Sunday, August 6, 2017

Week 10, Time Trial, and High Altitude Camp

What an awesome week!  First off thanks to those parents who helped with rides up and back from camp.  And a huge thanks to the team and camp captains that put in so much effort to give us our best PVXC High Altitude Camp ever.
The week started with our end of summer Time Trial at Bloomington Hills North Park.  Both the buys and girls set team time records for the fastest 5 person average for this run.  Sarah Snow, Jacey Finch, and Caroline Clements ran a very nice 1,2,3.  While Carson Horspool, Julien Canales, and Nathan Beitler did the same for the guys; followed by a steady stream of the rest of the team within seconds of each other.  We were very pleased with how the hard work of the summer has paid off with a great start to the season.
After the time trial, we headed up to Deer Haven on Cedar Mountain for camp.  It was a great camp with a lot of opportunities to get to know everyone on the team, great instruction from the captains and coaches, an inspiring visit from Olympic Trials qualifier Amber Green, good weather, and lots of hilly running!

As we head into our final week of summer, we are also gearing up for our first meet of the year!  There is some very important information you need to know for this week, so please read through this whole post...

To compete at Cedar All-Comers on Wednesday, you MUST:

  • have your registermyathlete complete and your physical done and turned in to PVHS office.  You can check your registermyathlete status here (then go back and finish what needs to be done).
  • report your minutes for Week 9 (this will be a requirement for any race throughout the season; you must report your minutes for the week prior to be eligible to race; this needs to be done by Monday evening).  Please enter your Week 9 Minutes here.
    • Uniforms will be discussed at practice this week
    • Participation fee needs to be paid ASAP

Renegade Varsity Camp will be Friday - Saturday.  Information will be given to those who qualify to attend camp.  We will be leaving around 3:00p on Friday afternoon and returning Saturday in the early afternoon.

Here is the schedule for the week:
Monday - 6:30a practice at Washington Elem.  Long run; make sure you are hydrating.  Afternoon run on own.
Tuesday - usual 7:00a practice followed by our final day of Kids Summer Running Club.  Afternoon weights and run at 3:00p.
Wednesday - usual 7:00a practice.  Cedar All-Comers at 6:00p at Cedar HS - bus will be leaving PVHS at 4:00 (you MUST ride the bus up to the meet; you may ride you with YOUR OWN parent after the meet is over and you sign out with the coaches).  No info yet about a MS race, but if there is one, it would be at 5:30p.
Thursday - 7:00a practice at PVHS. Afternoon weights and run at 3:00p.
Friday - 7:00a practice at PVHS.  Afternoon run on own or at Renegade Camp.
Saturday - run on own or organize your own group run.

Keep working on getting those sponsors and PLEASE CHECK THE SCHEDULE FOR MEETS AND EVENTS THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN TOWN FOR AND HAVE SCHEDULED OFF OF WORK!

Athletes of the Week:
Sarah Snow, Fr. - Sarah earned AotW for her hard work and dedication to the team.  She has run with our MS team for a while and we are very excited to have her finally with our HS team.  She will bring an immediate impact to our team (as shown by her 1st place finish in the time trial) and help push our team to our lofty goals.
Jacob Bowler, Fr. - Jacob has had a good summer of running.  Although he is new to running, he has pushed himself and seen great improvements.

And, of course, a parting thought:
“If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.” 
― Vincent van Gogh

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