Aug. 26-31 (Week 13)

Another awesome week. We talked a bit this week about making sure you are taking care of yourself and helping prevent injuries: nutrition (eat and drink!), focus on pre and post-run work (it really helps prevent injuries), shoes (check into maybe getting another pair soon), and SLEEP (see if you can get 15 more minutes a night this week; sleep is the biggest performance enhancer and recovery aid there is).

Also, we need to do better with WHITE or BRIGHT shirts at our AM PRACTICES!

And an important note - as we are looking toward our travel meets, athletes must be at practice or they will not be going to travel meets.

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Purpose of the Week's Workouts: Click here for a link to this week's workouts (you have to request access on your school account to see the workouts). This week we'll have a little different schedules for our Var and JV as we focus on different races in the next 2 weeks. We'll all hit a mid-distance on Monday morning. We'll then do a workout on Tuesday afternoon. Click here and track your minutes from Week 12: Weekly Minutes. 

*Wear WHITE or BRIGHT to ALL AM PRACTICES*

All practices at PVHS unless noted

This Week's Schedule: bring water and a towel (for stretches and drills on grass) 

Monday - AM - 6:15a (White, Black, Silver; Maroon optional) / Afternoon - regular practice at 3:00p PVHS (everyone) Meet in Lecture Hall after changing into practice clothes for our team meeting

Tuesday - AM - 6:15a Weights and short run PVHS (White, Black, Silver required; Maroon optional) / Afternoon - regular practice at 3:00p PVHS (everyone)

Wednesday - AM - 6:15a regeneration run PVHS (Whit and Black required; Silver optional; no Maroon, no Freshmen), Yoga at 6:45a everyone invited / Afternoon - regular practice at 3:00p PVHS (everyone)

Thursday - AM - 6:15a Weights and short run PVHS (White, Black, Silver required; Maroon optional) / Afternoon - regular practice at 3:00p PVHS (everyone)

Friday - AM - 6:00a PVHS (everyone) / Afternoon - White required, Black and Silver optional; no Fresh/Sophs or Maroons) / RACE, Timpanogos Invite, Invite Varsity see info below (invited athletes will be notified Monday or earlier)

Saturday - practice on own or form own group

Upcoming Events:

• RACE: Timpanogos Invite - Friday, 8/30, Var girls 11:00a, Var boys 11:30a; Lake Side Park (Orem); overnight/travel info will be sent home with invited Varsity; Varsity athletes; $35 hotel fee (please pay before)
• RACE: Dixie All-Comers - Tuesday, 9/3, girls 6:00p, boys 6:30p, (Youngsters 5:00p); Bloomington Hills North Park; no bus; team arrive by 5:00p; all athletes who don't run at Timpanogos
• RACE: Las Vegas Invite - Saturday, 9/7, Varsity boys (top JV boys) 7:30a, Fresh/Soph girls (JV) 8:00a, Fresh Soph (JV) boys 8:35a, Varsity B girls (Jr/Sr JV) 9:10a, Varsity B boys (Jr/Sr JV) 9:45a; Sunset Park; bus info TBA
• RACE: Border Wars - Saturday, 9/14, Sr girls 9:00a, Sr boys 9:20a, Jr girls 9:40a, Jr boys 10:00a, Varsity girls 10:20a, Champ girls 11:00a, Champ boys 11:20a, Soph girls 11:40a, Soph boys 12:00p, Fresh girls 12:40p, Fresh boys 1:00p; Valley Regional Park (Taylorsville); overnight/travel info will be sent home with invited athletes; $35 hotel fee (please pay before)
• *travel meets require a grade check on Monday before meet (Timpanogos, Las Vegas, Border Wars, TwiKnight, Divisionals, State)

Race Report:

SUU Invite - The team is continuing to see great results and improvements. The Varsity boys started the day off with a very strong team effort. They packed throughout much of the race and ended with a very solid spread of just 41 seconds. Bridger took the win, followed by Trevor and Bender in 3rd and 4th, then Jake and Benji in 6th and 7th, and Liam rounded out our team in 12th for a superb score of just 21. The girls also worked on packing and really helped close up our 2-4 runners with Tevye finishing 6th, then Elin 7th, and Vanessa 8th. Emmalee ran a tremendous last mile to close to 2nd. And Katie continues to run well with a 23rd place finish to lead the girls to the team title. The JV boys then swept the top 6 spots to hit a perfect score. Huge props to Carter, Elliot, Kyle, Nate, Brennan, and Ben for going 1st-6th. Big shout out to so many other guys too, but let's mention a couple: Dustin finish 12th in 18:00, Miles is continuing to run very strong, Jaxon keeps hitting big PRs, and Will had a great first race. The JV girls were paced by Jordyn who took a strong 2nd and Andi placing 12th. Results / PV Records (some big performances on a course we've run since 2008)

Youngsters (our 6th-8th grade club):

We want to invite all interested 6th-8th graders to join the most successful and fun running club in Southern Utah. We run our club as a youth camp for XC and will be meeting 2 times a week on Monday and Wednesday at 3:00p at PVHS. Our next Youngsters race will be on 9/3 at 5:00p before the HS races at the Dixie All-Comers at Bloomington Hills North Park.

PVXC Thought of the Week: "Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water."

-Zen Buddhist saying

One of my favorite philosophies. After nearly 3 solid months of workouts and team building, we are off to a fantastic start (maybe our best in PV history!). So it's probably a great time to think about what got us here and where we want to go... and the answer to that is to keep doing the same things. There aren't any huge secrets or shortcuts, and we definitely don't say we got this so we can chill. What do we do? Keep chopping wood, keep carrying water. Get in the Boat!