2020 DeMatha XC Time Trial #1: Info

Saturday, September 19, 2020

Please have your sons at the Paint Branch Trail parking lot no later than 9:30am so that we can go through our warmup drills before beginning our time trials at 10am.

Note the following details:

Location

Paint Branch Trail

4289 Metzerott Road

College Park, MD 20740

Schedule

9:30a - Warm up

10:00a - Time Trial (Groups of up to 9, staggered start w/ 2 minutes between groups)

Estimated Departure

11:00am

Athletes:

• • Wear long pants and long sleeves for the warmup (if you have team gear, feel free to wear that) and make sure you have a bag to put them in before your run so that your stuff isn't just laying around.

  • Wear a mask. You will be permitted to run the time trial without a mask, but you must have a mask on during warmup drills and immediately after returning from the course.

  • Wear your training shoes. No spikes for this run as much of it is on asphalt.

  • Social Distance. As difficult a habit as it is to break, we cannot high five or perform other rituals. Running is considered a safe activity in that there is a negligible risk of spreading a virus while running, but once we are back from the run we must adhere to health and safety guidelines.

Parents:

• If any parents are willing and able to volunteer to assist with running this time trial, it would be a huge help. Depending on how much help I have, I may be able to work out a way to get 1-mile and 2-mile splits for the athletes like I traditionally do for our meets. But with a staggered start, even with my bike I wouldn't be able to get those and finish times, so I will need some help on the start/finish end if I'm to do that.

Registration

There is no formal registration for the time trial, but I do need to know who plans to be there so that I can plan for who will be in each starting group. Coach King has verified regulations and approved having more than nine athletes on the course at a time, but we may only have nine on the starting line at a time, so we will operate with a two-minute staggered start. Please email me by 6:00pm Friday, September 18, to let me know if you/your son plans to participate. Remember that you must already be cleared by our training staff by that time, so get your paperwork in!

Additional Important Details

• • The distance for this course is 5 kilometers.

  • Parents: if you drop your son off and leave, please be sure to return by 11am to pick your son up. This will be a very short day for us and I'd like to keep it that way.

    • Parents/siblings are also welcome to register and run/walk the course themselves if they'd like!

• As of Tuesday, September 15, the forecast for Sept. 19 is partly cloudy with a high of 64, so expect it to be chilly during the warmup routine.

If you have any questions, contact coach directly.