Our first Drury cross country practice will be Thursday, August 20, at 7 am. All runners need to be on campus by then. Freshmen orientation starts just two days later. Insurance and a physical(by a physician) and signed consent forms are REQUIRED before the first practice. Medical forms are available and can be downloaded on the Drury Athletics web page under Athletic Training. The team may be also getting physicals from Drury doctors as we arrive on campus in August. If you move during the summer or leave home for an extended period of time be sure I have a good mailing address for you. The NCAA may want to conduct random drug tests and all student athletes on the roster are subject to being tested year round.
I will make specific suggestions regarding workouts starting June 20. That will give us eight weeks prior to August 16 to increase mileage, develop aerobic fitness and add some other strength/hill workouts. By mid-June we should be running consistently(six days/week), be in a summer routine, become acclimated to the heat, and be doing a couple of core strength workouts(crunches, planks, pushups and dips) each week.
Eventually, I will be asking runners to forward biographical information for the Drury web site and to also forward training shoe details so I can get everyone a pair of new training shoes by the beginning of practice.
Coach Van Arkel
417-873-7567
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