Visited the Western Albemarle girls back in 2010 on their annual 2 mile time trial on Dick Woods Road outside of Charlottesville
Back in August of 2010, MileStat.com went on a pre-season tour of the cross country practices at some of the state's top programs as we got to show others how these teams training and practice as well as gained valuable insight from the team's coaches. It was a very popular featured series on the website and we are planning to do it again for this upcoming season and do a lot of highway driving around the state of Virginia to bring you a closer look at many of the teams and individuals with some of the best potential for success this fall as well as tap a little into the minds of some of the brightest and best coaches in the state of Virginia.
Visited the Blacksburg boys and girls back in 2010 when they did a 20 minute tempo and 5x460 meter repeat workout at the Brown Farm in Blacksburg.
While we are able to get great coverage from these visits, it is fairly expensive to travel around as much as we plan on doing with gas prices and lodging if necessary, so this is a great time to pitch why its important for those who use the website frequently and rely on it to become subscribers of the website by paying the $36 annual fee. A good way to help influence the decision process of which teams that MileStat.com might attend is showing your support with several members of your team by subscribing or donating to the "gas in the tank" fund below if already a subscriber. Many of the teams that we are visiting have great coaches who have been big supporters of the website over the years and encouraged their team's athletes and parents to become subscribers of the site. We could appreciate any free housing during our travels as well!
Here is a tentative schedule of teams that we have setup to attend their team practices as part of our pre-season tour. This schedule is subject to change and expect many more schools to be added as we confirm with coaches and teams on which days to visit in the next week or two.
- Wednesday, August 7th - Jefferson Forest (Preview)
- Friday, August 9th - Patriot (Preview)
- Monday, August 12th - Ocean Lakes
- Tuesday, August 13th - Lafayette
- Wednesday, August 14th - Chantilly
- Thursday, August 15th - Washington-Lee
- Friday, August 16th - Maggie Walker
- Monday, August 19th - Osbourn Park
- Wednesday, August 21st - Lake Braddock
- Thursday, August 22 - Albemarle (Boys)
- Friday, August 22nd - Trinity Episcopal
- Monday, August 26th - Cave Spring
- Tuesday, August 27th - Veritas School
- Wednesday, August 28th - Western Albemarle (Girls)
- Thursday, August 29th - Colonial Forge
- Wednesday, September 4th - Deep Run
- Thursday, September 5th - Hidden Valley
- Tuesday, September 10th - Thomas Edison
- Monday, September 16th - West Potomac