Great job this past week at Bloomington Hills and up at Border Wars. No races this week, but we still have a busy one with Homecoming stuff. Please try and work your day dates so that you can get your Saturday run in. Stay healthy; get good sleep; stay up on your school work; and let's have a fun week.
Purpose of the Week's Workouts: Click here for a link to this week's workouts. We'll be on a pretty usual schedule this week. Some of our workouts, we will move into Goal Race Pace. So take a minute and think about a target goal for Cedar based upon your improvement in the past month. Use the Weekly Minutes form to go enter the number of days you ran and your total minutes from this past week (Week 15).
This Week's Schedule: **wear White or Bright to every am practice**
Monday: AM - 6:15a at PVHS (White, Black, Silver: expected; Maroon: optional; Beginners: no) Maroon can decide if they want to come in the am or not (those that do will do our drills and wickets in the pm, those that don't will get a run in the pm) / PM after school at PVHS (Everyone, this is our main practice) and Youngsters.
Tuesday: AM - 6:15a at PVHS Regen run and weights (White, Black, Silver: expected; Maroon: optional; Beginners: no) / PM after school at PVHS (Everyone, this is our main practice)(for now, we are planning on doing the workout in the afternoon, but we may switch to am because of heat)
Wednesday: AM - 6:15a at PVHS Regen run (Black: expected; Silver: optional; Maroon and Beginners: no) and yoga (all invited to yoga at 6:45a) / PM after school at PVHS (Everyone, this is our main practice) and Youngsters.
Thursday: AM - 6:15a at PVHS Regen run and weights (White, Black, Silver: expected; Maroon: optional; Beginners: no) / PM after school at PVHS (Everyone, this is our main practice) and Youngsters
Friday: AM - 6:00a at PVHS (Everyone, this is our main practice) / PM after school at PVHS (White: expected; Black & Silver: optional; Maroon, Beginners: no)
Saturday: We will discuss if we meet as a team or one own (if we meet as a team it would probably be around 7:00a)(PLEASE get your run in)
Upcoming Events:
- Homecoming Parade - September 16th (Weds), meet at approx 100 W 200 N in Washington for our parade line up; 6:30p (time and location may be updated)
- Race: Cedar Invite - September 26th (Sat) at Cedar HS; Youngsters 8:00a, JV Girls 8:30a, JV Boys 9:10a, Var Girls 9:50a, Var Boys 10:30a; bus TBA
PVXC Thought of the Week: "You're never out until you're out."
-Brad Stulberg
On the bus ride home, I was kinda following some of the college football action for the day, and I noticed that #1 Ohio State was pretty much dominating #4 Texas. So when I got home, I flipped on the game to just decompress a little. However, as I watched, Texas started coming back and it actually turned into a game. In the end, Texas scored with just 30 seconds left to end up winning by 1 after trailing by 20 with 10 minutes left (apparently its first time ever that the #1 team has lost after having that big of a lead that late in the game). Now I'm not a Texas (or Ohio State) fan, but that game has a great lesson. Stulberg tells us, "You've got to keep playing the game in front of you. Not the game you wanted, hope for, or wished for - but the game that is happening right now." This made me think of Benji a little for his race on Saturday. Before the race, I noticed that he didn't look great (but I didn't want to say anything and freak him out... just go race Bungus and get it done!). He didn't start great, but it wasn't horrible either. He was doing what he could. No doubt, though, Benji could tell it wasn't his best race - he should have been further toward the front and mixing with the lead pack. Instead of hanging his head and giving up because this day he didn't feel his best, in the second lap, Benji began passing people and moving up. Ultimately, he salvaged a decent race out of a day where he didn't feel amazing. And supported by teammates that were doing their part, the Varsity boys improved from their 9th place finish last year to 5th this year. Run the race in front of you. Not the race you wanted, hoped for, or wished for - but the race that is happening right now!
Race Report:
Dixie All-Comers - Usually it's a bit warm out at BHNP for this race, and this year was no different. We are very proud of those that didn't let this get in their heads and were still able to control their effort and give a positive push. The girls were led by Ole who finished 5th overall. The boys finished 2nd as a team and were paced by Sebastian's win and Finn's 5th place finish. Results.
Border Wars - Our team travel trip up to Salt Lake was a great success. A lot of good results, positive team vibes, and some more warm temps. The team focus was on keeping a positive attitude and passing people in the 2nd half of the race to help us keep a positive mindset. It was great to see so many Panthers really pushing and working to move past our competitors at the end. Our Varsity girls took 2nd with Tevye leading the team with a 2nd place result and Vanessa with a 5th place finish. The Varsity boys ran in the Championship division and placed 5th overall. Our 31 second spread was one of the best in the meet and highlights the importance of team racing in XC. (Here's a little hidden gem... we've been encouraging everyone to read the blog. Anyone who reads this and shoots a message to me on Binderly will be entered to win some free PVXC swag Monday at practice. Don't tell anyone, let's see if they read it themselves). Continuing... We also had some strong results from our other divisions: Lydia placed top 10 in the Sophomore girls, same with Andi in the Junior girls, and Sebastian was just outside the top 10 in the Sophomore boys. Results.
Alumni Report: Bridger raced at the same course he did the previous week for UVU and saw a efw seconds improvement on his time. Keep up the great work Bridge!
Our Middle School program: This week we will have practice on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday after school at PVHS. We also have a race on Saturday - race starts at 8:00a at Cedar Middle School. I don't have much info on it, so we'll try to get more out for those interested. This is a developmental camp hosted by our HS and is available for 6th-8th graders.
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