Final Camp Info - Week 9

Here's the plan for Monday:

Practice is at 7:00a at Bloomington Hills North Park - everyone please be there, even if you aren't heading to camp.

Leaving to Camp - we will meet at the high school at 11:30a to pack up and leave.  DON'T BE LATE!  If you haven't paid your payment yet - or if you have some sponsor money to turn in - be at the hs a bit earlier than this and see if you can get it taken care of.  We Want to Be Leaving at NOON. 

Packing - don't overpack.  Take what you need, but don't go over the top.  Obviously, you need running clothes for each of the different runs; you need hygiene stuff, sleeping stuff, other clothes (including a sweater/jacket); a reusable water/drinking bottle that is clearly labeled with your name; a camp chair; and a good attitude!  A few of you have been asked to bring your large tents, so don't forget those.  There is a packing list from a few weeks back; if you need it, scroll down a few posts until you find it.

Driving - the final info for drivers was sent out in an email.  So check it out those parents that are driving.

Coming Home - we plan to be on the road around 10:00a on Thursday, so we should be back around 11:30 or noon if we get a little later start.

Practice for the rest of the week - we won't hold team practice on Fri or Saturday.  You can either run on your own or organize your own group runs. 

Those not going to camp - we will miss you!  You are expected to get your runs in throughout the week.  If you want to meet up do it.  If you want to run on your own, do it.  Just keep getting your runs in.

Get your minutes reported PLEASE - Week 8 here - go back to previous few weeks and get them caught up too.

Spirit Pack Info

Here's the post we've all been waiting for... and I've been dreading.  Spirit Pack info!

So the SPIRIT PACK doc has two tabs... the first is the for the High School athletes, the second is for the Youngsters.  So make sure you are checking out/printing out/ordering off the appropriate doc.

For High Schoolers (and Parents) - print off your order form, fill it out completely with sizes and number of items (if ordering multiple of the same thing) and totals of cost, etc.  Make it as clear to me as possible what you are ordering and how much it all costs.  If you are putting SPONSOR money toward your Spirit Pack, you must have that money collected and turned in to the Finance Office at the HS by next Friday.  On Monday the 8th, at practice, I will then collect your Order Form and Sponsor Receipts; we will do the quick math to figure out your final payment and you will then be responsible for bringing the Spirit Pack Receipt to Coach to complete your order.

The only things you MUST GET from the Spirit Pack are the Mens or Womens Race Singlet and Mens Shorts or Womens Spandex or Shorts (look at the descriptions for the appropriate things).  Those of you who have these from previous years don't need to order them again unless you need/want to.  All the other items are optional.

For the Youngsters (and Parents) - you aren't required to get anything from the order form.  However, if you would like one of the new uniform tops go ahead and order one.  To make sure we get them before too long into the season, they have already been ordered.  So sizes will be on a first order/pay first serve basis.  You can also pay for all your meets through this and save a little money (this is something we have to do to cover the cost of timing the bigger meets, and saying it is a camp - to be legal - for the smaller meets).  The Youngsters Order Form and Payment need to be turned in to Coach Holt.  This program is ran through the PVXC Club, therefore the payment is NOT to the HS. 

A final, but important reminder, whatever you order you will pay for!

Week 8

We're gearing up for the end of summer - whether you are ready or not!  We had a good week last week and even survived so many of you gone to camps and such.  Congrats to those who raced this past weekend at either Hurricane or Enterprise.  A big group of boys ran over at Hurricane and did very well - Carson (1st), Julien (2nd), Mitch (3rd), Dallen (4th), Logan (6th), and Xander (7th?) all placed in the top 10.  And Caroline (1st), Rylee (3rd), and Addi (4th) all did very well on the ladies' side.  Up in Enterprise Ellie and Josie tied for the win (although in the pic Ellie is holding the trophy, so...!)
We are closing in on camp next week - many parents have volunteered to help drive and THANK YOU VERY MUCH!  We should have all the spots covered, and will be shooting out an email to those who are driving very soon.  But here's how it looks for now (let me know ASAP if this doesn't seem to work or if their were changes in your schedule/plans)

                driver                  seats up / seats back
              D. Holt                      7               7
              Roberts                     7                7
              F. Holt                      7                7
              J. Holt                       5               x
              Baker                        8                8
              Borrowman              6                6
              Hill                           5                x
              Gillespie                   6                x
              Brown                      x                 7
              Bushar                      x               5 or 6
                            TOTAL      51            47 or 48
                            NEED        47             44 or 45

Other important info:

• Record Week 7 Minutes
• Check out your yearly totals
• Your registermyathlete and Physical MUST BE COMPLETE TO ATTEND CAMP!  (The physicals are not yet recorded on registermyathlete, so if you did yours from April to now and it has been turned in to the high school, you are good.  Thank you!)
• You MUST also have your PERMISSION SLIP turned in to attend camp!  If you didn't pay for camp yet... we will hunt you down - or you can take care of it Monday before we head out.
• Practice schedule this week is a little all over the place:

                           day                  time                      location                      

                         Monday           6:30a                   Wash. Elem.

                         Tuesday           7:00a                   Wash. Elem. - Final Kids' Club after!

                                                  3:00p                  PVHS

                         Wednesday      7:00a                   Bloomington Hills North Park - Time Trial 

                                                                              (racingwill start at app. 7:45 for anyone that wants to

                                                                              come watch; Youngsters can race.)

                                                  afternoon - on own, for Level 2's and 3's

                        Thursday          7:00a                     Washington Elem

                                                 3:00p                    PVHS

                        Friday              7:00a                    Fields, double churches

                        Saturday           on own (or plan own group run)

• Be working on getting your sponsors (turn in your money next week when the office opens back up - maybe before we head off to camp on Monday morning)
• and just a reminder, our first team race is the Tuesday before school starts - Aug. 9 - up in Cedar... you must have your Fee Paid, registermyathlete complete, and physical turned in to compete - or even come out to practice.

Week 7

It was great to get the team back together on Tuesday - at the end of the moratorium - and we had a great week!  Lots of mileage, a great Kids' Club, and even a few new runners out (or olds that hadn't been out for a few weeks!).  We are in the final stages of getting things ready for camp at the beginning of August.  If you didn't sign up to come, it is probably too late, but talk to Coach and we'll see what we can do.  The main thing we need for that is some rides... Right now we are close and will need a couple more drivers.  Please email pineviewxc@gamil.com if you can help out - or text Coach Holt using the remind app.  We have 44 athletes signed up so far, with the possibility of a few others which would put us around 47 athletes.  The schedule so far:
                                  driver            athletes              up/back
                                  Holt                   7                      both
                                  Roberts              7                      both
                                  Papa Holt           7                      both
                                  J. Holt                5                      up
                                  Baker                 8                      both
                                  Hall                   5                       both

                                                                                    up - 39
                                                                                    back - 34

• Please update your Week 6 Minutes
• Total Minutes have been updated through Week 4 (report Week 5 on there if you haven't yet)
• remember the other stuff
• registermyathlete
• physical
• camp payment ($85 to the office)
• participation payment (another $85 to the office)
• sign up for the remind app (go back a few weeks for the info about it if you need to)
• Fundraiser - get your sponsors (Coach Holt has the papers at practice)
• Practice Schedule this week
• Monday meet at 6:30a at Wash. Elem
• Tues-Thurs at 7:00a at Wash. Elem
• Fri 7:00a at Vernon Worthen Park in St. George
• Sat on own (or get your own group together)

Summer Club Race Results 6/28/16

On June 28th, our Summer Running Club held it's first race of the summer.  There were many great results and hard efforts put in by all our Youngsters.  It is getting harder and harder to break into the record boards, but a few of the most exceptional performances were by Elin Holt who set the 3rd fastest 1st Grade Girls time ever, Sylvia Seegmiller who ran the 4th fastest 2nd Grade Girls time, and Pyper Holt who ran the 9th fastest 8th Grade Girls time.  On the boys' side, Bryan Richardson set a new record for 5th Graders, and Scottie Bushar (8th grade) broke his own All-Time Record for the 5th-8th Grade Race by over 9 seconds.  Great job to everyone who ran their hardest!  Check out the results below:
Age Group Results
Records

Week 6

Thanks to everyone that kept their Week Reports/blogs up to date so the coaches could check up on you throughout the week.  Here's some info for the upcoming week:

• Week 5 Minutes need to be reported
• Week 6 Workouts are posted
• Practice Schedule:
• Mon-Thur held at Washington Elem
• Mon at 6:30a
• Tues-Fri at 7:00a
• Fri held at Bloomington Hills North Park (Region Course)
• Tuesday and Thursday weights and afternoon run at 3:00p held at PVHS
• High Altitude Camp info was posted last week... get it paid for and bring your paperwork to practice
• Another call for physicals and registermyathlete.com to be completed
• Those who are bringing treats to Kids Club make sure you've got it taken care of (and thanks so much!)

Let's have another great week!

High Altitude Camp Info

So camp registration is upon us.  Take a look at the following 2 documents, print them off and follow the instructions on them.  Camp payment of $85 is due by Tuesday.  Go to the office at PVHS and get it taken care of ASAP.
Contract/Registration
Packing List

Week 5 and Inspirational Video Contest

We've reached the midpoint of the summer - hopefully everyone is having a great one!  We've seen some great progress this summer and are really looking forward to some racing... but we have a lot of hard work in front of us still.  So let's get a little motivational push!  Sometime during this moratorium week, after getting your workouts in, go and find the most inspirational running related video you can find.  Post the link below in the comments and whichever one wins (I guess that means whichever one I like best!) will get a prize (What's the prize?  I don't know; I'll find something cool for you to make it worth it.) I'll post this one to get you started...

And here are the announcements for the week:

• Get Week 4 Minutes In (if you haven't caught up Weeks 1-3 do it by the end of this week... reporting from those weeks will close next weekend) - REMEMBER reporting minutes and doing your Week Reports/blog are a requirement to be going to camp
• Check out the 2016 Total Minutes (so far) - if you aren't on there, missing a week (or two) or your minutes are wrong submit them using the form from the past few weeks
• Get Physicals turned into PVHS by Tuesday
• registermyathlete.com PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE do it!  Your physicals can't be recorded until you are registered.  You are NOT ON THE TEAM until you are registered!
• Workouts for Week 5 are posted to the right
• This week is our State sanctioned moratorium... No Coach Led Practice (team can organize their own group runs - talk to a captain if you have any questions)
• We will start getting our Sponsors next week
• and... the $85 payment for camp will be due next week when we get back from the moratorium
• just kidding, one last thing - we will change our first time trial to the week before camp.  The date looks to be Tuesday or Wednesday the 26th or 27th at Bloomington Hills North Park (more info later)