Sunday, September 23, 2018

Sept 24 - 29 (Week 17) & Bob Firman Recap

Time for one more refocus!  Time for a big push for our final races!

Purpose of the week's workouts - We now move into the Competition Phase of our season.  The purpose of this phase is to get us into peak racing form for our final few regular season races.  Minutes will drop a little and speed will pick up.

PLEASE REMEMBER FOR ALL MORNING RUNS... 
YOU MUST BE WEARING A WHITE OR BRIGHT SHIRT!
Here's our schedule for the week - 
Monday: 5:30a at the HS for Levels 2,3,4.  We will be doing our long run.  If Level 1's want to come and get their long run in for the week that is okay.  Afternoon practice on Mondays will always be a team meeting in the lecture hall at the HS followed by a short run.  Practice starts at 3:00p.  Required for everyone. 
Tuesday: Morning practice: 6:15a weights and short recovery run. Required for Levels 2,3,4 and optional for Level 1.  Afternoon we will meet as a team at PVHS at 3:00p for our run.  Required for everyone.
Wednesday: Morning practice: 6:15a.  Required for Levels 3,4 and optional for Level 2. Afternoon practice at 3:00p. We will meet as usual, then carpool over to BHNP for our workout.  Which means practice will run a little longer than usual (probably back to the school around 5:15).  Required for everyone.
Thursday: Morning practice: 6:15a weights and short recovery run. Required for Levels 2,3,4 and optional for Level 1.  Afternoon practice at 3:00p. Required for everyone.  
Friday: Morning practice: 6:15a.  Required for Level 4 and optional for Levels 2,3.  RACE - Cedar Invite at Cedar HS.  Bus leaves at 1:45 from the HS.  Race Schedule: Youngsters 3:30p, JV Girls 4:00, JV Boys 4:30, Var Girls 5:00, Var Boys 5:30
Saturday: We will have a group run before the car wash.  Time TBA.

Car Wash - The Car Wash fundraiser for our club trip to Nike Southwest Regionals in Phoenix will be on Sept 29th.  Please do your best to schedule your availability until the early afternoon that day.  Car Wash tickets and info for the club trip to Phoenix in Nov. our available in Coach Holt's room.

Phoenix - The $100 down payment for the Nike trip is due next Monday (October 1st).  This money will guarantee your spot for the trip.  The total cost will be around $175-$200 depending on our bus cost and the number of athletes who come (the more athletes, the lower the cost).  Please remember that all payments will be made to the PVXC club through Coach Holt and MUST be made in cash (no checks accepted).

Marathon Aid Station - We will once again have the opportunity to be running an aid station at the St. George Marathon on October 6th.  It's a great way to give a little back to this great sport that means so much to us.  Check out the link posted by Jose on the Final Surge social wall to get registered.

Weekly minutes can be found here.  Remember, Final Surge is a requirement for racing.  Make sure you are caught up.

YOUNGSTERS - Regular practice schedule will be Mondays and Thursdays at 3:00p at the HS.    There is a Youth race at Cedar at 3:30 at Cedar HS.  The cost for this will be $2.  We MUST know who is running the race on Monday (for registration purposes).  Please let Coach Bethany know at practice on Monday.  If you tell us you are running, you will be registered, and required to pay the $2 (cash).  Please bring the money to Monday or Thursday practice.
Info and Risk Statement can be found here.  This must be complete to participate.

Week 14 Athletes of the Week - 
Tough at Practice - Kathya, Jr.  Kathya is always one of our toughest runners.  She pushes herself and those around her on every run and race.
Team Builder - Tavin, Sr.  Tavin is always reaching out to everyone around him and helping the team come closer together.
Performance - Gabe, Fr.  Gabe had a strong race at the Canyon View Invite which moved him into a JV scoring position.

Bob Firman - This trip to Boise is always an exciting opportunity to race against some of the best teams in the nation.  This year was one of the best fields yet with numerous nationally ranked teams.  Evan, Luke, and Boston raced strong in the DI Varsity race and put up good efforts and times.  Alli mixed it up with some of the best runners in the nation on the first lap of the 2 lap course before finishing 28th.  Overall the girls placed 11th.  The boys had a much improved spread of 40 seconds and ended up placing 9th.  In the DII Varsity girls race, Addi ran well and placed 19th.  

Thought of the Week: "Failure is a much more faithful teacher than immediate success." - David Duchemin
Take a few minutes today and think of the times you grew most in life... I can pretty much guarantee you your growth and success was based upon many struggles and "failures".  Be prepared to share with someone tomorrow.  Also, an assignment for tomorrow's meeting: Please bring something (an object) that helps explain who you are - maybe something representing a favorite hobby, a present given to you by a meaningful person in your life, something that helped you through a tough time, etc...

Alumni Update - Mike Finch and Josie Bushar both ran up at the Idaho State Invite.  Mike led the TBirds to a 2nd place finish with his 2nd place overall finish.  A nice pic of Mike is on the SUU race write up.

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