Sunday, September 6, 2020

Sept 7-12 (Week 15) and Dual w/ Crimson & Timpanogos Recaps

We made it through the heat wave - hopefully the last one of the year. We can look forward to a great week of practice and some big improvements from all the hard work we've done for the last few months.

Purpose of the Week's Workouts: This week's workouts - this week will be our last real big long run of the season and our last real big mileage week of the year. We will continue to work on race pace workouts and hills to strengthen for fast running in a few weeks.

<<<PLEASE WEAR BRIGHT or WHITE TO ALL AM RUNS>>>
This Week's Schedule: (Jrs./Srs. up to 5 doubles, Sophs up to 4 doubles, Fresh up to 2 doubles)
Mon - am - 7:00a everyone meet at Maverick roundabout on the Washington Parkway to carpool over to Hurricane for a team trail run on the Hurricane Rim Trail. No afternoon run.
Tue - am - 6:15a weights and run (Level 2-4, optional Level 1); afternoon - 3:00p (Everyone)
Wed - am - 6:15a (Level 3-4, optional for Level 2, no Fresh); afternoon - 3:00p (Everyone)
Thur - am - 6:15a weights and run (Level 2-4, optional Level 1); afternoon - 3:00p (Everyone)
Fri - am - 6:00a (Everyone); afternoon - on own or with your own group (Level 4, optional Level 2-3)
Sat - run on own or with your own group.

Minutes:
Keep updating your minutes (start if you haven't been). 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). This is how we will earn our minutes awards for the season.

Dual w/ Crimson: Somehow we battled through some extreme heat and ended up with a very good race with Crimson. The Youngsters got us started with a good race with a big crew of MSers from around the area. The HS girls ran very well and had great packing throughout and finished with 13 of the top 18. Kennis led us with a 2nd place finish. She was followed by Katie, Sadie, Madeline and Kyanne to help the Panthers to victory 20-41. The boys also saw strong packing and took 5 of the top 6 spots - led by Bryan in 1st, Keaton 2nd and Boston in 3rd to win 17-40.

Timpanogos Invite: On Saturday, the Varsity teams traveled to our largest meet of the season, the Timpanogos Invite in Orem. The Varsity girls ran well in the Elite Varsity Division and placed 5th overall as a team. We were led by Adri who had a breakout race and placed 6th overall. Brinley ran a strong 22nd followed then by Alli, Brooklyn and Pyper all in the top 45. The boys also competed in the Elite Varsity Division and placed 16th. Scottie led the team and our Sophmore crew continued to improve led by Trey who was our 2nd man and Keaton and Kenny who were our 5th and 6th runners. 

Upcoming Events:
Dixie All-Comers: has been cancelled.

Race - Hurricane: Sept. 16th. at Sky Mountain Golf Course, race time TBA. Everyone please mask up - athletes all the time except when you are running, parents/family/friends ALL the time (especially around the team).

Race - Royal Run: Sept. 26th. 8:00a (Var Boys), 8:30a (Var Girls), 9:00a (JV Boys), 9:30a (JV Girls, 10:00a (Rookie Boys), 10:30a (Rookie Girls) Roy High School. This will be an overnight travel meet. We will leave Friday, then stay overnight in Ogden to race Saturday morning before returning home. To get our numbers figured out, we MUST KNOW NOW if you are planning on not attending because of Homecoming.

Athletes of the Week
 (last week): sorry I left the paper at school... I'll catch this up Tuesday
Performance - 
Tough at Practice - 
Team Builder - 

Youngsters:
Our 6th-8th grade running camp known as the Youngsters is in full swing. Our practices will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3:00 at PVHS (this coming Thursday there won't be practice because of the meet!) - we will meet on the back grass to the south of the school. Share this info with family, friends, neighbors who may be interested.

PVXC Thought of the Week: 
"Remember that prioritizing sleep is not sacrificing other activities. Good sleep allows you to bring your full self to whatever it is you are doing. It's better to be fully awake for 16 hours than 60 percent awake for 20. You live more life that way."
-Brad Stulberg
It seems that we've been having quite a few talks/thoughts about sleep lately. Is it an overload? I don't know - maybe if you sleep a good amount it is. But being around this stuff long enough, it doesn't take much to know that almost every high schooler could use more dedication to sleep. It is the #1 performance enhancer; it helps you get more out of every workout than anything else; it helps you fully engage more in everything you are doing than anything else. GET MORE SLEEP! A lot of you ask, "Coach, what can I do to get better?" Most of you are doing a lot of things right - workouts, drills, weights - one thing you could do better at... SLEEP!

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