What an amazing season! This was by far - and in every way - the greatest season we have ever had at PV! Let's put couple updates on the championship racing season and then some info for the end of the season and transition to track.
PVXC Autumn Classic:
Not going to go into a ton of detail on this one, but the team totally killed it. We place 6 girls in front of DH's #1 (their usual #2) and put 4 guys under the old course record.
PVXC Dream 1600:
Very solid times all around. For not being in track shape, we ran pretty well. Expect big things from everyone in track season. Go to our results page on athletic.net for full results.
Nike Southwest:
The team had a great trip down to Phoenix for Nike Southwest. The zoo was awesome, the hotels... not so much. And the race, good stuff. The JV girls ran very well in the Medium School Open Division placing 17th against mostly varsity competition. Brianna led the way with a solid time of 20:17 and 45th place. The JV guys also ran well placing 15th and led by Nathan's 17:02 38th place. The Varsity girls then set a school record with their 8th place finish. It was a tight race and our solid pack, led by Jessica's 19:14 and 37th place, proved the difference over many schools who had higher #1 finishers. Finally, the Varsity boys ran and took 14th, our highest finish in 3 years; we were led by Dallen who placed 42nd with a time of 16:14.
Foot Locker West:
About 15 athletes made the trip to SoCal for the final race of the season. Dallen, Carson and Mitch all ran great in the Seeded Boy's Race. It was very impressive to see 5 Panther ladies in the Seeded Girl's Race; and Rylee, Jessica, Caroline, Ellie, and Josie all ran very well. We also had great runs from Mikey in the Soph race, Alex and Logan in the Junior race, and our top performance was probably Julien's 5th place showing in the combined Sophomore races.
2 Week Break:
At some point in time, everyone needs to take a 2 week break from running - it's all about refreshing the body and mind. Some may want more than 2 weeks; do it if you need to. When your two weeks are up and you're ready (which might be now for some of you who started your break earlier) go ahead and start putting some minutes in. The workouts for track will be posted on the track blog - so we all need to transition to that blog found at pvtrack.blogspot.com. These workouts will start on the week of Dec 19th. If you are running before that just be putting in some 30 minute runs. By the 19th, everyone needs to be ready to hit 30-50 minute runs. It is very important that everyone get their minutes in during those weeks of winter break. We will have team practice on the 19th and 20th (the two days before the school break, but the rest of the time you will be on your own. These two and a half weeks are our first weeks of base buildup for track... get your minutes in during this time!
During our two weeks off, we will be lifting on Tuesdays and Thursdays. And some of the team will be playing ultimate frisbee on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Transition to Track:
I already said a bunch of stuff about training for track, so go back and re-read it! Please make sure you are getting your runs in during the break... it is crucial to your success in track to come into January with those 2.5 weeks of base already buiding.
Secondly, we are changing our PVXC Remind to PVtrack Remind. So following the link and get signed up for important announcements - www.remind.com/join/h84ak
Finally - pics are caught up (I think) so check them out and download/use any that you want!
