Weekly Bulletin- Week of May 15th

Summer is here!

Happy summer, Cows! Congrats on all that you have accomplished physically in your training and academically this school year. We encourage you to rest for a couple weeks before jumping into summer training! If you are in Madison this summer, use this link to join the 2022 WTC Summer GroupMe.

Eagle open

Great job to everyone who competed at the Eagle Open on Friday! Way to finish the track season strong.

Summer track series

  • It is that time of year again to start gauging volunteer interest for the Wisconsin Track Club’s most important volunteering and fundraising event of the year—the Summer Track Series! STS is a series of five community track and field meets that occur on various Thursday nights throughout June and July. These meets are put on at various locations throughout the entire Madison community and are open to all ages and abilities.
  • Not only is STS a wonderful community event, but it serves as the main fundraiser for the Wisconsin Track Club. The funds raised from the series go towards lowering the costs of meets for our members and the travel costs associated with them.

This year is the 29th annual Summer Track Series, and thankfully, we are back to full-scale track and field meets! In order to make it a success, we need your help volunteering! Volunteer positions include managing specific events, working at the registration table or timing athletes out on the track. The more volunteers, the better! If you are in Madison this summer, please consider joining the Summer Track Series committee! The committee will consist of those closely involved with planning for the series (venues, dates, events, coordinating with clubs) and hopefully will serve as an infrastructure of volunteers who can commit to helping at meets. If you are interested, please email Lauren Fitzsimmons (lefitzsimmon@wisc.edu).

Wisco mile

The Wisco Mile is Saturday, June 11th! It is an annual race held at Wisconsin Lutheran HS in Milwaukee. It's a big community outdoor track meet where everyone runs a mile or 5k. The winner of each race gets a pineapple. 🙂 Sign-up and race info here. Contact Matt Stilling (mstilling@wisc.edu) with any questions.

Volunteering opportunities

RACE: Meet at the picnic point trail entrance at 9am on Saturdays to be paired up to run with a kid with autism! No signup necessary, just show up! RACE goes through June 11th.

Summer Track Series: See the "Summer Track Series" section above to learn about volunteering for STS in Madison this summer.

WORKOUTS

SPRINTS: Rest this week!

DISTANCE:

If you are in Madison this summer, use this link to join the 2022 WTC Summer GroupMe!

If your track season is over, start active rest. Active Rest = 10-14 days of rest or unstructured, light exercise (hiking, light cross training, a few very light runs, etc.)

For those that wish to continue training (other outdoor track meets, road races, Wisco Mile, etc.), feel free to reach out to Coach Matt to develop further training ((920) 676-3524, coachmatt.elevatedperformance@gmail.com).

Thanks for checking out the weekly bulletin. Look how far you've come!