July 26-31 (Week 8)

Great job at the 24th race and thanks for everyone who helped with Summer Club. Now we head into camp and the last couple weeks of summer.

• take a look at the 2021 schedule. 
• registermyathlete - please finish up your registermyathlete.com and get your physical done.
  Fees can be completed later.

Purpose of the Week's Workouts: This week's workouts. We call this week the "Transition to SWEP" - Speed With Endurance Process. SWEP is a pretty big workout stage for us, so please try and be to each practice and get each workout in. Because of camp, we just kind of transition into it a little this week.

This Week's Schedule:
Monday: regular practice at 7:00a Washington Elem. (everyone) TAKE A LOOK AT THE WORKOUTS AND GET YOUR NEW THRESHOLD AND CV PACES FOR TODAY'S WORKOUT!

Tuesday-Thursday: at camp*

Friday: on own or with your own group

Saturday: on own or with your own group

*Those not attending camp, please get your runs in throughout the week.

Upcoming Events:

High Altitude Camp - July 26th-29th at Jacob Lake. It will be a great location, and we are looking forward to an amazing team building experience. Check out the Packing List (important: water bottles, camp chair, running clothes/shoes, sleeping bag) and get the things you need. Those who have volunteered to bring tents, please remember those (if you could bring them to practice Monday morning that would be helpful for Coach to pack them in the trailer).

Drivers: Driving Directions

up - leaving from Washington Community Center at 11:30a

Holt, Decker, Quinn, Jones, Canales, Despain, Jaggi, Baker

back - pick up from Jacob Lake at 10:00a (leave home around 8:00a)

Holt, Decker, Quinn, Canales, Despain, Rae, Peterson

Team Time Trial - Aug. 2nd (Mon) at Bloomington Hills North Park. Practice will start at 7:00a and the race will start at app. 7:45a. All athletes please plan on being here. 

Spike Night at the St. George Running Center - Aug. 5th (Thurs) 7:15p. This is a great opportunity to get new shoes (properly fitted) and spikes and at a discount. The team at SGRC will do a short presentation and offer pizza and prizes.

Deseret Relays - Aug. 9th (Mon) 6:00p at Bloomington Hills North Park. This is our first official race, so physicals and registration must be done to participate. Athletes be at BHNP at 5:00p for warm up and relay team assignments.

Minutes:
Fill out this form for our 7th week of practice. This is how we will earn our minutes awards for the season as well as tracking goals and progress.

Book Club:
We'll pick up our final chapters on Monday and do our discussion the week we get back from camp.

Athletes of the Week:

Katie Finch, So. - Katie works very hard and brings a fun, happy personality to the team.

Macy Brooks, Sr. - Macy is a great example of persistence and dedication. She has big goals and pushes herself and those around her.

Brianna Udy, So. - Coming off a great track season, Brianna has really shown great improvement this summer and put herself into contention for a Varsity spot.

Talmage Wright, So. - Talmage is running very well this summer which along with his growth in leadership has proven him to be a very valuable member of the team for the next few years.

Gaige Borrowman, So. - Gaige has been working very hard to step into a Varsity spot and doing a great job helping others in their progress as well.

Dalton Rector, Jr. - Dalton is new to our team this year and has brought a great example of determination and hard work to the team this summer.

Race Recap:

24th 2 Miler - Good strong runs from everyone who participated in our 24th 2 Miler. Most of you saw good improvements from last year and times that show continued improvement throughout the summer. Zach paced the boys with a strong run and a new course record. Trey wasn't far behind and ran the 3rd fastest time on the course. Overall it was the 2nd fastest time for the boys scorers at this race. For the girls, Adri tied Jessica Hill for the 2nd best time (just 1 sec off of Brinley's record last year). Brinley was just behind Adri and became the first girl to break 12 twice. Brianna ran very strong to place 4th for the girls whose 5 scorer average was just over 2 seconds/runner off of last year's team record. Full results on athletic.net

PVXC Thought of the Week: 
"Great leaders inflate the people around the. Poor leaders deflate the people around them."
-Rick Pitino
Many of us have noticed the significant positive change of attitude and environment around our team this summer. So much of that positive environment is coming from all of you who are acting as leaders and uplifting and inflating everyone around you. Everyone keep bringing that positive energy and keep looking to bring up others! 

Summer Club Finishes Up

It was so great to be able to have Summer Club again this year! Thanks for everyone who came out. 

We will be posting info soon for our Youngsters Club (6th-8th graders) including practice schedule and race schedule. So check back for that. 

If you missed the final day of Club and didn’t get your shirt, reach out to Coach Holt (pineviewxc@gmail.com or david.holt@washk12.org). 

Also, here’s a link to the pics from the final day with the State Championship trophy. Feel free to download. https://photos.app.goo.gl/gAer4Ug6wDK387388

July 19-24 (Week 7) 24th of July Race and Prep for Camp

In some ways it's been a long summer, but it has also gone quick. Here we are at the end of Summer Club, our 24th of July race is this week, and we are getting ready for camp. Hopefully you are seeing some of the hard work you have been putting in paying off as you feel yourself getting in better shape and you feel the relationships with your teammates forming stronger bonds. 

• take a look at the 2021 schedule. 
• registermyathlete - registration has got to be done tonight if you haven't yet! Here's who has started it... if you name isn't on this list, go do it NOW at registermyathlete.com - physical needs to be complete and on file at PVHS before camp.
  Fees can be completed later.

Purpose of the Week's Workouts: This week's workouts. This is our final week of the Foundation phase. If you've been doing what you should, you should be ready to put in some big minutes and some big workouts for the rest of the season now. We will be doing our second 15min Test on Monday, so we look for some nice improvements there. Wednesday we will have a long run with some broken tempo out at the Warner Valley Exit, and we'll look to have a strong effort on Saturday for our 24th 2 miler.

This Week's Schedule:
July 19-24: Washington Elementary Monday, Tues, Thurs, and Fri this week at 7:00a. We will meet at the Warner Valley Exit on Wednesday at 6:30a for our long run. Saturday will be our 24th of July race - info below. Weights on Tuesdays and Thursdays after our run, we will go (as a team) over to PVHS and spend 30mins in the weight room going through our routine (please do your best to build this into your schedule). Afternoon doubles are on your own.

Monday: regular practice at 7:00a Washington Elem. (everyone) 

Tuesday: regular practice at 7:00a Washington Elem. (everyone) - Youth Summer Running Club 8:30-9:45 (everyone) - Weights after Summer Club (everyone) / afternoon - short run on own (Silver & Black required, Maroon optional)

Wednesday: practice at 6:30a Warner Valley Exit. (everyone) - Book club moved to Friday / afternoon - short run on own (Black required, Silver optional)

Thursday: regular practice at 7:00a Washington Elem. (everyone) - Weights (everyone) / afternoon - short run on own (Silver & Black required, Maroon optional) 

Friday: regular practice at 7:00a Washington Elem. (everyone) - Book Club

Saturday: 24th of July 2 mile Race - meet at 6:15a at Harvest Lane Park (in the Fields) BE ON TIME - race starts of 7:00a ANYONE IS INVITED (team will run some before).

Upcoming Events:

24th of July 2 Miler - July 24th at the Harvest Lane Park in the Fields, race starts at 7:00a - registration at 6:45a - PVXC will be racing and we want to invite all family, friends, neighbors of PVXC to come join us (cost... donations accepted to fundraise for the team). We will need help timing and at intersections as well. 

High Altitude Camp - July 26th-29th; cost $90 pay to PVXC Club (not the HS), absolute last day to pay as we need a final count and all payments taken care of by Monday (cash or Venmo @Dave-Holt77). This has been pretty hectic organizing with cancelled campgrounds and such. But we are back on for the campsite up at Jacob Lake. It will be a great location, and we are looking forward to an amazing team building experience. If you haven't finalized your plans, we really encourage you to come be part of camp. This is where you make friendships; this is where our team comes together; this is where so much of our growth really cements itself. Come be part of it!

Packing List

Parents: we will need rides and if anyone wants to stay and help chaperone any or all of the time please let the coaches know. We've got to get this organized ASAP. Driving Directions

Minutes:
Fill out this form for our 6th week of practice. This is how we will earn our minutes awards for the season as well as tracking goals and progress.

Book Club:
We're moving Book Club to Friday. If there is one section to read... it is this one (Chapters 9 and 10). PLEASE READ IT!

Athletes of the Week:

(will be updated this week)

PVXC Thought of the Week: 
"But it wasn't a miracle. It was the group effect."
-Matt Fitzgerald
Describing one of America's greatest distance running accomplishments. If this section doesn't give you chills, you're doing the wrong thing! Read it, mark it up, have comments on how this connects to what we are trying to do.

July 5-17 (Week 5 & 6)

Great efforts from so many these past couple weeks. We were able to recognize our first set of Athletes of the Week (more below); take a look at those who have been earning this recognition and notice the similar characteristics of dedication, commitment, and pushing toward new goals. These teammates are great examples of what we can all do. We'll include the next two weeks in this post. This week is Commitment Week. It is the state moratorium, so coaches can't be at practice. The team has decided to have captain led practice. Those that are in town, be there. If you're out of town (just like anytime), get your runs in as best you can. We have a lot of events coming up soon, so take a look at everything on the blog.

• take a look at the 2021 schedule. There have been a couple changes: Border Wars (Sept 24 - varsity trip) and time has been updated for PreState Meet
• registermyathlete - registration has got to be done tonight if you haven't yet! Go to registermyathlete.com - physical needs to be complete and on file at PVHS before camp.
  Fees can be completed later.

Purpose of the Week's Workouts: This week's workouts. These next two weeks, we continue in our Foundation phase. Week 5 is actually a recovery week with no minute growth (or even a small decrease) to help the body and mind respond to the first month of the season. Week 6 sees a continuance of growth with more minutes and doubles for some of the team. Both weeks, we will use our Baseline test to get into some Pace work. Paces are posted on the workout spreadsheet (refer back to Week 4); know yours for Monday. 

This Week's Schedule:
July 5-10: Washington Elementary Monday through Thursday this week at 7:00a. Friday and Saturday locations will be announced at practice. No team weights this week. No Club on Tuesday. Afternoon doubles are on your own.

Monday: regular practice at 7:00a Washington Elem. (everyone) 

Tuesday: regular practice at 7:00a Washington Elem. (everyone) / afternoon - short run on own (Silver & Black required, Maroon optional)

Wednesday: regular practice at 7:00a Washington Elem. (everyone)

Thursday: regular practice at 7:00a Washington Elem. (everyone) / afternoon - short run on own (Silver & Black required, Maroon optional)

Friday: regular practice at 7:00a location TBA (everyone)

Saturday: location TBA

July 11-17: Washington Elementary Monday through Thursday this week at 7:00a. We will meet at Sullivan Park at 7a on Friday for our Run-A-Thon which will last until 7p. Saturday will be a organized boys/girls run at your chosen locations. Weights on Tuesdays and Thursdays after our run, we will go (as a team) over to PVHS and spend 30mins in the weight room going through our routine (please do your best to build this into your schedule). Afternoon doubles are on your own.

Monday: regular practice at 7:00a Washington Elem. (everyone) 

Tuesday: regular practice at 7:00a Washington Elem. (everyone) - Youth Summer Running Club 8:30-9:45 (everyone) - Weights after Summer Club (everyone) / afternoon - short run on own (Silver & Black required, Maroon optional)

Wednesday: regular practice at 7:00a Washington Elem. (everyone) - Book Club after the run 

Thursday: regular practice at 7:00a Washington Elem. (everyone) - Weights (everyone) / afternoon - short run on own (Silver & Black required, Maroon optional)

Friday: Run-A-Thon 7:00a-7:00p Sullivan Park (everyone)

Saturday: location TBA

Upcoming Events:

Run a Thon - July 16th Friday at Sullivan Park, 7:00a-7:00p

24th of July 2 Miler - July 24th at the Harvest Lane Park in the Fields, race starts at 7:00a, PVXC will be racing and we want to invite all family, friends, neighbors of PVXC to come join us (cost... donations accepted to fundraise for the team)

High Altitude Camp - July 26th-29th; cost $90 pay to PVXC Club (not the HS), we need a final count and all payments taken care of by Monday, July 11th (cash or Venmo @Dave-Holt77). Our location has changed and is pretty much finalized to be up on Cedar Mountain. It will be a great location, and we are looking forward to an amazing team building experience. If you haven't finalized your plans, we really encourage you to come be part of camp. This is where you make friendships; this is where our team comes together; this is where so much of our growth really cements itself. Come be part of it! Parents: we will need rides and if anyone wants to stay and help chaperone any or all of the time please let the coaches know.

Minutes:
Fill out this form for our 4th week of practice and then come back next week and update it for the 5th week. This is how we will earn our minutes awards for the season as well as tracking goals and progress.

Book Club:
No book club this Wednesday; we will discuss the readings for the next two weeks on July 13th. So keep reading along.

Athletes of the Week:

Carson, So. - Carson's commitment to the team has resulted in tremendous individual growth. He's a great worker and brings a great attitude to the team.

Parker, So. - Parker's great attitude and hard work have really started to pay off with big improvements so far this season.

Kenny, Jr. - It's been great to have Kenny back with the team. His presence has immediately been felt this summer through his hard work and positive attitude.

Brecken, So. - Brecken is another athlete who we've missed (because of another spring sport). Her progress through last year and this summer has been amazing. She's running great and is an excellent contributor to the team.

Laney, So. - Laney's commitment to her improvement hasn't gone unnoticed. She has taken tremendous strides of improvement by deciding to push with the group above her at every possible time.

Brinley, Sr. - Brin's is running excellently, but just as important is her senior leadership that she is bringing to the team. No one works harder and expects the same from her teammates.

PVXC Thought of the Week: 
"It's what you do when no one is watching that separates a champion from everyone else."
-unknown
A little diversion from our book quotes this week. But rather, a nod to our Commitment Week. Many of you have already proven you have truly bought into the program and into your self; you are at practice every day you can, you're on time, you get your full runs in, do you weights and drills well, and so on. Others fall at other levels of this commitment scale. This coming week, where there are no coaches and you are really accountable to yourself and your teammates will really show where you want to be and what you want to accomplish individually and a team. Those who are doing great... keep being the example. Those who are struggling in some areas... now's the time to step up. When you're in town... be to practice. When you're out of town... get your runs in. We've had a truly great start to the season and many very good things are happening. Let's take it to another level with your own individual commitment to team and self this week!