Coach’s note: With high school XC season postponed until 2021, there is now a big void that must be filled for the passionate youth runner in 2020. Of course, the reason this program is available is unfortunately due to the global pandemic that we are all going through together. The goal of hosting a Limitless Cross Country season is to provide the youth of our community an opportunity to continue to not only train but to compete as well in the safest environment that I can offer.

• Season Length: 8/10 - 11/21 (16 weeks!)

  • Practice Days: Varies, see below (each group meets 4x a week)

  • Practice Time: Varies, see below

  • All athletes MUST be able to run for 35min without walking!

COVID INFO (IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ)

• We will continue with small packs of approximately 12 students each group to follow the Contra Costa County Health Service guidelines.

• The practice schedule is subject to change as allowance may give us the ability to start condensing groups and allowing more runners into the program. This will ONLY be the case if we are given the clearance by the county.

• Masks are required to be worn when attending practices. The only time masks are not required during practice are when an athlete is running. Any time a mask if off, athletes must maintain appropriate social distance between each other. This is about providing the safest environment possible and decreasing the risks as much as we feasibly can.

• If an athlete in one of the packs does test positive for COVID-19, the program will shut down for a period of 10 days and allow for all team members to remain quarantined.

How will athletes know which group they are with?

After the registration deadline of August 5th, the training packs will be created on the basis of the following criteria: speed, gender, and training volume. Some groups may include only girls/boys, some may be mixed in order to keep the group as close in ability as possible.

Training packs may incur slight changes if there is a need to move a few from groups to ensure a better training environment. In order to keep the integrity of each group and keep our “bubbles” intact, changes will only be made every three weeks if needed. Week 3, 6, 9 , 12.

Will there be any races?

Yes, my goal is to provide the closest experience to high school cross country season as much as possible. There will be approximately 7 races that Limitless athletes will have access to. As of now, each race is an inter squad race only against those within their training pack in order to follow county guidelines.

Registration Includes:

• Access to pack practices

• Pack daily training plan to use in days we don’t meet

• Races to compete in all are included (see XC schedule)

Questions? Contact info:

• Email: limitlessrunning@yahoo.com

• Phone: (925) 219-6586