Thanks so much to everyone that helped pull camp off: Captains - great job planning and leading activities, parents - thanks for driving and chaperoning, camp crew - thanks for the great food, team - thanks for your participation, Williams fam - thanks for the hospitality It was a great camp. It has been a great summer. And now it is time to reap the rewards of our hard work as we get into races. It would also be a great time to reach out to anyone you think would like to be part of our team (or has faded a bit over the summer). With the imminent start of the school year, we often grab a few new teammates. So reach (back) out and see if you can grab a few more friends.
-Make sure you have completed your Activate (formerly registermyathlete) including your physical and fee.
Purpose of the Week's Workouts: Click here for a link to this week's workouts (Week 10). This is one of our biggest weeks (except for those who are just joining us). We really want to get some good minutes in this week while we can grab a few more morning practices. Then next week, with the start of school, we'll cut back a bit and build into the heat and the busy new schedules we'll all have. So do your best to be to all practices and get all the minutes in you can this week. We also have a couple races. A reminder that the Desert Relays are a REAL RACE and everyone should be there. Because of the size of our team, we'll have some travel races that not everyone will get to attend and if you are missing races and practices, that probably won't help get you a spot to the travel races. Also note the practice schedule and locations below... we switch our practices to PVHS now. Update your minutes from Week 9 here: Weekly Minutes.
This Week's Schedule:
Monday: Regular practice at 7:00a at PVHS. (Everyone) / PM - RACE - DESERT RELAYS: Bloomington Hills North Park; Girls 7:00p, Boys 7:30p; meet at 6:00p for warm ups and relay team assignments.
Tuesday: Regular practice at 7:00a at PVHS. (Everyone) / afternoon 3:00p at PVHS - short run and weights after at PVHS (usually takes about 45mins) (Silver, Black, White expected; Maroon optional)
Wednesday: Regular practice at 6:30a at PVHS. (Everyone) / afternoon on own or organize own group (Black, White expected; Silver optional)
Thursday: Regular practice at 7:00a at PVHS. (Everyone) / afternoon 3:00p at PVHS - short run and weights after at PVHS (usually takes about 45mins) (Silver, Black, White expected; Maroon optional)
Friday: Regular practice at 7:00a at PVHS. (Everyone) / afternoon on own or organize own group (Black, White expected; Silver optional)
Saturday: RACE - HOKA RELAYS: Desert Hills HS; 7:00a; meet at 6:15a for warm ups and relay team assignments.
Book Club Reading: We'll see what we're doing here....
Upcoming Events:
- WEEKLY ACTIVITIES: Waffle Wednesday (Wed after morning practice - location TBA) / Team Party (often Thursdays, info will be shared each week at practice)
- RACE - Desert Relays: Monday, August 4th at Bloomington Hills North Park, 7:00p. This is our first official race of the season. It's a fun, low-stress meet against Desert Hills. We'll meet for warm-ups at 6:00p.
- Spike Night at St. George Running Center: Thursday, August 7th, 7:00p.
- RACE - HOKA Relays: Saturday, August 9th at location Desert Hills HS, time 7:00a. A super fun community relay event where everyone races a mile. Warm ups at 6:15a.
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. It would be a good idea to get them very soon.
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
PVXC Thought of the Week: "If you knew you were 25 failures away from your goal, how fast would you want to get through those 25 failures? Instead of running from fear, invite it into the game."
-Jeff Moore
We've talked a lot about learning and growing from our struggles. This quote builds on that idea. We never know when that next break-through will happen, and often we don't notice that slow daily growth. So if we let our fears of failure hold us back, we won't ever make it to our goals. Quiet that Self-1; put doubts away, let go of self-judgments, and allow struggles to be a way to grow.
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