Week 14

We had a very strong week of training this past week... Let's keep it up as we head into this coming week.  A couple things we could all work on: being at practice and our attitudes.  Remember, you get out of running what you put into it.  Being at practice is not only going to help you improve as you put all the pieces of the training puzzle together, it shows a higher level of commitment to yourself and your teammates as you set aside some of the other things in life to become the best you can be at your running.  This level of dedication carries over to our attitudes.  One of the most infectious things is an attitude; whether it be a positive one or a negative one, attitudes affect all those around us and influence how well we do something.  Having a great attitude is sometimes tough, but keeping it positive will lead to better workouts, races, and relations within our team.  Let's all give a little self-check about our commitment and attitude and keep this year going in a positive direction.
Check out this week's announcements below:

• Week 13 Minutes can be updated here
• Workouts for the week are updated
• For those that are in town, we will head out on a trail run Monday morning - meet at the HS at 7:00a (we will then carpool over to the trailheads in Santa Clara)
• If you're out of town, do your very best to get your long run in on your own
• RACES:
• Tuesday is the Dixie All-Comers - Girls will race at 6:00p, Boys at 6:30 at the Bloomington Hills North Park (where we have had workouts a few times).  There IS NO BUS!  You need to make sure you have a ride lined up with someone to get there.  It doesn't look as if our efforts to work out the Youngsters meet will be done by then.  So unless you see a change posted here on the blog, there won't be a Youngsters meet on Tuesday.  We are working diligently with the district to try and cover all the bases and get our Youngster program back on track.  Please keep coming to practice; we will have more races I promise!  Those who are racing Varsity at Murray will need to be to BHNP at 4:00p on Tuesday for their workout.
• Friday is the Murray Invite - Here is the schedule: VBoys 3p, VGirls 3:20p, JV Boys 3:45or4p, JV Girls 4:30or4:45p, SBoys 5:20p, SGirls 5:35p, FBoys 6:10p, FGirls 6:30p at Murray City Park.  Bus leaves from the HS at 7:45a (9th graders need to meet at the HS, we are NOT picking up at the MS).  Athletes who are attending should have received a full agenda with race, hotel and Saturday's schedule at practice last week.  Unfortunately, not all of the team will be attending this meet.  This is where we focus on practice - athletes who have been to practice have earned the right to travel for this meet.  There is a $25 hotel fee for this meet.  If your fundraised, you may have made enough money to cover this fee; if you didn't, you will need to pay this fee soon.
• Spirit Packs - hopefully they will be done this week.  There has been some unfortunate snags... but we are working through them!
• CAR WASH - thanks to Mitch's dad Brandon Price for using all his skills to get us hooked up for the car wash.  Athletes should have received an information paper and some tickets to sell at last week's practice.  The car was will be held 9/17 at the Bubble Bath Car Wash near Fossil Ridge.  Cost is $7 to help cover the cost of using the car wash.  Get selling those tickets!