2011 Summer Practices
Our first Summer practice will be Saturday May 28th at Mercer University. After that we will follow the schedule below with the following exceptions:
We will not practice on memorial day and Wednesday June 1st will be at St. Pius for our first tempo workout!!!!
- Mondays: 8:00 am at Murphy Candler Park.
- Tuesdays: 8:00 am at Mercer University.
- Wednesdays: 8:00 am at Marist
- Thursdays: Run on your own.
- Fridays: 8:00 am at Mercer University.
- Saturday: 7:30am at the chattahoochee river
Wednesdays are our Tempo workout days and are VERY important for runners to be in attendance. See coach McClay with any shceduling conflicts(other than vacations)
July 4th -9th: GHSA dead week, no practices allowed but runners should still be running
July 18th -24th: team camp, all runners not at camp should still be running
Directions to Mercer University:
- Travelling South: Take exit 94 off I-85, Chamblee-Tucker rd. and turn left at the light. Get in the far right lane and take a right onto Mercer University dr. and immediately take another right onto flowers rd. Drive about one mile until the intramural fields are on your left. Turn left into the parking lot.
- Travelling North: Take exit 94 off I-85, Chamblee-Tucker rd. and turn right at the light. Get in the far right lane and take a right onto Mercer University dr. and immediately take another right onto flowers rd. Drive about one mile until the intramural fields are on your left. Turn left into the parking lot.
Directions to Murphy Candler Park:
- Take I-285to exit 29 Ashford Dunwoody Rd. Go South(towards Marist, away from perimeter mall). After one mile turn left onto Nancy Creek Drive. Drive half a mile until the lake is on your left, park by the lake.
- Alt. route: To avoid traffic on I-285 take Chamblee tucker rd west until it dead ends at Peachtree industrial blvd. Turn Left on Peachtree industrial. Turn Right onto Johnson Ferry Rd. Keep right until Johnson ferry turns into Ashford Dunwoody rd. Drive past Marist and Turn right onto Nancy Creek Dr. Drive half a mile until the lake is on your left, park by the lake.
Directions to the chattahoochee river:
- Take I-285W to Exit 22 New Northside Dr. Take a right off the exit ramp and go straight through the light. At the bottom of the hill there will be a birdge. Main parking is the first lot on the right after the bridge. Back up parking will be the lot before the bridge(almost never full). the river gets very busy on saturday mornings, so arrive on time. Also, there is a charge of $3.00 if you are going to park there, or you can get a year round pass for $25.
