Practice makes perfect! Well, you don't have to be perfect, but we did get perfect running weather, with blue skies, mild temperatures and a kindergarten cheering section to get us started. The girls started a little sluggish, but when the girls started taking turns leading the warm-up, the energy level increased. Coach Jenn, led us in some high knee running exercises, Coach Tanya added arm circles and now we were ready to start! We reviewed the route with the girls, explaining that one lap would equal 1 mile and that they were to complete 3 laps. Our volunteers; Laura, Becky and Meghan, had the water station table ready with plenty of water and gatorade. After bathroom breaks, checking the laces on shoes, we were ready for the first lap. Hurray!!!! Coach Jenn reminded the girls about the importance of pacing and off we went, everyone at their own pace. Some of the girls ran together, some ran with Coach Jenn, Brianna was fortunate enough to have her mom running and encouraging her and Marissa ran with Coach Tanya. We made sure all of the girls were with a buddy.
The girls cheered each other on through the first lap. I heard lots of way to go, you are doing a great job! and keep it up! The first lap ended with the girls stopping to get some water and then off to lap 2. Some of the girls needed to walk, which is always okay, as long as you keep moving, which they did. You could hear the girls tell each other during lap 2, we are halfway there, Yeah!!!
The final lap was a cause for much joy and excitement as the girls made their way to the finish line. Each girl received a medal as she crossed the finish line. The girls joined together and made a victory tunnel for the final girl, Marissa. When Marissa heard the girls chanting her name, she suddenly forgot she was tired and ran. All of the girls ran with her during the final downhill to the finish line. We did it! Everyone finished, what a great job! All of the girls got a goodie bag with treats and a miniature sneaker with laces-for going the extra mile. What a great way to start the weekend. Congratulations to all of the girls! A big GOTR cheer to the volunteers and to Brianna's mom for coming out to support her.
Remember: The Celebration 5k is May 23 and the girls will need running buddies. Running buddies do need to register at the GOTR Montgomery County website. You will also receive information concerning packet pick-up.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Making Healthy Decisions: Lesson 14
Life is full of choices and making good decisions is a critical skill to learn in life. How do you make a good decision? We were happy to greet the girls with all of our coaches present and ready to help the girls discuss decision-making. Coach Tanya, led the first activity by placing the girls into small groups and getting them to think about and agree on a decision/and or activity they did that morning. The girls then had to think about and agree on a difficult decision that might take place in the future.
Each of these decisions required the girls to draw their response. The future decisions were quite interesting, with topics ranging from: getting married, getting up to go to work early every day and the ups and downs associated with being a rock star!
Coach Jenn, got the warm-up going with a game about Pros and Cons. The girls stayed in their small groups, while Coach Jenn, read scenarios which required some of the girls to run to the Pro station and write 2 Pro statements and the other girls to run to a Con station and write 2 Con statements. This activity not only required the girls to think about the pros and cons of the scenarios, but to do a quick cardio activity. To finish the warm-up the girls had to run back to Coach Jenn and decide on the healthiest decision of the scenario. Ask the girls to fill you in on some of the scenarios and the discussions.
On to the workout, with Coach Connie asking the girls to determine the difference between a long and short-term consequences and long and short-term results. What does this have to do with a workout? Well, it involves a board game,sort of like Life, and who doesn't love a board game. This one involved the girls following the instructions on the board pieces they received as they performed ran laps around the blacktop. Some girls recieved cards which rewarded them with lap counters for positive decisions, while other girls received cards which required them to crabwalk and run another lap, because of a poor decision. A fun way to run, collect lap counters and think about consequences of decisions.
During the cool down the girls talked about some of the decisions in the workout. We sent the girls on their way with a GOTR Cheer. We ended the lesson with Coach Tanya distributing Tuesday healthy snack(yummy apples), wearing her Eat More Veggies, t-shirt.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
You Call IT!: Lesson 17
Sometimes it's nice to take a break from the regular format of the lessons and do something different, and that's exactly what we did. We started with a few announcements (more on those later) then proceeded outsidefor a warm-up. Thank you to all of the parents that made sure the girls had there water bottles. The weather on Friday was hot and the girls definitely needed plenty of water.
After the warm-up straight to the big field for a game, sort of like follow the leader. We continue to work on building the girls endurance, focusing on pacing, and more importantly moving, even when it's hot. Just for fun, we went up and down hills, and back around the field. I made certain the girls had frequent water breaks and an opportunity to sit in the shade for a few minutes A big GOTR cheer for the girls who hung in there with few complaints and finished the running. The reward: pure FUN! We set up stations with hula hoops, jump ropes, and a station in the center of the blacktop, where the girls did their favorite warm-up or exercise. The goal was to have fun and keep moving. We finished the session with several rounds of spirited tug-of-war and group jump-roping. After our cool down we headed inside to escapte the heat and finish the snacks.
Announcements
*Deadline Extension of Secret Essay Contest: Each girl received an information sheet on the deadline extension for the Secret Essay Contest (May 14th is the new deadline).
* Running Buddies: It's time for the girls to identify their running buddies. Running Buddies do need to register for the 5k. You should have received an email from the GOTR Montgomery County Office with information on Running Buddies. Please let us know if your daughter needs a running buddy.
* Practice 5K- Friday, May 7: The Practice 5K is this Friday, May 7. Please come out if you can and support the girls. We still need volunteers to hand-out water and cheer for the girls.
After the warm-up straight to the big field for a game, sort of like follow the leader. We continue to work on building the girls endurance, focusing on pacing, and more importantly moving, even when it's hot. Just for fun, we went up and down hills, and back around the field. I made certain the girls had frequent water breaks and an opportunity to sit in the shade for a few minutes A big GOTR cheer for the girls who hung in there with few complaints and finished the running. The reward: pure FUN! We set up stations with hula hoops, jump ropes, and a station in the center of the blacktop, where the girls did their favorite warm-up or exercise. The goal was to have fun and keep moving. We finished the session with several rounds of spirited tug-of-war and group jump-roping. After our cool down we headed inside to escapte the heat and finish the snacks.
Announcements
*Deadline Extension of Secret Essay Contest: Each girl received an information sheet on the deadline extension for the Secret Essay Contest (May 14th is the new deadline).
* Running Buddies: It's time for the girls to identify their running buddies. Running Buddies do need to register for the 5k. You should have received an email from the GOTR Montgomery County Office with information on Running Buddies. Please let us know if your daughter needs a running buddy.
* Practice 5K- Friday, May 7: The Practice 5K is this Friday, May 7. Please come out if you can and support the girls. We still need volunteers to hand-out water and cheer for the girls.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
No one likes a Bully and Standing up for Myself
Lesson 12: Bullying
Last Tuesday, we talked about a topic that was both timely and important: Bullying. The girls were aware of the recent news events, concerning the tragic consequences bullying can have on young people. We discussed the types of bullying and to make sure the girls were paying attention, we played a relay game. Now that the girls were warmed up, we proceeded to the workout with the girls running laps and answering questions about bullying. We did a cool down stretch, while the girls discussed bullying situations they witnessed in school and their feelings about the situation. All the girls agreed that you want to find someone to talk to, if you are being bullied and if it continues-tell an adult. We wrapped up with our healthy Tuesday snack:apples and a Girls on the Run cheer.
Lesson 13: Standing Up for Myself
Warmer weather and sunshine greeted us on Friday afternoon for our lesson on Standing Up for Myself. Many of the girls remembered the key phrases to say to stand up for yourself. We reviewed the phrases with a game. After that all of the girls were familiar with the phrases and ready to move on with the warm-up game. Several girls shared personal examples of recent situations in their lives, where they need to use the key phrases to stand up for themselves, with friends and or family members. The workout was done in the big field, so the girls could work on their endurance and pacing. There was some moaning and groaning about running laps around the big field, but you guessed it: everyone did it! Running or walking; all of the girls made it around the big field and reviewed the key phrases.
A big GOTR cheer and thank you to Marissa's mother for bringing cupcakes and drinks in honor of Marissa's birthday. The girls really enjoyed the goodies, it was a nice treat! Another big GOTR cheer for Erins' sister, Meghan, for assisting me, while Coach Connie and Coach Jenn attended a race.
Change in date for Practice 5K
Have you looked at the calendar? We are getting closer and closer to the Celebration Race on May 23. As you know, before the big race, we have a Practice 5K to give the girls a feeling for the conditions on race day. The Practice 5K was scheduled for this Friday, April 30, however, due to scheduling conflicts, the Practice 5K will be held on Friday, May 7th.
We could use some volunteers to make the Practice 5k a great experience for the girls. Please let me know if you can volunteer or if you know of any friends or family that would like to volunteer. It's not hard, we need enthusiastic folks to hand out water, put up balloons and cheer for the girls. The secret is; you will have a lot fun while you are doing it.
Last Tuesday, we talked about a topic that was both timely and important: Bullying. The girls were aware of the recent news events, concerning the tragic consequences bullying can have on young people. We discussed the types of bullying and to make sure the girls were paying attention, we played a relay game. Now that the girls were warmed up, we proceeded to the workout with the girls running laps and answering questions about bullying. We did a cool down stretch, while the girls discussed bullying situations they witnessed in school and their feelings about the situation. All the girls agreed that you want to find someone to talk to, if you are being bullied and if it continues-tell an adult. We wrapped up with our healthy Tuesday snack:apples and a Girls on the Run cheer.
Lesson 13: Standing Up for Myself
Warmer weather and sunshine greeted us on Friday afternoon for our lesson on Standing Up for Myself. Many of the girls remembered the key phrases to say to stand up for yourself. We reviewed the phrases with a game. After that all of the girls were familiar with the phrases and ready to move on with the warm-up game. Several girls shared personal examples of recent situations in their lives, where they need to use the key phrases to stand up for themselves, with friends and or family members. The workout was done in the big field, so the girls could work on their endurance and pacing. There was some moaning and groaning about running laps around the big field, but you guessed it: everyone did it! Running or walking; all of the girls made it around the big field and reviewed the key phrases.
A big GOTR cheer and thank you to Marissa's mother for bringing cupcakes and drinks in honor of Marissa's birthday. The girls really enjoyed the goodies, it was a nice treat! Another big GOTR cheer for Erins' sister, Meghan, for assisting me, while Coach Connie and Coach Jenn attended a race.
Change in date for Practice 5K
Have you looked at the calendar? We are getting closer and closer to the Celebration Race on May 23. As you know, before the big race, we have a Practice 5K to give the girls a feeling for the conditions on race day. The Practice 5K was scheduled for this Friday, April 30, however, due to scheduling conflicts, the Practice 5K will be held on Friday, May 7th.
We could use some volunteers to make the Practice 5k a great experience for the girls. Please let me know if you can volunteer or if you know of any friends or family that would like to volunteer. It's not hard, we need enthusiastic folks to hand out water, put up balloons and cheer for the girls. The secret is; you will have a lot fun while you are doing it.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Gossiping Is No Good!
This Friday's lesson was all about gossiping. The last few lessons we have been talking about different types of communication and working together. Coach Jenn began the discussion by asking the girls if there was any type of communication that was hurtful. Eventually, the girls said gossiping hurts everyone involved. When we tell stories about other people, or gossip, it hurts the person we're talking about, it hurts the people we tell the stories to by making them feel uncomfortable and it hurts the person telling the story.
To help the girls understand how telling stories can get out of hand, and really hurts those involved, Coach Jenn had the girls stand in a close circle, with their shoulders touching. Coach Jenn gave one girl a ball of yarn and asked her to hold the end of the yarn and throw the ball to another girl. The next girl held the string of yarn and threw the ball to another girl. After the ball of yarn was thrown from girl to girl, a shape began to form. Coach Jenn asked what the shape looked like and the girls said a spider web. And a web is exactly what stories can begin to look like when we gossip about others.
Coach Tanya then got the girls ready for their warm up by splitting them into two teams and spacing them out around the black top. In this modified version of "telephone," Coach Tanya drew a shape on the starting girl's back. The girl then ran to the next girl and drew the shape on her back. Then she ran to the next girl and drew the shape and so on. After the last girl received the shape, she had to write down what the shape was, to see if the final shape was actually the shape Coach Tanya originally drew. And you know what? For one of the teams, it wasn't. Coach Tanya and the girls discussed how this is just another example of how a story can start out one way and when it goes from person to person, it turns into something completely different. Just like gossip.
While Coach Jenn and Coach Tanya were doing the lesson with the girls, Coach Connie was busy hiding lots of goodies around the playground. Why? For the SCAVENGER HUNT!
That's right! The girls' favorite activity finally arrived: the GOTR Scavenger Hunt! The girls had to find lots of things: something blue, the GOTR snack for the day, something smooth, etc. They had to run, they had to jump rope, they had to do a cheer. But best of all, they had to find their GOTR t-shirts, which are a bright pink this season. Now we're all powerful in pink this season!
After all the girls finished their hunts, we did our cheer and went on our way. What a great way to start our weekend!
To help the girls understand how telling stories can get out of hand, and really hurts those involved, Coach Jenn had the girls stand in a close circle, with their shoulders touching. Coach Jenn gave one girl a ball of yarn and asked her to hold the end of the yarn and throw the ball to another girl. The next girl held the string of yarn and threw the ball to another girl. After the ball of yarn was thrown from girl to girl, a shape began to form. Coach Jenn asked what the shape looked like and the girls said a spider web. And a web is exactly what stories can begin to look like when we gossip about others.
Coach Tanya then got the girls ready for their warm up by splitting them into two teams and spacing them out around the black top. In this modified version of "telephone," Coach Tanya drew a shape on the starting girl's back. The girl then ran to the next girl and drew the shape on her back. Then she ran to the next girl and drew the shape and so on. After the last girl received the shape, she had to write down what the shape was, to see if the final shape was actually the shape Coach Tanya originally drew. And you know what? For one of the teams, it wasn't. Coach Tanya and the girls discussed how this is just another example of how a story can start out one way and when it goes from person to person, it turns into something completely different. Just like gossip.
While Coach Jenn and Coach Tanya were doing the lesson with the girls, Coach Connie was busy hiding lots of goodies around the playground. Why? For the SCAVENGER HUNT!
That's right! The girls' favorite activity finally arrived: the GOTR Scavenger Hunt! The girls had to find lots of things: something blue, the GOTR snack for the day, something smooth, etc. They had to run, they had to jump rope, they had to do a cheer. But best of all, they had to find their GOTR t-shirts, which are a bright pink this season. Now we're all powerful in pink this season!
After all the girls finished their hunts, we did our cheer and went on our way. What a great way to start our weekend!
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
All about Cooperation
It's been a while since we posted anything on our blog. This season is just flying by! We're sure you have seen all the emails about the upcoming 5k Fun Run on Sunday, May23. We are excited to have as many family and friends join us in that celebration run! Let us know if you didn't see the email and we'll ensure you get the information.
Yesterday, our GOTR group focused on COOPERATION. It is simply amazing to watch these girls devourer such a heavy topic as cooperation. Of course, they were able to tell us what cooperation was (and wasn't). There were many antipodal stories about challenges with classroom project teams and how cooperation didn't always work at home with their brothers/sisters. But what we found the most interesting was the cooperation demonstrations that these girls put on for us.
We started with a game called "skin the snake" (not really sure why it's called that...but whatever.) The girls had to put themselves in a line formation and one by one sit on the ground while holding the hand of the person in front of them. Sound simple? Well, imagine that the hand holding is happening while you are bent over and one of your hands is looped through your legs... Now, there's a yoga challenge for even the best of us. But that pose wasn't at all challenging for our girls. Not only did they follow directions quickly, but they just as rapidly figured out how to accomplish the sitting without letting go, without falling and without a bunch of yelling. Pretty impressive, we have to say!
Our cooperation then moved to jump roping. Using the LONGEST rope you have ever seen, the girls took turns getting through as Coach Connie and Coach Tanya turned the rope. The rules were to get through the turning rope without it touching you. They could stop, jump, and run out, or just run through. Together the girls decided the best way to get from one side to other. And although they had a few instances where the rope touched them, they quickly regroup and began again. The listening, the respect, the cooperation just oozed out of them like they were professional meeting organizers! And within minutes they had move the team from one side to otherside of the turning rope.
We then put out the biggest cooperation challenge yet. Coach Jenn put 80 colorful bracelets into a big pile and told the girls that the bracelets represented the number of laps that had to be run. She didn't tell them how many laps they had to run though. She left that up to them. Here's where we saw some math skills (and negotiation skills) come into play. It was easy to say that each person would run 10 laps...hence the math skills. But not every person could (or in some cases wanted) to run 10 laps. So the GOTR team negotiations took over. In the end, each person had a number of bracelets representing the number of laps she committed to do for the team. And everyone ran their laps per their commitment....
But guess what? At the end, we had only 79 bracelets! Call it a miscalculation or "by design", but the missing bracelet allowed the girls to run the last lap as a one big GOTR cooperating team! We wished we had the camera to snap pictures of the girls coming into the finish area together.
This Friday, we have another heavy topic -GOSSIPPING and how that impacts not only the person who is being talked about, but also the person who doing the taking.
Yesterday, our GOTR group focused on COOPERATION. It is simply amazing to watch these girls devourer such a heavy topic as cooperation. Of course, they were able to tell us what cooperation was (and wasn't). There were many antipodal stories about challenges with classroom project teams and how cooperation didn't always work at home with their brothers/sisters. But what we found the most interesting was the cooperation demonstrations that these girls put on for us.
We started with a game called "skin the snake" (not really sure why it's called that...but whatever.) The girls had to put themselves in a line formation and one by one sit on the ground while holding the hand of the person in front of them. Sound simple? Well, imagine that the hand holding is happening while you are bent over and one of your hands is looped through your legs... Now, there's a yoga challenge for even the best of us. But that pose wasn't at all challenging for our girls. Not only did they follow directions quickly, but they just as rapidly figured out how to accomplish the sitting without letting go, without falling and without a bunch of yelling. Pretty impressive, we have to say!
Our cooperation then moved to jump roping. Using the LONGEST rope you have ever seen, the girls took turns getting through as Coach Connie and Coach Tanya turned the rope. The rules were to get through the turning rope without it touching you. They could stop, jump, and run out, or just run through. Together the girls decided the best way to get from one side to other. And although they had a few instances where the rope touched them, they quickly regroup and began again. The listening, the respect, the cooperation just oozed out of them like they were professional meeting organizers! And within minutes they had move the team from one side to otherside of the turning rope.
We then put out the biggest cooperation challenge yet. Coach Jenn put 80 colorful bracelets into a big pile and told the girls that the bracelets represented the number of laps that had to be run. She didn't tell them how many laps they had to run though. She left that up to them. Here's where we saw some math skills (and negotiation skills) come into play. It was easy to say that each person would run 10 laps...hence the math skills. But not every person could (or in some cases wanted) to run 10 laps. So the GOTR team negotiations took over. In the end, each person had a number of bracelets representing the number of laps she committed to do for the team. And everyone ran their laps per their commitment....
But guess what? At the end, we had only 79 bracelets! Call it a miscalculation or "by design", but the missing bracelet allowed the girls to run the last lap as a one big GOTR cooperating team! We wished we had the camera to snap pictures of the girls coming into the finish area together.
This Friday, we have another heavy topic -GOSSIPPING and how that impacts not only the person who is being talked about, but also the person who doing the taking.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Lesson 3: What is change?
It was all about change this fine Tuesday morning. Coach Jenn started the lesson by re-capping last Friday's lesson. Since Coach Tanya wasn't at Friday's lesson, the girls told her about the GOTR promises and listed some that we went over together. It was nice to see that the girls could remember quite a few of our GOTR promises.
Coach Tanya then had the girls do a bit more of a warm up (it was cold outside!). The girls then did their workout, while discussing the positive behaviors they wrote down earlier. The girls were so encouraging of each other and really tried hard during this workout. They were all so happy and had a good time doing their laps.
Coach Jenn then asked the girls if they knew what "changing our behavior" meant. The girls discussed changing behaviors that may be negative or may hurt other people. Coach Jenn then passed out some index cards for the girls to write down some of their negative behaviors, here are few
- I am mean to my sister (or my brother)
- I am impatient with others
- I am pushy
- I don't go to sleep on time
- I don't eat all my vegetables
- I walk the dog
- I run at Girls on the Run
- I help my parents with my siblings
- I recycle
- I do my homework
- I brush my teeth :)
To warm up, Coach Connie had all the girls line up in two lines with the girls facing each other. They joined hands and formed a tunnel. Then, each girl ran through the tunnel to Coach Connie. When they got to Coach Connie, they tossed those negative behavior cards, one by one, into the "Munch Monster," a specially made box with the ugliest face.
Coach Tanya then had the girls do a bit more of a warm up (it was cold outside!). The girls then did their workout, while discussing the positive behaviors they wrote down earlier. The girls were so encouraging of each other and really tried hard during this workout. They were all so happy and had a good time doing their laps.
We finished the lesson discussing how we all can make positive changes in what we do everyday. How we can "throw away" our negative behaviors and do more positive things each day. Coach Tanya gave the girls their bananas or apples and everyone was on their way to a great Tuesday!
This Friday we'll be talking about being physically healthy. Speaking of healthy, parents if you could please have the girls return their health form this Friday, we would appreciate it. The health forms will let the coaches know if there are any issues they should be aware of and who to get in touch with should something happen. If they don't have these forms by the 4th lesson, the girls will have to sit out from practice. We don't want anyone to miss the GOTR fun!
Monday, March 15, 2010
Lesson 2: Keeping Our Promises
Rain, rain, go away!
That’s what we felt like signing on Friday afternoon. The wet stuff failing from the sky kept us inside in classroom #5. But that didn’t detour us. We still went through with our Girls on the Run lesson where we talked about promises and what they meant to us. Coach Connie started by reviewing a list of Girls on the Run promises, which many of the girls knew by heart since they are past GOTR participants! Hearing them say which promise was their favorite was music to our ears. We heard “always be honest” from many of the girls as well as “always do my schoolwork” (which we know makes parents happy too!)
Coach Jenn lead us through some warm ups inside (lots of fun movements to get our blood flowing). Funny thing is that the girls didn’t realize they were even exercising. As Coach Jenn was talking to them about the promises, she was asking them to mimic her movements. She had the girls doing knee lifts and back kicks and all sorts of stuff. It was almost like watching a Simon Says game…but without the trick commands!
Coach Connie took the girls into the hall way (and after chasing Mr. Newman and Mr. Barger out of the way), we did a fun activity that included running laps. Each time Coach Jenn or Coach Connie yelled “Go,” the girls would run to the nearest station to complete a list of activities. Some were physical, and some required them to think about the Promises we had just covered.
Before we knew it, our hour was up, and it was time to say good bye. Fun sure does fly when you’re moving and grooving in Girls on the Run!
See you on Tuesday.
That’s what we felt like signing on Friday afternoon. The wet stuff failing from the sky kept us inside in classroom #5. But that didn’t detour us. We still went through with our Girls on the Run lesson where we talked about promises and what they meant to us. Coach Connie started by reviewing a list of Girls on the Run promises, which many of the girls knew by heart since they are past GOTR participants! Hearing them say which promise was their favorite was music to our ears. We heard “always be honest” from many of the girls as well as “always do my schoolwork” (which we know makes parents happy too!)
Coach Jenn lead us through some warm ups inside (lots of fun movements to get our blood flowing). Funny thing is that the girls didn’t realize they were even exercising. As Coach Jenn was talking to them about the promises, she was asking them to mimic her movements. She had the girls doing knee lifts and back kicks and all sorts of stuff. It was almost like watching a Simon Says game…but without the trick commands!
Coach Connie took the girls into the hall way (and after chasing Mr. Newman and Mr. Barger out of the way
Before we knew it, our hour was up, and it was time to say good bye. Fun sure does fly when you’re moving and grooving in Girls on the Run!
See you on Tuesday.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Lesson I: Getting to Know Each Other
Wow! Wonderful weather greeted us for our first lesson of the Spring Session of GOTR. After 2 snowstorms, what a treat to spend time getting to know each other in the sunshine. Many of the girls already knew each other, but we found out that there were still things that they didn't know.
The girls creatively introduced themselves with dramatic flourish (ask them to show you). On to the running, with a warm up, where the girls ran and found out more about each other. It was fun to watch the girls take turns leading us into some stretching exercises. They demonstrated these stretches during the Kick-Off Party. Now it was time for some running, Coach Jenn led the girls in a running game that really had the girls moving.
We finished the lesson with our Tuesday morning healthy snack:Bananas! Of course, that always leads to the Go Bananas cheer, followed by our new GOTR cheer, led by the dynamic M&M's (Molly and Marissa).
A big thank you to our GOTR parents. The girls came prepared with water bottles, proper foot attire and positive attitudes. We are off to a great start-see you on Friday!
The girls creatively introduced themselves with dramatic flourish (ask them to show you). On to the running, with a warm up, where the girls ran and found out more about each other. It was fun to watch the girls take turns leading us into some stretching exercises. They demonstrated these stretches during the Kick-Off Party. Now it was time for some running, Coach Jenn led the girls in a running game that really had the girls moving.
We finished the lesson with our Tuesday morning healthy snack:Bananas! Of course, that always leads to the Go Bananas cheer, followed by our new GOTR cheer, led by the dynamic M&M's (Molly and Marissa).
A big thank you to our GOTR parents. The girls came prepared with water bottles, proper foot attire and positive attitudes. We are off to a great start-see you on Friday!
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