Oct. 17-22 (Week 20)

It sure has been a great season... and it's not over yet! Let's go have some fun and reward ourselves with great individual and team performances this week.

*NEXT YEAR HIGH ALTITUDE CAMP* JULY 17-20 AT JACOB LAKE - make your plans now. 

Summer Moratorium will be June 28-July 4

Some other important announcements:

• Nike SW Regional (NXR) - The final total will be $155 if you'd like to pay the full cost right now (includes, bus, hotel, and registration). Final payment due at the end of October.

• Those interested in going to Foot Locker/Eastbay/Champs (whatever else it wants to be called) in California in December, we should start planning that a bit too. We are thinking maybe some parents would like to drive and we can take 15-20 kids who might want to go. Give us some feedback if you want to go (athletes) or may want to help drive/chaperone (parents).

Purpose of the Week's Workouts: This week's workouts. Let's go do this thing. Notice, the week is a little different; see what your schedule is and be there for the things you should.

ALWAYS WEAR WHITE OR BRIGHT TO AM PRACTICES

This Week's Schedule:

Monday: AM - on own around 8:00a (Varsity required, JV optional) / Afternoon - regular practice at 3:00p PVHS (everyone)(even though we don't have school, be there... we want the body and mind to be on the same schedule as usual) 

Tuesday: AM - 6:30a short run PVHS (Varsity required, JV optional) / Afternoon - Region: info below

Wednesday: AM - 6:15a short run PVHS (Varsity required, JV optional), Yoga at 6:45a everyone invited / Afternoon - regular practice at 3:00p PVHS (everyone)

Thursday: AM - 6:15a Weights and short run PVHS (Varsity required, JV optional) / Afternoon - regular practice at 3:00p PVHS (everyone)

Friday: AM -no practice / Afternoon - 1:00p PV (everyone)

Saturday: 3:00p Sullivan run (Varsity required, JV optional or on own)

Minutes:
Fill out this form for our nineteenth week of practice (this past week). 

Upcoming Events:

• Race - Region 10 Championships - Tuesday, October 18th, *Updated Schedule* will be this: 3:45p JV Boys B (cut off around 19:30ish?), 4:15 JV Girls, 4:50 JV Boys A (under 19:30), 5:15 Var Girls, 5:45 Var Boys Bloomington Hills North Park, No Bus get your rides planned - athletes be at the park at 2:45p (excused from school the last period of the day). Parking: plan on it being a mess - park at the church and walk in; Bathrooms will be a pain too - there will be long lines, plan on it.
• Race - 4A State Championships - Tuesday, October 25th, Varsity girls 3:00p, Varsity boys 4:00p; Regional Athletic Complex in SLC, Bus will be leaving Monday around lunch (JV athletes, we want you to come with us and get the experience of State and cheer on your teammates... keep coming to practice for info). Parents/Spectator entry/parking information - spectators must prepay for entry, see link for info.
• Ironman Volunteer - Friday and Saturday, October 28th and 29th, please plan on coming to help with the Ironman (we will sign up soon). Both mornings we will be helping from around 9:00a to 1:00p parking the bikes like last year. This is a big fundraiser for our program and we really need everyone to come help (families and friends invited!). If you didn't sign up to help yet, go to https://ironman.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/?id=59924 and register for the "T2 Bike Handlers" we did the 9:00a-1:00p shift on both Friday and Saturday. Make sure you enter our group name as PVXC.

Alumni Update: 

Julien ran for Utah Tech at the Bronco Invite in Santa Clara, California, and was the fifth guy on the team. Jessica went with Weber St. out to Pre-Nationals on the campus of Oklahoma St. and was the fourth scorer for the Wildcat women who took 9th place.

PVXC Thought of the Week: 
"Winning is fun... Sure. But winning is not the point. Wanting to win is the point. Not giving up is the point. Never letting up is the point. Never being satisfied with what you've done is the point."

-Pat Summitt (winningest coach in NCAA bball history)

and... learning to become a good teammate and person is the point, growing is the point, overcoming adversity is the point, experiencing the joy of seeing teammates succeed is the point, grinding when no one outside of your family and a small circle of friends really even notices (or cares) is the point, and on and on. 

As we head into championship season, a lot is focused toward winning - or even just hitting our very best races. But in reality, I've "lost" a lot more races than I've won, teams I've coached have "lost" more times than won, shoot even my favorite sports teams have lost way more than they've won (insert crying face emoji = Dodgers). So why do we keep doing all this? Because it's not about winning and "losing", it's about becoming the best people we can be. And I truly believe that the only real losers are those that either lose sight of this or quit trying because they didn't "win". When we are able to shift our mindset to this one of growth and finding joy in CHOPPING WOOD and CARRYING WATER then (and only then) can we have real happiness. I also believe that when we can find this real happiness, a lot of good things happen out on the course! Finally, I'll tell you what, it has brought me a lot of joy seeing so many of you start to understand this and work toward it every day - even through the ups and downs.