Week of Sept. 16-21 (Week 16)

IF YOU HAVEN'T TURNED IN YOUR PINK PAPER FOR FOOTLOCKER, 

PLEASE BRING IT TO PRACTICE TOMORROW! 

(the coaches have to plan the trip and need the #'s)

It's cooling off!... kind of. With cooler temps, comes the opportunity for stronger workouts. But those only come with continued commitment to every big and little thing that makes us better. Here is maybe the most important idea of the week: everything you do affects our team. Sometimes individually, we think that whatever we do just comes back on us, but this is a team program and everything that happens to one person comes back to all of us. So let's be to practice, let's be on time, let's keep our grades solid, let's do all our drills and do them well, let's keep positive attitudes and work on letting the little things go and being accountable for the things we need to be accountable for. 

Purpose of the week's workouts - You might be feeling a little burnt from our Pre-Competition Phase. The Hill Circuits were tough the other day, and the race pace workouts are tough. Just know that these are the workouts that set PR's in early October and win Championships in mid-October. So do your best at every run, and do your best at all the other things that will help you bounce back from these workouts.

IF YOU HAVE PINE VIEW GEAR, WEAR IT TO PRACTICE!
and remember bright or white in the mornings is required 

Here's our schedule for the week - all practices at PVHS unless noted, am practices we will meet by the glass room/weight room, afternoon practices we will meet under the marquee at the front of the school). Afternoon practices will generally run from 3:00p - 5:00p.

Monday: am - 5:45a (Level 2 and 3, 1 optional) for our long run / afternoon - 3:00 (everyone)

Tuesday: am - 6:15 weights and short recovery run (Levels 2 and 3, 1 optional) / afternoon 3:00 (everyone)
Wednesday: am - 6:15 easy recovery run (Level 3, 2 optional, no Level 1 or Freshman/Sophomore) / afternoon - 3:00 (everyone)
Thursday: am - 6:15 weights and short recovery run (Levels 2 and 3, 1 optional) / afternoon 3:00 (everyone)

Friday: am - 6:15 easy recovery run and yoga (Levels 2 and 3 optional, no Level 1 or Freshman) / afternoon (everyone) 

Saturday: practice on own or make your own group run - Race: Viking Invite at Pleasant Grove (Varsity only)

Weekly Challenge - 

A few things to be looking forward to - please note these events and plan on attending:

Upcoming Schedule -

*Viking Invite - Friday & Saturday (race on 9/21, Sat) (Varsity) - Pleasant Grove - Var Girls 10:00, Var Boys 10:30 - leaving Fri at lunch

*Homecoming Week - We will participate in the Homecoming Parade as a team

*Canyon View Invite - Saturday (9/28) - CVHS 8:00a - This is Homecoming Dance Day; the JV will be racing at this meet - please plan your dates accordingly (we'll be home in plenty of time for a awesome Homecoming day)
*Cedar Invite - Friday (10/4) - Youngsters are usually at 3:30p and HS starts at 4:00
*Marathon Aid Station - Saturday (10/5) - If you haven't signed up yet, please go to the SG Marathon website and go to the volunteer link to sign up for aid station 22.

Week 15 Athletes of the Week - 

Team Builder - 

Tough at Practice - 

Best Performance - 

Race Report -

Hurricane Invite - The Hurr. Invite was held Weds. at the Sky Mountain Golf Course. The new course had quick sections and some very tough sections.  Our top finishers on the girls' side were Brinley (9th), and Allison (11th) and Kennis (12th). In the JV race, Madeline, Sadie and Emily all placed in the top 10 with great efforts. In the boys' race, Dakota and Tyler were top 10 finishers. And in the JV race, Trey was 9th and Bentley took 1st! We've been seeing a lot of improvement from our JV and younger runners. Keep up the hard work and try every day to grow your commitment.

Youngsters Running Club - Our youth club has been rolling for a week, but we are still open for any 6th-8th graders to join us. Practice is Monday and Thursday at 3:00 at PVHS. For questions email Coach Holt at pineviewxc@gmail.com. Youngsters race this Snow Canyon at 9:00. Cost is $2.

Alumni Report -
Four of our former teammates were in action this weekend with their college teams. Carson and Nathan raced at the BYU Invite. Carson had the strongest race of his collegiate career and placed 6th for Weber. Nathan was racing for the first time in 9 months and placed 8th Dixie. Josie and Rylee were both in California racing at the Riverside Invite. Josie ran a very good race and placed 7th for SUU, and Rylee had a much improved race and pushed herself to the 3rd JV spot for UVU. We are very proud of our PVXC alumni and their hard work and dedication. Who's going to be the next Panther harrier to move up to the college level?

Thought of the Week: "For the first 30 minutes, Kobe did nothing but very basic footwork and pivoting drills."
-Alan Stein on watching his first Kobe Bryant workout
There is no magic workout, routine, or inspirational saying that separates the "pretty goods" and the "greats". But one could be pretty sure that something that does distinguish the two groups is those that take the care and time to do the little things correctly. We have many "little things" that we work on to try and be better runners - what are they? Be prepared to have a short discussion on them this week. And while you think of them, think about how you are doing with them. What can you do better?