Friday, April 29, 2022

It's meet day! What is going to happen?

 So meet day has finally come! Are you nervous? I am. EVERY. SINGLE. MEET. I'm not even competing but I still get meet day nerves, and that's okay.

Breakfast- this is a personal choice, our athlete can handle a breakfast taco but always fruit. Sometimes a bagel with cream cheese and lots of berries with orange juice. We try and limit dairy before races, I'm not actually sure why but our Coaches said so, and we listened. Most of the time we're scrambling and eating in the car, so please don't imagine a picture perfect morning. We have a playlist with some really upbeat music but usually don't start it until about 15 mins before we get there.

You should arrive 30-45 mins before the meet start time. You will arrive to some sort of a stadium and you are looking for a team representative either a coach or team mom hold a large envelope. That person will have the team bibs, (what is a bib?! that paper with the numbers that runners wear on their shirts, calm down, you're going to be okay).

Pin your bib on your athlete's shirt. To the front under their chest area, like more of a stomach area. Check out Kollin below. 



Make sure your athlete is drinking water, even if the morning is cool we want to be hydrated for the heat of the afternoon. 

Depending on the time your athlete is running you will have to decide if they need a snack or not. As a reminder, no stadium food before all events are done. 

Have a schedule handy and know the races before and after your events, most calls (when they start asking athletes for a particular race to come down) will happen at the beginning of the event prior to yours. Team Moms will do a good job of repeating the announcements via messenger. When it's time go down towards the starting line your athlete will need to go to the check in area- by themselves-  this area varies by meet and meet host. Just ask someone- literally anyone, and keep asking until you get an answer. 

When your athlete goes to check in, they will not need anything but their spike bag. 

When they check in they will be placed in heats, they will be put in lines and told to sit with the kids from their heats. It's important they stay in order.

Watch them run, yell loudly and they will come back to you after the times are recorded!

How to keep records coming soon!!


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