Week 5 and Kids Club June Race Results

We've finished up our first month of practice and Summer Running Club.  We've had a lot of good growth as a team - most people who started the summer with us are still coming out, and every once in a while we grab a new face; Kids Club has been going well; and the end of summer is coming quicker than we all want.

The results for our first Summer Running Club race can be found here.  We had some great racing, many new names added to the top 50's and even a few new records: Elin Holt with a new 2nd Grade girls' record, Westley Rae and Brian Richardson with new 5th and 6th Grade boys' records, and Ben Beitler with a new 4th Grade and overall record for the 1-4 Grade Boys! Congrats to all of you and everyone who ran so hard.  REMEMBER, THERE WILL BE NO SUMMER RUNNING CLUB THIS COMING WEEK due to the moratorium.  See you all back on July 11th.

Speaking of moratorium, we have no coach led practice this week... BUT REMEMBER WHAT YOUR CAPTAINS HAVE SAID; if you need a reminder of that, get in touch with someone from the team and be reminded.
The workouts for the week are posted.  Follow them as closely as you can.  And always remember, if you are out of town, do the best you can to get your running in.
Let's also remember, that as the summer has started really heating up, and our runs have gotten longer, we need to really be hydrating (especially over the weekends when we aren't in our normal schedules - this is something too many of us were reminded of the hard way this last week).

Here's the form to report your Week 4 Minutes.

Let's jump back to this past week and recognize our Athletes of the Week:
Gracie Clements, Fr: We have all been pretty stoked to have Gracie finally running with us.  Not only is she a great runner who could play an immediate role for our team, she brings an unmatched enjoyment of life to the crew!
Jason Lunt, Fr: Another Freshman earning AotW is Jason.  He has been around the program for a while with 3 older siblings all having run for PV.  Jason has really pushed himself this summer and brought a lot of the younger runners with him.  Look for Jason to have a great Freshman season and to become an important contributor in the coming years.

And let's end this with another thought provoking quote! This one coming from Rudyard Kipling's Second Jungle Book:
For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf,
and the strength of of the Wolf is the Pack.