Just want to let everyone know how proud we are of you... In what could have been one of the worst summers ever with all the virus stresses, each of you turned this into our best summer ever! Our numbers are up and very strong this year; we have a great Freshman group and many other newcomers that are going to be tremendous contributors to our team; we had the most consistent attendance we have ever had; workouts and time trials were very successful; camp was absolutely the best; many of you participated in book club and learned a lot; and everything else is really rolling. You have all set yourselves - and the team - up for a great season. Now's the time to keep working hard and start reaping the benefits of a great summer.
Purpose of the Week's Workouts: This week's workouts - we continue the SWEP phase of our workouts. This week is a busy one with two races and the beginning of school. Because of this, we will see a little drop in minutes to help us adjust to the new stresses of school and heat (we'll continue this into next week as well as we keep adjusting). Many of you will combine Monday's race with a workout after to get the correct stimulus we want for the day. Our other workouts for the week will be the race at Cedar on Thursday and a medium long run with Tempo on Saturday before the car wash.
This Week's Schedule:
Pretty much all our practices from here on out will be at PVHS. With the beginning of school coming on Thursday, we'll continue our summer schedule for the first part of the week then transition to school year schedule, so:
Mon - am - 7:00a; afternoon - no practice because of race (see info below)
After morning practice we will be getting our uniforms (or at least parts of it). So bring a mask so you can come into school and pick up what you need.
Also, Spirit Pack orders are due on Monday (see info from the last blog post). We will only be doing one order, so make sure you put in for what you want.
Tue - am - 7:00a; afternoon - 3:00 for weights and run (optional run for Level 1s)
Wed - am- 7:00a; afternoon - on own (if doubling)
Thur - am - 6:15a weights and run (optional for Level 1s); afternoon - no practice because of race (see info below)
Fri - BECAUSE OF EARLY OUT SCHOOL FOR ATHLETES BUT NOT TEACHERS/COACHES, WE ARE CHANGING OUR FRIDAY MORNINGS TO OUR MAIN PRACTICE THIS YEAR. This means all athletes need to be to practice Friday morning (a few may need to do their practice after school because of am commitments - please arrange with the coaches). This will allow for those who are doubling on Fridays to do their afternoon run as small groups right after school and those who aren't doubling to have the afternoon off. Two important notes: 1) These Friday mornings will be required (unless previously arranged). 2) This schedule makes Saturday's even more important. Skipping a Saturday run could mean up to 80 hours with no running - that obviously would not be very effective!
So having said that: am - 6:15a Friday; afternoon - 12:30p (if doubling)
Sat - we will meet for a group run before the car wash. Run at 8:00a at the Car Wash. Then Car Wash from 10:00a-2:00p (info below)
Minutes:
Thanks to those that have been recording their minutes. Please use this form and update your minutes and set a goal for yourself for this coming week (the more specific the goal the better) - and catch up any weeks you might have missed. This is how we will earn our minutes awards for the season.
Other Stuff:
If you haven't done these things yet, please do:
- if you haven't looked at the Parent/Athlete Meeting slides, please do - this is in place of our Parent Meeting we usually have.
- take a look at the 2020 schedule and start making some plans - The schedule has been updated to reflect the cancelled and replacement meets (INCLUDING STATE).
Upcoming Events:
Race - PVXC Time Trial: August 10th at Bloomington Hills North Park (location https://www.sgcity.org/bloomingtonhillsnorthpark/) - There is NO BUS to this meet. Please be there at 5:00p so we can warm up and set up our relay teams. Girls race at 6:00p and Boys at 6:30p. Those who come watch are asked to please wear a mask anywhere around the team! This looks like it will be a guideline for all our meets - Fans please wear a mask and stay socially distanced.
Race - Cedar All-Comers: Our first full XC meet is schedule for the first day of school, August 13th. MS will race at 5:00p, followed by girls Fresh/Soph at 5:30p, boys Fresh/Soph at 6:15p, girls Jr/Sr at 7:00p, boys Jr/Sr at 7:45p. Bus leaves PVHS at 4:00p - as a rule we ask ALL athletes to ride the bus up to the meet; however, we do need between 10-15 athletes to ride up with their parents so we can take the whole team to the meet. This MUST be arranged beforehand. An athlete may only ride with his/her parent/guardian (not a family friend, neighbor, or even another family member!). A couple other meet protocols we follow: 1) Athletes must stay throughout the full meet to be there to support our team. If a parent wants to take an athlete home, please do so after all our team has participated and after signing out with a coach (usually Coach Decker). 2) We know that after a race is an exciting time to go up and tell your son/daughter how proud of them you are! But we are asking that you give the athletes time to be with their team and get into the completion of their cool down (and occasionally a workout) before you go give them all the elbow bumps and hugs - usually this will be about 20 minutes after the race.
Car Wash Fundraiser: Saturday, August 15th at the Bubble Bath Car and Dog Wash (near Fossil Ridge). The tickets are available to sell - pick them up at practice. This will be a great opportunity for you to earn money to help pay for any XC stuff you may need. We will run as a team at 8:00a and then get set up for the car wash that goes from 10:00a-2:00p.
Race - Canyon View All-Comers: August 22nd. Youngsters at 8:15a, Varsity boys at 8:45a, Varsity girls at 9:15a, followed by two heats (each) of JV boys and girls. Bus will be leaving PVHS at 7:00a.
Race - Timpanogos Invite: Sept. 5th. 8:00a Lake Side Park, Orem. This will be a Varsity (top 7 boys and girls) travel meet. We will leave Friday morning, go to SLC to practice on the State Course at Sugarhouse Park, then stay overnight in Utah Country to race Saturday morning before returning home.
Athletes of the Week: Performance - Nic Farmer, Jr. - Nic has seen steady improvement over the last couple years, but this season he has really taken a jump. His 8 min course PR at the Time Trial was the largest improvement on the team.
Tough at Practice - Kate Jones, Fr. - Kate has been an amazing addition to our team already. Kate pushes everyone with her great attitude and endless determination at every practice.
Team Builder - Dalton Wilson, Jr. - Dalton brings a postitive and uplifting attitude to every thing in life. Being around him, it is impossible to not feel strengthened and optomistic.
Race Report:
PVXC Time Trial - Our strong summer was capped by a great time trail on Monday at the BHNP 2 mile course. Temps were good (in the low 70's) and the humidity was pretty low compared to what it can be there sometimes; however, the grass was quite wet and made some slick mud spots and puddles. Results can be found at athletic.net. The Varsity boys had a spread of 33 secs from 1-5 and 43 secs from 1-8. They were led by Scottie in 10:40 and followed up by Jason (11:06), Zack (11:11), Kenny (11:12) and Keaton (11:13). Their total time was a 1 second improvement on last year. The girls saw a 2:05 improvement from last year. A big part of this was Brinley's school record time of 12:12. She was followed by Pyper (12:54), Adri (13:03), Alli (13:04) and Emma (13:08). The most notable take away was the huge improvements in fitness of nearly everyone that ran this course last year. We saw big PRs from Keaton, Trey, Elijah, Nic, Brinley, Nathan H., Adri, Alli, Emma, Jenna, Kennis, Allison, Dalton, Sadie, Madeline, Coleman, and Macy. Good job everyone; a great way to get the season going.
PVXC Thought of the Week:
"10 Team Culture Killers:
1. Gossip
2. Selfishness
3. Ego
4. Blame
5. Laziness
6. Entitlement
7. Excuses
8. Low Energy
9. Poor Body Language
10. Tardiness"
-Allistair McCaw
Not really an uplifting quote, but rather some things to think about. How are you doing with each of the ideas on this list? One of the best things we have going at PVXC - something that was started years ago and has passed on through many generations of Panthers - is our great team culture. Are there any areas where you could work to improve and contribute more to the growth of our positive, uplifting culture? Everyone has some areas they could work to improve. Choose one this week and strive to do your best at improving it everyday.
Not really an uplifting quote, but rather some things to think about. How are you doing with each of the ideas on this list? One of the best things we have going at PVXC - something that was started years ago and has passed on through many generations of Panthers - is our great team culture. Are there any areas where you could work to improve and contribute more to the growth of our positive, uplifting culture? Everyone has some areas they could work to improve. Choose one this week and strive to do your best at improving it everyday.
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