Saturday, August 19, 2023

Aug. 21-26 (Week 12)

Great job on making it through a tough week with the start of school, a race, practice schedules and other activities. Let's keep it rolling with a positive week coming up.
Just a quick comment about practice... Everyone is, of course, expected to be at practice (as outlined below). With the rare exceptions, athletes need to be at each practice. Athletes have chosen a level they want to work at, and are then expected to be there. It is very difficult to build a team when our teammates are missing. Obviously you miss the training when you are gone, but you also miss the building of the team and team unity, trust, and friendship that is created from being together. One of our biggest misses this past week was Friday morning. Friday morning is not an optional practice. We practice together as a team on Friday morning, because of the differing schedules of the schools and to allow athletes time to complete school work and spend more time with families/friends on Friday afternoon. Those who are missing required practices won't be invited to go to meets with the team.

Stuff you HAVE TO DO!:
Register My Athlete - most are done; check and finish if you haven't.
Physical - Get yours done if you haven't yet. Must be at least scheduled, and has to be complete before you can compete at Cedar or later races. If you had your physical done at the end of school last year, make sure you have done your RMA so that the office can enter your physical in.
Fee - has to be paid. Again, has to be done before you can compete at Cedar or later races.

Purpose of the Week's Workouts: Click here for this week's workouts

Minutes: Update your minutes for Week 11 Minutes (fill out the form for the week we just completed). This is the final week of our summer challenge of 60 days running. Update your minutes and days run to earn your Summer 60 shirt. 

This Week's Schedule:
*Wear WHITE or BRIGHT to ALL AM PRACTICES*
MondayAM - 6:15a (Black and Silver required; Maroon optional) / Afternoon - regular practice at 3:00p PVHS (everyone) Meet in Lecture Hall for team meeting
TuesdayAM - 6:15a Weights and short run PVHS (Black, Silver required; Maroon optional) / Afternoon - regular practice at 3:00p PVHS (everyone)
WednesdayAM - 6:15a regeneration run PVHS (Black required; Silver optional; no Maroon; no Freshmen), Yoga at 6:45a everyone invited / Afternoon - regular practice at 3:00p PVHS (everyone)
ThursdayAM - 6:15a Weights and short run PVHS (Black, Silver required; Maroon optional) / Afternoon - regular practice at 3:00p PVHS (everyone)
FridayAM - 6:00a PVHS (everyone) Afternoon - Black and upper class Silver required; no Fresh/Sophs or Maroons)
Saturday: Race - SUU Invite, see info below

Upcoming Events:
  • Team Night - probably Friday 8/25, more info coming
  • RACE: SUU Invite - Saturday, 8/26, Var boys 8:00a, Var girls 8:30a, JV boys 9:00a, JV girls 9:40a, awards after, Bicentennial Park (Cedar), bus leaves PVHS at 6:15a
  • RACE: Timpanogos Invite - *INVITED VARSITY* Friday, 9/1, itinerary will be sent home, JV girls 10:00a, JV boys 10:30a, Var girls 11:00a, Var boys 11:30a, awards after, Lakeside Park (Orem), leaving Thurs at noon
  • RACE: Dixie All-Comers - *JV* Tuesday, 9/5, Youngsters 5:00p, girls 6:00p, boys 6:40p, Bloomington Hills North Park (St. George), NO TEAM BUS
Race Report: 
Cedar All-Comers - 2023 results. It was great to get the first full distance race in. And despite the rainy weather, we did excellent. A few of our Youngsters headed up and represented PV very well. In the rainy girls race, we took 2nd on a tie-breaker (just a few points back of DH). Emmalee  (3rd), Brecken (4th), and Elle (9th) led the way with top 10 finishes. Vanessa continues to grow in her racing and recorded our 8th fastest Freshman time on this course in the past 8 years (course change in 2016). It was also great to see some of our other new members of the team (like Cassie, Sariah, Ren, Samantha, and Ayla) get their first race in and overcome some of the nerves of racing. The boys also took 2nd behind DH and had a solid pack of Talmage (4th), Bridger (6th), Kyler (7th), Porter (11th), and Bender (15th) leading the way. Our Sophomore crew continues to improve, and we saw great races from Trevor, Liam, and Jake. And the Freshman group has shown a lot of potential with Brennan, Elliot, Nate, Nathan, and Ali'i up front. PVXC Records

Athletes of the Week - (will update)
Team Builder: 
Tough at Practice: 
Performance of the Week: 

Youngsters Info:
Practice held at PVHS at 3:00p Mondays and Thursdays for 6th-8th graders.

PVXC Thought of the Week: 
"Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."
-George Bernard Shaw
As we focus a lot of the importance and power of the mind and our thoughts, and the role they play in our performance as well as our desire to see growth throughout the season, this quote really carries a lot of power. EVERYTHING starts with the mind. If you can't change the mind, how can you change anything? Many want to get better, but then do the same thing (miss practice, don't focus on pre or post-run work, get to bed late, don't stay up in school) that has caused them to not grow in the first place. Until you have really had a paradigm shift in your thinking, the growth we say we desire won't be there.

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