QUICK IMPORTANT DATES:

STUDY NIGHT: Monday, November 11th

LITTLE NATS: Saturday, November 16th

CONCESSIONS: Thursday, November 21st

QUICK IMPORTANT LINKS:

Facebook Page: If you are not a member, request to join!
Meet Sign Up
Volunteer Sign Up

 

IMPORTANT INFO

 

STUDY NIGHT

We have another study night on Monday, November 11th! It is from 7:30-9:30 in 4275 Helen C White! Bring your textbooks and brains!

 

MAKE SURE TO CHECK THE CAR LIST AND HOTEL rooms

ATTENTION ALL LITTLE NATS GOERS! Allie has just sent out an email with all the important information you will need for this weekend! Make sure the check the car list and be aware of when you are leaving, as well as the hotel room sign up sheet! The hotel does include a breakfast and Allie is also bringing bagels and bananas for us! We will be getting a late lunch/early dinner after the meet on Saturday too! Get ready to kick some butt this weekend folks! Cannot wait!

 

CONCESSIONS

We have a big volunteering event coming up! On Thursday, November 21st we need volunteers to work concessions! If you are able, please sign up using this link.

 

WORKOUTS

	Monday:	Tuesday:	Wednesday:	Thursday:	Friday:	Saturday:	Sunday:
DISTANCE	3-7 miles easy	Cruise 1600 and turnover 1600m at tempo pace 2 min recover 4 x 400 at dream race pace (90 second recovery)	3-7 miles easy	3-5 x 8 min @ perceived tempo error on the side of slow, if you are in doubt. Try to not use your gps and truly feel the pace.	Pre-Race	LITTLE NATS	LONG RUN

 

QUICK IMPORTANT DATES:

REGIONALLLLLLLS: Saturday, November 2nd

DEADLINE FOR LITTLE NATS SIGN UP: Saturday, November 2nd

BRINNER: Thursday, November 7th

QUICK IMPORTANT LINKS:

Facebook Page: If you are not a member, request to join!
Meet Sign Up
Volunteer Sign Up

 

IMPORTANT INFO

 

MAKE SURE TO CHECK THE CAR LIST AND HOTEL rooms

ATTENTION ALL REGIONAL GOERS! Make sure to check Allie's email with all your regionals info! Everyone has been assigned a car and there is also a hotel room spreadsheet that you should fill out! Can't wait to see all our cows compete!

 

brinner

Yes. You heard it folks. The best social of the year, no questions asked. Brinner will take place at the cow haus on Thursday, November 7th! Clear your calendars (although they should have been cleared quite some time ago)! We will see ALL of you there! Mooooo

 

sign up for little nats!

LAST ANNOUNCEMENT TO SIGN UP FOR NATS! Calling all female cows, sign up! Even if you aren't in shape or don't know everyone super well, this is one of the best things about track club! Let's gooooooo!!!

 

WORKOUTS

	Monday:	Tuesday:	Wednesday:	Thursday:	Friday:	Saturday:	Sunday:
DISTANCE	3-7 miles easy	Double 8’s (simulated mile repeats at goal race pace) Start with a fast 400 @ 5k race pace (2 min recovery) 2-4 x (800 @ goal race pace, 45 sec recovery, 800 @ goal race pace)	3-7 miles easy	Progressive aerobic tempo 2-5 miles For each mile run add 10 seconds over tempo pace to start, then cut down to tempo Example: tempo pace = 5:30 then run four miles: 5:50, 5:40, 5:30 maintain or go on last	Pre-Race	REGIONALS	LONG RUN

 

QUICK IMPORTANT DATES:

CORN MAZE: Friday, October 25th

PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Sunday, October 27th

REGIONALLLLLLLS: Saturday, November 2nd

DEADLINE FOR LITTLE NATS SIGN UP: Saturday, November 2nd

QUICK IMPORTANT LINKS:

Facebook Page: If you are not a member, request to join!
Meet Sign Up
Volunteer Sign Up

 

IMPORTANT INFO

 

Jim Drews/Tori Neubauer Invitational recap

Here are the results for the meet and here are the minimal pictures I got in the rain lol. Great job to everyone who raced! As Matt said in his Facebook post, we had 7 bulls under 28 minutes and the top 5 averaged a time of 26:55! The girls also did a great job, all 4 of them! Getting ready for regionals which is right around the corner!

 

Corn maze

Keep your schedule clear for the corn maze on Friday, October 25th! It's a great opportunity to get a pumpkin, drink some cider, eat a caramel apple...what could be better. Make sure you check out the Facebook post and sign up on the spreadsheet if you are looking to go! Please, if you can drive or have a car make sure to let us know on the spreadsheet!

 

Pancake breakfast

This Sunday's social is a pancake breakfast hosted by the cow haus. It will be following the long run on the Arb Trails! Meet at P&L at 9am to start running and then grab some pancakes at the end! Keep your eyes open for a Facebook post regarding this event!

 

sign up for little nats!

That's it, that's the announcement. Sign up folks! Here ya go!

 

Remember race!

RACE is a program with ACT therapy where you run with younger children with autism! Meet at the entrance of picnic point on Saturday's at 9:15am (goes until 10:15) to volunteer with some awesome kiddos!

 

WORKOUTS

	Monday:	Tuesday:	Wednesday:	Thursday:	Friday:	Saturday:	Sunday:
DISTANCE	3-7 miles easy	800 @ tempo/CV, 600 @RP, 400 @speed x2 McClimon Track	3-7 miles easy	Arb Tempo	CORN MAZEEEE		LONG RUN AND PANCAKE BREAKFAST

 

QUICK IMPORTANT DATES:

APPAREL ORDER DEADLINE: Tuesday, October 14th

SIGN UP DEADLINE FOR REGIONALS: Wednesday, October 16th @ midnight

FRUN TO IAN'S: Friday, October 18th (obviously) @ 6:30pm

CORN MAZE: Friday, October 25th

PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Sunday, October 27th

QUICK IMPORTANT LINKS:

Facebook Page: If you are not a member, request to join!
Meet Sign Up
Volunteer Sign Up

 

IMPORTANT INFO

APPAREL ORDER DEADLINE

The store is open from now until October 14th so get it while it's HOT! Here is the link for the apparel! We won't have another apparel order until track season so do not forget to order your fresh new gear!

 

LAWERENCE GENE DAVIS RECAP

Here are the results for the meet on Saturday! Congrats to Patrick Fasick, Alex Grabowski, Evan Henry and Luke Kubasta who all competed and represented for some of us cows who couldn't make it.

 

FRUN TO IAN'S

There will be a FRUN on Friday !!!! AHHHH!! Meet at P&L at 6:30pm! We will be running in one big herd to get some Ian's pizza!

 

other socials coming up

Keep your schedule clear for the corn maze on Friday, October 25th! It's a great opportunity to get a pumpkin, drink some cider, eat a caramel apple...what could be better. Oh yes that's right, a ~pancake breakfast~ after the long run on Sunday, October 27th at the cow haus! yummy!

 

WORKOUTS

	Monday:	Tuesday:	Wednesday:	Thursday:	Friday:	Saturday:	Sunday:
DISTANCE	3-7 miles easy	2- 3 sets of 600-600-400-400-200 at 5K pace. Slow 200m between intervals and 400m between sets (can be a run/jog)	3-7 miles easy	Tempo bay loop run with last mile being the fastest.	Pre-meet (2-4 miles)	UW Lacrosse Meet	10am Long Run

 

OTHER REMINDERS!!!

SIGN UP FOR WTC AT IMLEAGUES AND PLEASEEEE FILL OUT YOUR FORMS

There are 3 forms every member has to fill out once they request membership through IMLeagues. All the information is on our website under membership. These 3 forms (membership consent form, supplementary health waiver, and Wisconsin track club membership form) all need to be completed in order to compete in any meet.

 

safety module

All club members are required to fill out this safety module!!!! Here it is!

QUICK IMPORTANT DATES:

HAUNTED HOUSE: Friday, October 11th (sign up on the spreadsheet)

DEADLINE FOR REGIONALS SIGN UP: Thursday, October 17th at midnight

QUICK IMPORTANT LINKS:

Facebook Page: If you are not a member, request to join!
Meet Sign Up
Volunteer Sign Up

 

IMPORTANT INFO

safety module

If you received an email from our prez Matt Land, you need to fill out this safety module! Even if you already did it once, every member needs to "pass" (get a 34/42 or in other words 80%)! Here is the link again, please complete this!

beloit recap

Sam J,  Alex B, and Sam B placed top three at the Beloit Olde English Classic with other cows not too far behind! Congrats to all the guys who raced at Beloit!!! The results are here! 

Sign up for regionals and little nats

The meets are easily the best part of this club, sign up folks! Regionals and nationals are the biggest/most important meets of the season! They are both overnight meets and will be super duper fun, whether you're fast, not so fast, in shape, haven't run in a year... we will take you all!

 

WORKOUTS

	Monday:	Tuesday:	Wednesday:	Thursday:	Friday:	Saturday:	Sunday:
DISTANCE	3-7 miles easy	Warm up to McClimon 4-8 x 800m (@ CV w/ 2 min rest) 3-6 x 400 @ RP-Speed Cool Down	3-7 miles easy	Lakeshore broken tempo 2 miles up to 2x2 miles w/ 2 min rest 4-5 ins and outs on grass	Pre-meet (2-4 miles)	Gene Davis Meet	10am Long Run

 

OTHER REMINDERS!!!

SIGN UP FOR WTC AT IMLEAGUES AND PLEASEEEE FILL OUT YOUR FORMS

There are 3 forms every member has to fill out once they request membership through IMLeagues. All the information is on our website under membership. These 3 forms (membership consent form, supplementary health waiver, and Wisconsin track club membership form) all need to be completed in order to compete in any meet.

 

safety module

All club members are required to fill out this safety module!!!! Here it is!

QUICK IMPORTANT DATES:

INTRASQUAD 5K: Friday, September 20th @ 5:30 (meet at P&L at 5)

BELOIT OLDE ENGLISH CLASSIC SIGN UP DEADLINE: Saturday, September 21st @ midnight

QUICK IMPORTANT LINKS:

Facebook Page: If you are not a member, request to join!
Meet Sign Up
Volunteer Sign Up

 

IMPORTANT INFO

Intersquad 5k time trial recap

What a good looking herd of cows competing on the lakeshore path this last Friday😍😍 Great job to everyone who raced and thank you once again to our volunteers who make those races possible! Kaylee's team won and will be receiving some nice WTC glassware as a prize. The rest of the results can be found here as well as pictures! I will give out the link to more (much better) pictures that Cameron took when I get them!

APPAREL/SINGLETS

If you didn't get a singlet at the kickoff meeting, no worries, you can contact Tessa (tjrayne@wisc.edu) to get one! ALSO we are going to send out an apparel order soon so keep an eye out for some new swag! Lastly, if you are looking to rent a women's WTC jacket, you can contact Kaylee (sadeghpourhe@wisc.edu)!

Roy Griak invitational

If you are going to Minnesota this weekend and competing in the Roy Griak Invitational GET READY FOR A VERY IMPORTANT EMAIL! You will be getting venmo requests, an assigned car to travel in, a house to stay at, and much more so please be on the lookout for that! THIS NEXT PART IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT: If you were looking to stay an extra night in Minnesota (to stay with your family, stay with the U of M folk, etc) you will have to find YOUR OWN RIDE HOME! We do not have anyone taking personal vehicles so that means that no one is staying in Minnesota an extra day unless you have your own means of getting home and your own place to stay!

WORKOUTS

	Monday:	Tuesday:	Wednesday:	Thursday:	Friday:	Saturday:	Sunday:
DISTANCE	Long Run (bike path/GC) Total volume (4-10)	Warm-up, 6-10x800s @ 5RP-VO2, jog back to campus then 90m split sprints	3-7 miles easy	Broken tempo @ Vilas 1-4x mile w/90sec recovery  Cool down back to West 4-6x 40-40 strides	Pre-meet (2-4 miles)	Roy Griak Invitational	10am Long Run

 

OTHER REMINDERS!!!

SIGN UP FOR WTC AT IMLEAGUES AND PLEASEEEE FILL OUT YOUR FORMS

There are 3 forms every member has to fill out once they request membership through IMLeagues. All the information is on our website under membership. These 3 forms (membership consent form, supplementary health waiver, and Wisconsin track club membership form) all need to be completed in order to compete in any meet.

 

safety module

All club members are required to fill out this safety module!!!! Here it is!

QUICK IMPORTANT DATES:

INTRASQUAD 5K: Friday, September 20th @ 5:30 (meet at P&L at 5)

BELOIT OLDE ENGLISH CLASSIC SIGN UP DEADLINE: Saturday, September 21st @ midnight

QUICK IMPORTANT LINKS:

Facebook Page: If you are not a member, request to join!
Meet Sign Up
Volunteer Sign Up

 

IMPORTANT INFO

Border battle 10k recap

Great job to everyone who raced at the 10k against the gophs this past Saturday! And a huge thank you to everyone who volunteered! We had the top 8 men and ALL of our women beat the Minnesota Running Club athletes! Way to represent folks! You can find the pictures from the meet here and the results here!

APPAREL/SINGLETS

If you didn't get a singlet at the kickoff meeting, no worries, you can contact Tessa (tjrayne@wisc.edu) to get one! ALSO we are going to send out an apparel order soon so keep an eye out for some new swag! Lastly, if you are looking to rent a women's WTC jacket, you can contact Kaylee (sadeghpourhe@wisc.edu)!

IntrAsquad 5k

You still have time to sign up for the time trial this Friday! Get your name on that spreadsheet folks! We will meet at P&L at 5 and run over to the boat house for some warm up's. The race will start at 5:30. AGAIN, WE NEED VOLUNTEERS IN ORDER FOR THIS RACE TO GO SMOOTHLY! So, if you are able to volunteer, please SIGN UP to do so on our volunteer spreadsheet!

WORKOUTS

	Monday:	Tuesday:	Wednesday:	Thursday:	Friday:	Saturday:	Sunday:
DISTANCE	3-7 miles easy	2-5 x 1 mile reps @ Racepace  w/ 3 min recover 2-6 x 400 @ VO2 or faster Jog to Edgewood Hill 5 x 10 sec. Hill sprints	3-7 miles easy	2x 10 min @ tempo with 2 min rest between 4-6x strides	Intrasquad 5k (aka time trial)	Flex Day	10am Long Run

 

OTHER REMINDERS!!!

SIGN UP FOR WTC AT IMLEAGUES AND PLEASEEEE FILL OUT YOUR FORMS

There are 3 forms every member has to fill out once they request membership through IMLeagues. All the information is on our website under membership. These 3 forms (membership consent form, supplementary health waiver, and Wisconsin track club membership form) all need to be completed in order to compete in any meet.

 

safety module

All club members are required to fill out this safety module!!!! Here it is!

QUICK IMPORTANT DATES:

BOARD MEMBERS EAT AT DINING HALLS: Tuesday, September 10th @ four lakes and gordons

KICKOFF MEETING: Thursday, September 12th at 8:15 @ Humanities (room 2650)

BORDER BATTLE 10K: Saturday, September 14th @ 6pm

GRIAK SIGNUP DEADLINE: Thursday, September 12th @ 11:59pm

QUICK IMPORTANT LINKS:

Facebook Page: If you are not a member, request to join!
Meet Sign Up
Volunteer Sign Up

 

IMPORTANT INFO

BADGER CLASSIC RECAP

Our cows raced against the big dogs this weekend at the Badger Classic! S/O to Autumn Wickman who ran for the girls and our freshmen on the boys side! Way to represent! Here are the results!

Kickoff meeting

We will be having a kickoff meeting on Thursday, September 12th at 8:15, in the humanities building, room 2650! It is a very important meeting to go to for lots of info about this coming season, we encourage all interested/new/old students to come! Rumor has it there will be pizza...

THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING AT THE IRONMAN!

Just wanted to quickly give a shoutout to everyone who helped out at the Ironman! These volunteering events help bring funding to our club, which lowers all of your fees! And an even bigger shoutout to out VP's Brian and Kaylee for being the captains of our aid station! We <3 u!

SPRINTERS STARTING PRACTICE

Every Tuesday and Thursday at 6pm at McClimon track (if weather permits)! Our VP's of sprinters have workouts for you speedy folk out there! They will be added to the bulletin weekly...starting next week:)

 

SOCIAL EVENTS

ultimate frisbee

Monday, September 9th during practice! So show up to practice ready to run and play ultimate!

 

Board members eat at dining halls

Heyyyyy freshmen!!! Get to know your board members! We will be eating at Four Lakes and Gordon's dining hall's on Tuesday, September 10th! We will let you know what time we are planning on eating and will have signs so you know where we are! If you have questions it will be a great place to get answers!

 

 

WORKOUTS

	Monday:	Tuesday:	Wednesday:	Thursday:	Friday:	Saturday:	Sunday:
DISTANCE	3-7 miles easy	2-6 x 1k reps @ CV w/ 60 sec recovery (Vilas) 2-6 x 300 @ VO2 or faster Jog to Edgewood Hill 5 x 10 sec. Hill sprints	3-7 miles easy	Warm-up (1.5-2 miles) to Vilas Park  Progression Run (2-6 miles) use markers Start 10-30 seconds per mile pace and cut down 5-10 seconds per mile down to tempo pace then hold pace to finish 5x 10 second hill sprints on Edgewood hill	Pre-meet 2-6 miles with strides and drills	Border Battle 10k	Long Run 8-12 miles depending on summer volume Border Battle 10k

 

OTHER REMINDERS!!!

SIGN UP FOR WTC AT IMLEAGUES AND PLEASEEEE FILL OUT YOUR FORMS

There are 3 forms every member has to fill out once they request membership through IMLeagues. All the information is on our website under membership. These 3 forms (membership consent form, supplementary health waiver, and Wisconsin track club membership form) all need to be completed in order to compete in any meet.

 

safety module

All club members are required to fill out this safety module!!!! Here it is!

QUICK IMPORTANT DATES:

FIRST OFFICIAL PRACTICE!!!!!: Wednesday, September 4th at 5:30pm at Park & Langdon

DEADLINE TO SIGN UP FOR BADGER CLASSIC: Monday, September 2nd

KICKOFF MEETING: Thursday, September 12th at 8:15 (location tbd)

TIME TRIAL: Friday, September 13th

 

QUICK IMPORTANT LINKS:

Facebook Page: If you are not a member, request to join!
Meet Sign Up
Volunteer Sign Up

 

IMPORTANT INFO

Okay folks, this is going to be a lot of information. All of it is very important, but no worries, we will be reminding you about it at nearly every practice.

 

First official practice

Our first practice is on Wednesday, September 4th at 5:30! We will be meeting every Monday-Thursday to run together! Tuesday's and Thursday's will be work out days and we will warm up together starting at 5:30. We meet at the cross between Park and Langdon, it is right in front of Science Hall! Keep an eye out for fruns (food runs) on Fridays and long run's on Sundays!

Kickoff meeting

We will be having a kickoff meeting on Thursday, September 12th at 8:15! Location is tbd but we will keep you updated! It is a very important meeting to go to for lots of info about this coming season, we encourage all interested/new/old students to come! Rumor has it there will be pizza...

 

Deadline to sign up for the badger classic

THE DEADLINE TO SIGN UP IS ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND!!! SO IF YOU ARE COMPETING PLEASE MAKE SURE ALL OF YOUR FORMS ARE FILLED OUT AND YOUR DUES ARE PAID:)))

 

SIGN UP FOR WTC AT IMLEAGUES AND PLEASEEEE FILL OUT YOUR FORMS

There are 3 forms every member has to fill out once they request membership through IMLeagues. All the information is on our website under membership. These 3 forms (membership consent form, supplementary health waiver, and Wisconsin track club membership form) all need to be completed in order to compete in any meet.

 

Pay your dues

Pay your semester dues of $30 to the venmo account (@WiscoTC). We keep track of everyone who has paid their dues because you must pay in order to compete in meets!

 

become an authorized driver

Basically ,we need authorized drivers in order to drive to meets so if you are from Wisconsin, we HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU to become an authorized driver. It is very easy:) All the info is here under step 3.

safety module

All club members are required to fill out this safety module!!!! Here it is!

 

SOCIAL EVENTS

Frun

This Friday. September 6th. To Greenbush Backery. Bring a dollar or two. Meet at 5:30. At P&L.

 

ultimate frisbee

Monday, September 9th during practice! So show up to practice ready to run and play ultimate!

 

Board members eat at dining halls

Heyyyyy freshmen!!! Get to know your board members! We will be eating at Four Lakes and Gordon's dining hall's on Tuesday, September 10th! We will let you know what time we are planning on eating and will have signs so you know where we are! If you have questions it will be a great place to get answers!

 

 

WORKOUTS

Quick Note: There will be sprinter workouts posted to the next bulletin.

	Monday:	Tuesday:	Wednesday:	Thursday:	Friday:	Saturday:	Sunday:
DISTANCE	Long Run Arb (4-11 miles)	Warm Up 4-8 x 800m (@ CV w/ 2 min rest) 3-6 x 400 @ RP-Speed Cool Down	Easy 3-7 miles plus 90m strides	Warm Up Lakeshore broken tempo 2 miles up to 2x 2 miles w/2 min rest 4-5 x Ins and Outs in grass Cool Down	Pre-meet and/or Frun (food run) to Greenbush	Flex Day	Long Run 6-12 miles depending on summer volume

 

QUICK IMPORTANT DATES:

BEST BUDDIES FRIENDSHIP WALK (VOLUNTEERING): Friday, April 26th

SIGN UP DEADLINE FOR EAGLE OPEN MEET: Friday, April 26th

QUICK IMPORTANT LINKS:

Facebook Page: If you are not a member, request to join!
Meet Sign Up
Volunteer Sign Up
WIN page (membership stuff)

 

IMPORTANT INFO

full moon 5k

If any of you cows are in Madison this summer and looking for a 5k, consider this one!

The Movin' Shoes Running Club is hosting the 15th Annual Full Moon 5K this year, scheduled for Thursday, July 25th. 100% of race proceeds from this event will go to the Lincoln Elementary School's Recess Running Club. Movin' Shoes has worked with this organization for many years to ensure that their kids have proper footwear to explore the sport of running.

Here is the link to register!

 

 

best buddies friendship walk

This Friday, we are teaming up with Best Buddies (another club here on campus) at their friendship walk! This final volunteering opportunity of the year is almost full but we do need a couple more volunteers! Here is the sign up!

If you have any questions, you can contact Rachel at rgweix@wisc.edu!

 

 

wtc formal pics!!!

here they are, thanks cameron we <3 you

 

 

meet's for the rest of the year

Make sure you check out the meet sign up to see if you are interested in any of the meets we have closing out the end of the semester!

 

 

and lastly...

THIS WILL BE THE LAST BULLETIN THE SEMESTER! WE HAVE HAD SUCH A GREAT SEMESTER AS A CLUB, FROM AN INCREASE OF VOLUNTEER WORK TO SOME PRETTY INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCES ON THE TRACK. I HOPE THESE BULLEITIN'S/MOOSLETTER'S HAVE BEEN HELPFUL WITH ORGANIZING ANNOUNCEMENTS AND INFORMATION, AS I KNOW WE THROW QUITE A LOT AT YOU COWS! don't worry, i will be back in the fall with more and i hope to see you all as well!

 

-haley orf

p.s. cows achieve

 

 

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