Friday, August 16, 2019

Week of Aug. 19-24 (Week 12)

That first week of school is always a little rough, but we made it through! School and the season are both in full swing, so make sure you are taking the time to keep on top of everything you need to for both.
We have the SUU Invite this weekend - we MUST know who will be attending the race on Monday at the team meeting!
Also, we've had a schedule change. The SLC Classic has been cancelled. Instead we will be taking the Varsity up to the Viking Invite at Pleasant Grove HS on Saturday 9/21 (leaving Fri).

Purpose of the week's workouts - We will bringing our minutes back up this week as well as getting in some decent workouts, so make sure you are prepared going into the week. We're continuing our SWEP phase which means long runs and long intervals. Our long run will move to its usual Monday time slot of 5:30a (so early, but so much better than trying to run 90 mins in the afternoon heat)

IF YOU HAVE PINE VIEW GEAR, WEAR IT TO PRACTICE!
and remember bright or white in the mornings is required 

Here's our schedule for the week - all practices at PVHS unless noted, am practices we will meet by the glass room/weight room, afternoon practices we will meet under the marquee at the front of the school). Afternoon practices will generally run from 3:00p - 5:00p.
Monday: am - 5:30 (Levels 2 and 3, 1 optional) / afternoon 3:00 (everyone meet in the lecture hall and then we will have a short run)
Tuesday: am - 6:15 weights and short recovery run (Levels 2 and 3, 1 optional) / afternoon 3:00 (everyone)
Wednesday: am - 6:15 easy recovery run (Level 3, 2 optional, no Level 1 or Freshman/Sophomore) / afternoon 3:00 (everyone) - we will meet at the HS and go to BHNP for the workout (so we probably won't get done until a little later... 5:30'ish?)
Thursday: am - 6:15 weights and short recovery run (Levels 2 and 3, 1 optional) / afternoon 3:00 (everyone)
Friday: am - 6:15 easy recovery run and yoga (Levels 2 and 3 optional, no Level 1 or Freshman) / afternoon 3:00 (everyone)
Saturday: Race - SUU Invite at Bicentennial Park in Cedar, bus will leave the HS at 6:30a, race schedule: Var Boys - 8:00, Var Girls - 8:30, JV Boys - 9:15, JV Girls - 10:00 THIS IS THE CORRECT SCHEDULE

(We'll leave this here for another week or so)
Notes for Parents/Family/Friends about races: As a program, we really want to stress the importance of our team cool downs after a race. Often when a race ends, everyone huddles around our favorite runner to give congrats (or condolences) and we aren't able to get out on our cool downs like we need. So we are asking that family and friends don't talk to our athletes until 20 minutes after the race has concluded. This will give each athlete time to rejoin the team and go cool down together. Sometimes this will be hard as we all want to get right in there and slap hands, but if we could work on this 20 minute rule, it will greatly help our team unity as well as help each runner's recovery.
Another important idea is busing and rides - every athlete must ride the bus to the meet. Athletes can ride home with a parent (must be his/her parent or guardian - not an uncle, sister, grandpa, favorite neighbor). And we ask that you don't leave until the whole team is done with all of our races and you sign out with a coach. If a parent needs to leave earlier or doesn't want to stay and watch all the races, that's okay. The athlete can ride the bus home with the team.

Weekly Challenge - Look at the Commitment Contract and choose 1 thing to work on this week.

A few things to be looking forward to - please note these events and plan on attending:
Upcoming Schedule -
*SUU Invite - Saturday 8:00a Bicentennial Park, Cedar - remember, you must be to the full day of school on meet days (but since its Saturday that shouldn't be an issue!)
*Weber State Invite - Friday (8/30) El Monte GC, Ogden - We will be taking our top 7 boys and girls. Leaving Friday morning and returning Saturday afternoon (full itinerary will be sent home later)
*Dixie All-Comers - Tuesday (9/3) St. George GC
*Murray Invite - Friday (9/6) Murray Park - We will be taking each member of the team that meets our travel requirements of practice, logging runs, and attitude. Leaving Friday morning and returning Saturday afternoon (full itinerary will be sent home later)

Week 11 Athletes of the Week - 
Team Builder - Caleb Hadlock (Jr.); always lifting people up and looking for a way to contribute a positive attitude to the team.
Tough at Practice - Nic Farmer (So.); has really been really working hard to push himself and those around him to reach a new level.
Best Performance - Jessica Hill (Sr.); had a great race at Cedar - taking the Dub!

Race Report -
Cedar All-Comers - Cedar changed their course up a little and with the heat, times were a bit different than previous years, so it is hard to compare to the past. But, we will be able to look at our improvement through the season when we run the course again in October. In the girls's race, we saw a strong showing up front and many good packs throughout. Jessica led throughout the whole race and took home the win by nearly 40 secs with a very strong time of 18:37. Alli followed in 3rd and Pyper took 8th. We then had a very strong pack of 8 ladies within 30 secs of each other from places 17 to 31 (Jenessa, Emma, Adri, Brinley, Brookly, Allison, Jenna, and Kennis). Some others who had great races were Kylee 39th, Rayne, and Hannah. The team placed 2nd to DH with a score of 38 to 46.
The boys also placed 2nd to DH in a very tight race with a final score of 28 to 33. We were led by Luke who ran an excellent race to place 2nd. He was then followed by Scottie in 4th, JD in 7th, Boston in 9th and Jason in 11th. Like the girls, we then had a strong pack containing Tyler, Gabe, Dakota, Bentley, Matt, Caleb, and Carter all within 30 secs of each other. Kenny and Keaton ran very well in their first full race as Freshmen. And we also saw big improvements from Nic and Nathan.
Overall, it was a very good race for the team - many ran very well and are now able to set good goals for continued improvement throughout the year.

Youngsters Running Club - We will once again be hosting a running camp for 6th-8th Graders. Our Youngsters Club will begin on August 19th and will be held each Monday and Thursday(?) from 3:00p-4:15p at PVHS. The club focuses on developing the skills for and a love of distance running along with team building and the traits for becoming a part of a successful group. We will have more info posted as we get closer to school. For questions email Coach Holt at pineviewxc@gmail.com

Thought of the Week: "Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies."
-Mother Teresa
This is a great time of year to remind ourselves of how important the little things are. What are the little things to you? Make a list of those small, simple things and take time to review how you've been doing on them and refocus to make yourself better at them.

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