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One week of school down... we made it through. Hopefully we are all starting to get into a groove a bit with school and practice and all the other things we have. This is a great time to bring up how important it is that you are staying up on your school work. Use your time wisely in class and get things done. Limit things that waste your time once you get home from practice. And get schoolwork done early so you can be getting to bed at a good time.
-New communication... please do this! We are going to be using the Binderly App that the district has asked all school programs use (you can get rid of your track and XC Remind). Create your account (parents and athletes) and connect to Pine View HS and join Cross Country. Be patient as we figure this out, but hopefully it helps our communication get to where everyone is getting the team info.
Purpose of the Week's Workouts: Click here for a link to this week's workouts (Week 12). It was a great first week of school and practice. We'll continue to work to get our full workouts in (even though we have to modify some things because of the heat). Update your minutes from Week 11 here: Weekly Minutes.
This Week's Schedule:
Monday: AM - 6:00a at PVHS (White, Black, Silver expected; Maroon optional - decide if you want to jump in this workout or not, totally fine either way) / afternoon - 3:00p at PVHS (Everyone - our main practice will usually be in the afternoon, except Friday, and everyone should be there; Mondays we'll meet in the lecture hall for a team meeting first)
Tuesday: AM - 6:15a at PVHS short run and weights (White, Black, Silver expected; Maroon optional) / afternoon - 3:00p at PVHS (Everyone)
Wednesday: AM - 6:15a at PVHS short run and yoga (White, Black, expected; Silver optional; Maroon can join for yoga at 6:45a) / afternoon - 3:00p at PVHS (Everyone)
Thursday: AM - 6:15a at PVHS short run and weights (White, Black, Silver expected; Maroon optional) / afternoon - 3:00p at PVHS (Everyone)
Friday: AM - 6:00a at PVHS (Everyone - our main practice on Fridays will usually be in the am, and everyone should be there) / afternoon - 12:25p at PVHS (White expected; Black and Silver optional - no sophs/fresh; no Maroon)
Saturday: PM - RACE - SUU INVITE: Bicentennial Park (Cedar); 8:00a; info below.
Upcoming Events:
- RACE - SUU Invite: Saturday, August 23rd at Bicentennial Park (Cedar); prelim schedule: Var Boys 8:00a, Var Girls 8:30a, JV Boys 9:00a, JV Girls 9:30a. Bus will leave PVHS at 6:15a (be there on time).
- RACE - Timpanogos Invite: Friday, August 29th at Lakeside Park (Orem); JV Girls 10:00a, JV Boys 10:30a, Var Girls 11:00a, Var Boys 11:30a. We will be leaving on Thursday - Itinerary (updated soon). VARSITY and a few other top JV ATHLETES ONLY
- Car Wash - Saturday, August 30th at Sandstone Elem, 9:00a-noon. This is a great opportunity to raise money for your XC expenses (trips/hotels, Nike trip, shoes...). We'll get out tickets and go over instruction on Monday at the team meeting.
- RACE - Dixie All-Comers: Tuesday, September 2nd at Bloomington Hills North Park; Youngsters 5:30p, Girls 6:00p, Boys 6:40'ish. No Bus; be at the park by 5:00p for warm ups. Everyone who didn't race at Timp will race here.
- RACE - Las Vegas Invite: Saturday, September 6th at Sunset Park (Cedar); prelim schedule: Var A Boys 7:00a, Var A Girls 7:30a, Fresh/Soph Boys 8:00a, Fresh/Soph Girls 8:35a, Var B Boys 9:10a, Var B Girls 9:45a. Bus will leave PVHS at 5:00a (be there on time). TOP JV BOYS WILL RACE IN VAR A RACE. (Varsity will not be racing)
- get the full schedule here
Uniform Info - Each athlete will need to purchase their uniform. The top (singlet) will be purchased through the school, cost $50. Pay to PVHS Finance Office and bring receipt to Holt. The shorts need to be purchased on your own.
Shorts:
Boys - We will be running in the Nike Fast 3" (black) short for XC (same as we got for track this past season). Here are some links: Nike, FastBreak, Gazelle, Running Warehouse, TCRunning
Girls - Have a spandex or running short style option.
Spandex: Nike Women's Pro 3" (black/white) links: Nike, FootLocker, Tillys, Fit2Run / Nike Women's Pro 365 5" (black/white) links: Nike, Macy's, Amazon, Nordstrom, FootLocker
Spirit Pack - PVXC Team Store. A few new color options have been added. We also have a second company offering spirit pack stuff here is the link to MVP Sports. Always remember spirit pack stuff is completely optional and open for parents, family, friends to order.
Youngsters - We are going to start up our Youth XC Running Camp (6th-8th grades) this week. For now, we are planning on meeting Monday and Thursday at 3:00p at PVHS, near the electronic sign (days may change). Spread the word and come join us! We are looking for parent volunteers to coach. You don't have to be super knowledgeable to help out... just someone who wants to be involved. Reach out to Coach Holt at david.holt@washk12.org if interested.
Race Report -
Cedar All Comers: Good season start up to Cedar. Weather was still pretty warm and we had some hot days here for our first week of school practice, but we still saw a lot of good performances. Both boys and girls teams ended up winning. But the real point of this meet is to give us (our team and each individual) a starting point to build on. So make sure you reflect back on the race a bit. Take special notice of the times you felt you were running fast and putting in great effort and remember what that feels like so we can replicate it and grow in the future. Results. News.
PVXC Thought of the Week: "If you view practice as an obligation and not as an opportunity... you'll never make it at the next level. You don't have to practice... you get to practice."
-Coach Riley (@6am_practice)
What's practice to you? Hopefully it is something you look forward to each day. A time to be with your best friends. A time to get out and push yourself. A time to do something you love. Hopefully you're not thinking... I have to get up in the morning, or I guess I'll go to practice this afternoon I have nothing else to do. Find some joy in it. See it as an opportunity to grow. Not a lot of people get to spend time doing something as awesome as we do with as awesome group as we have. Find your reason why and it will make this tough thing we do so much more enjoyable.
Important Note about Races/Buses - It is very important that each athlete and parent understand our standards when it comes to participate in races:
-First (and this is for being on the team, not just racing), athletes MUST have Activate done and marked complete (see link earlier in this post). This includes registration documents complete, fees paid, and physical complete and submitted (including insurance clearance)
-Second, athletes grades must be checked for previous quarter. The office does this, but those who attend alternative school or who are home schooled MUST turn in their grades at the beginning of every quarter to be checked.
-Third, athletes must be attending practice. Those not attending practice won't be registered for the meets. This includes almost all reasons to miss: appointments of all kinds, work, even school if things are falling behind and not discussed with the coaching staff. If there is a need to miss practices (and meets), athletes need to talk to coaches in advance!
And here's a little info on travel/buses and the end of meets:
-athletes are expected to ride the bus to meets (there may be times when we have to adjust this a little because of team size)
-athletes can only travel home with their own parent (not trusted family friends, not grandparents, not siblings... only the athlete's parent can take them home, after signing out with coaches). Athletes need to stay throughout the meet to support the team even if their race is done (even if a parent needs to leave). We will always have a bus for away meets to bring everyone home.
-PARENTS, we love that you come support your son/daughter in this extremely tough sport. At the end of a race, when you've seen them work so hard and are so tired, we know you just want to go up and give a huge hug and support them. However, after the race is a super important time for your son/daughter. They need to compose themselves a little (especially after a tough race), be with their teammates, do all their cool down stuff, and often get cheering for the rest of the team. So the best thing to do is give a quick high-five and hug, tell them you are proud of their effort (please don't ever criticize or even try to evaluate their race... they know what went well or poorly, and the coaches are paid the big bucks to help them with that). So just give a quick recognition and then let them get doing their stuff (even a quick encouragement of, "Great job! So proud of you! Go knock out your post race cool, and we'll see you when you're done," would be super awesome).
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