good long run yesterday. Going to actually hit my mileage this week!

Chance Eldredge said...

43 in 5 rough week of finals and yard work preparing for our family reunion. Workouts went well and the middle found days of the week were great it was just the other three that sucked. Hooray for two weeks of summer now!

JWeg said...

AO Justin

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Unknown said...

71 big ones

Anonymous said...

56 in 6 days
Cole Jackob

Unknown said...

57, nice to be back on the trails

Tanner said...

51 miles. Currently in Hawaii for my last week of vacation. Travel may screw with my mileage a little but I'll do my best to maintain.

sammie k said...

18 for me due to sinus trouble getting worse, scheduled an ENT appt. for next week

Sarah said...

50 miles!

Brandon said...

32. Missed an unplanned day and feeling sluggish overall but hopefully I can get on or close to my mileage plan this week as I finish up work.

Alec said...

60 in 6 days. Felt tired but got the right efforts in. Also ran past professional soccer player Dirk Kuyt, was pretty cool :)

Sam M. said...

53 miles in 6 days. Felt great going a little faster again, but the Florida humidity is killer

Anonymous said...

42 with a new long run that I think almost killed me. When we go to Kennesaw I will be the one struggling/panting/crawling all the way up the mountain...florida flat terrain-although I did find a hill the other day.
Laura N

Troy said...

65

Zach L said...

46 miles

Unknown said...

46 miles!!

I'm Back home sweet home!!!! :) can't wait to see everyone. Super excited! I definitely felt the humidity here this morning on my workout...yikes...very different then Spain.

Anonymous said...

57 miles this week. -Patrick Fleming

Jag Gangemi said...

I ran 51 in 5 days this week. Also ran into Andres for a fairly dirty twelver.

Greer said...

49 miles, will have a lot of traveling early this coming week so will be off on mileage. Good to be back in Atlanta.

Erin said...

23 miles. Got to run with some girls on the team Saturday. That was really nice :) Done with physics as of Wednesday and summer research as of Saturday. First trail run in a very long time on Sunday. Made me very happy AND I GOT TO SEE MARIA AFTER. Feeling food, healing, & getting stronger

Charlotte said...

46!

Rachel H said...

38. Had to take a qhopping three days off mid week because I moved and work 11 hours on those days. Worst thing ever. Feeling good this week though! :)

Kaylee I said...

Thought I posted this earlier... Sorry! 55 miles last week

Nat said...

77 miles last week. Was a pretty solid week with a stupendous long run and good efforts on Tuesday and Friday.

Rachel thorne said...

52!

Haley A said...

41 miles last week, sorry my comment is so late. Felt a little tired at the end of the week, and it got worse so I'm way behind this week (the week of August 3rd)...but that'll be in my new post...

Unknown said...

53,48,48 I was in Italy for two weeks. It was super tough to run there especially in Venice and Rome. One run I had to circle a plaza in Rome for about 25 times just to get 8 miles. But I was able to get some mileage in.

Malin said...

32 miles, then jumping back into the plan soon! Very excited to go back! Sorry for late post, very busy planning/organizing for a track camp next week and packing for school already.

Anonymous said...

35 miles. The Florida heat is unbearable. That's what I get for living in the sunshine state. Looking forward to meeting everyone and to college :)
- Gabriel D.

Adonis said...

37, dealing with some back minor issues.

Anonymous said...

63 miles. Moved into State street and ready for the school year! -Patrick Fleming