Greetings!

What a great first week of practice! Congrats to all the athletes for getting though this first week! Some of you will be starting this week, so please be sure to let the coaches know if you are new this week before you start the practice.

This Saturday is our fun Team Beach Day practice! I hope you all can come and then stay for a great day on the beach with the team!! See the details below.

Starting this week there will be a Coaches Corner information sections from Coach Jeremy. Please read this to your athletes too!

Uniforms -If you have not ordered your uniform please do it today, they will be available for pick up at Practice on Monday and Thursday only!

Jelly Beans- We offer the athletes a small treat at the end of each practice. Each family is asked bring one large bag. We will need parents to help put them in bags and hand them out each day! We also need a parent who can be in charge of gathering them and bringing them to practice! Please let us know tonight if you can be the "Jelly Bean Parent"

Our Storm Store is now open if you would like to purchase spirit merchandise. We offer a verity of Storm items, like T-shirts, warmups and other merchandise for sell. All items will be delivered tp practice about 3 weeks after ordered, All items are made to order and are non-refundable and non-exchangeable so please order carefully.

https://www.jetblackchain.com/online-store/Santa-Clarita-Storm-c162594001

Practice Schedule for August 17th -22nd

Monday - 6:00 pm - 7:15 pm - West Creek Park 24247 Village Circle. Dr. Valencia

Tuesday - 6:00-7:15- Central Park 27150 Bouquet Can Rd. (meet near the stairs )

Thursday - 6:00-7:15- Central Park 27150 Bouquet Can Rd. (meet near the stairs )- Form Clinic day!!

Saturday - 9:40 am - 10:00 -Carpentaria State Beach- meet near the Life Guard Station

Coaches Corner

Hello Storm Team!!!

It’s been a while since I wrote a newsletter so I thought it would be a great time to shake off the rust and get back to it! It’s great to be back with you and yes, I missed you the last year.

I’m enjoying working with the coaches and seeing a bunch of new faces mixed in with all the regulars. The goal at the beginning of each year is to get out there and meet some new friends! That is the Storm Family!

Well, everyone survived the first week! You should be proud of yourselves. Most of you were a little lazy over the summer so that first week can tend to be a big punch in the gut. That’s ok, just remember a couple things: first is to keep smiling and having fun, the second is to be patient. Running is a journey every season… the last thing you want to do is work too hard too fast and get injured. The regulars of Storm will tell you every year I say the same thing: it takes 3 weeks before you start feeling good at each practice. It takes that long to get your body up to strength and your breathing to feel strong. So keep pushing and I promise you’ll get there.

So we begin week 2 and what’s on the schedule? I’m glad you asked.

Monday will be another distance run up to Copperhill and on the other side of the bike path. You should be stronger this week, so you’ll get a little further. And…. You should work on NOT WALKING!!! Pay attention to this next sentence and you will be confident to achieve that tomorrow night: step 1 is take off a little easier, step 2 set a target ahead of you like a tree or a turn and promise yourself you won’t stop before it. Tell your friend you are running with and CHALLENGE each other to not run. When you hit the target, immediately pick a new target! As you continue to run, imagine yourself getting stronger with each step and keep working all the way to the end!

Tuesday night you’ll be hitting a little fartlek workout. Just an intro… A fartlek workout is basically having purposeful variations of pace throughout. This helps to teach your body to push harder even when you get tired, it also can mimic race conditions as you never know what your competition will do in a race. You’ll want to know what it feels like to push harder in the middle, even when you think you don’t have anything left in the tank! 

Thursday we will do the running form clinic!!! And… you’ll run dogpark loops again, but this time counterclockwise. Listen for the details of the workout. And when it’s your turn for the form clinic be ready and pay attention. The best distance runners are the most efficient runners. That requires having great running form!! 

Saturday is the annual BEACH DAY!!! Be ready for fun in the sun, running on the beach, playing in the ocean, swimming to the floating docks, eating a hot dog and snow cone… and of course don’t forget about the relays!!!

Ok, long-winded on this one… it’s been a while….

2 goals this week: meet some more new friends or get to know someone better, and DON’T WALK…. 😊

See you out there!

Jeremy Stepan

Beach Practice on Saturday

Beach Practice at Carpinteria State Beach

We will be at Carpinteria State Beach on Saturday August 23, we meet at 9:40 for groups 1 and 1A (Juniors and Youth) 10:00 for group 2 ( Bantam and Gremlins) at Carpinteria State Beach. The details are as follows:

We'll meet at the lifeguard station at the end of Linden Ave, near the volleyball courts. Exit 86, go left to Carpinteria Ave, go right to Linden, then left to the end of the road. Parking: there is free parking at the end of Linden or side streets by the houses, or you can pay to park in the state beach parking [Go left on Palm Ave from Carpinteria Ave which is before Linden follow signs to the campground].



The plan will be to start practice at 9:40 for the older groups 1 and 1 A and 10:00 for the younger groups 2 and 3. This will allow us all to be finished at the same time to play games! We will be doing fun relay games at the end of practice parents and siblings are invited to participate too!! come and stay and play as long as you want!!

Athletes wear your running shoes!!

It takes about an hour and thirty minutes to get there. By the time practice is over, it should be prime beach weather. Bring your umbrella's, beach balls, and boogie boards. And picnic food for your family. 

2026 Cross Country Registration

is now OPEN

f you have not competed your registration, please do it asap as we need to complete our roster, here are the steps to register if you have not done it yet!

1. complete our sign - up forms
2. upload a birth document (new athletes only)
3. order a uniform, if needed
4. pay the fee
5. [Parent handbook]

IF YOU NEED HELP, PLEASE CONTACT US

PLEASE READ THIS PAGE IN FULL ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM!

Cross Country is a competitive sport, all athletes must attend meets on Saturday, to be on the team.

There will be no practice only athletes.

Please click the following link to register for the 2026 Cross Country Program. Please note that the terms and conditions to registration belong to the Valley Youth Conference. This form is an exact electronic copy of the paperwork we had last year which was on paper.

2026 CROSS COUNTRY SIGN UP FORM

Payment is a separate option.

The price is $250.00 for the first and second athletes, and $125.00 for each athlete in the same family after that, up to 4 of the same household.

1 Athlete $250.00

2 Athletes $500.00

3 Athletes $650.00

4 Athletes $750.00

5 Athletes $800.00

PAY 2026 CROSS COUNTRY REGISTRATION FEES

Uniform purchase is also separate option. (Every athlete must compete in a uniform, but you are not required to buy a new one every year, if your uniform from last year or from track is still good you may use that one, if your child has outgrown it, you might want to purchase a new one.

UNIFORM PURCHASE

New athletes - we must have a copy of the proof of age (see below).

A proof of age document must be uploaded for each athlete that is New to the club. If you competed in 2025 Cross Country or 2026 Track & Field for Storm, we have your proof of age document still on file.

SUBMIT PROOF OF AGE

The following items are acceptable:

1. Birth Certificate.

2. Photocopy of Birth Certificate.

3. Military Birth Certificate.

4. Passport.

5. Foreign Birth Document or Green Card.

6. Copy of School Record with documented date of birth.

7. Court decree.

8. Valid California Identification Card

Are you interested in Coaching? We are always looking for coaches. Assistant Coaches will run with the athletes and encourage the Athletes!

Not a runner? We also need volunteers to help with administration and monitoring the runs to keep the athletes safe. Email coachelaine@runstorm to ask what you can do to help!

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