Another great week of XC. It's crazy to say, but we are already 2 weeks down of the summer. Sometimes it seems we have a long time until we race or the beginning of school, or whatever. And sometimes, that leads us to be a bit casual in our focus (maybe we miss a practice because "It's a long summer and we don't even race until August" or "I can learn these drills and do them later when it's closer to the racing season"). However, everything will be here quicker than you think. So let's enjoy our summer, but let's also use it to be focused and getting better every chance we can.
***We've been having some communication problems using Remind - If you haven't been getting our message (usually one is sent Sunday to remind you to read the new blog announcements for the week), it may be because you don't have the Remind app (this is something Remind has changed). If that is the case for you, please get the Remind app and then join our class - parent code: @pvxcparent / athlete code: @xcchamps
- Take a look at the slides for Panther Distance Crew Weight Program - each has a video linked to it to help you learn the correct form. Watch these and get a sense of what you would like to do for our first days in the weight room as we do week 2 of weights.
Purpose of the Week's Workouts: Click here for a link to this week's workouts (Week3). We should be starting to feel a bit of improvement by now. The consistency of the first two weeks should be helping us run further and maybe even a little quicker. Keep being patient and pushing yourself, and also take a minute to take a look back at how far you've come already. Update your minutes from Week 2 here (and go back and get week 1 if you didn't, but don't get too far behind):
Weekly Minutes. Also we've split Maroon into 2 groups; read about the difference and maybe where you should be back on the intro tab of the workout spreadsheet.
This Week's Schedule:
Monday: Regular practice at 7:00a at Washington Elem. (Everyone) - Youth Summer Running Club 8:30-9:45 (everyone plan on staying and helping out)
Tuesday: Regular practice at 7:00a at Washington Elem. (Everyone) / weights after at PVMS (usually takes about 45mins)
Wednesday: Regular practice at 7:00a at Washington Elem. (Everyone)
Thursday: Regular practice at 7:00a at Washington Elem. (Everyone) / weights after at PVMS
Friday: Regular practice at 7:00a at Sullivan Park (Everyone)
Saturday: 7:00a at Warner Valley Exit (on the Southern Parkway)(Everyone / optional for Beginner)
Upcoming Events:
- WEEKLY ACTIVITIES: Waffle Wednesday (Wed after morning practice - location TBA) / Team Party (often Thursdays, info will be shared each week at practice)
- Washington City Flags - we will setting up the flags for Washington City on June 19th (Juneteenth) as a fundraiser for the team. We'll have the details on that at practice this week, but we may need to be to practice a little early that day because of helping set up (we'll also organize take down for those that can help).
- High Altitude Camp - July 28th-31st at Jacob Lake. Cost is $90. We will need to get this planned and figured out who is going, parents driving (staying for all or part). This is a VERY worthwhile event to be a part of... everyone on the team should make it a priority to join us. Those who are new, talk to your teammates about camp and see why you should plan on being there too. Please take a minute and fill out the following form for participation. Registration and Payment are due June 16th.
PVXC Thought of the Week: "To try is to risk failure. But risk must be taken because the greatest hazard of life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow, live, and love."
-Leo Buscaglia
Liam picked a great article for us to read this week. Please read it... please be part of the discussion on Wednesday (even take some time and talk about it with your family). I really love the topic of overcoming excuses and specifically the reasons why we make excuses (reasons like fear and uncertainty). This quote goes along with that idea. I personally can attribute everything I have back to working through fear and uncertainty. I'm actually a very introverted and shy person and would probably prefer to never push myself out of my comfort zone. However, as I've learned at various stages of my life, I have tried to push beyond the fears that hold me in my comfort zone. And not that everything has turned out perfect because of this (I've still had setbacks and struggles), but I know that every joy I've had has come because I overcame a specific fear at a specific time which allowed me to (as the quote says) "learn, feel, change, grow, live, and love" and become the person I am today.
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