What a great week at camp. We really missed those who weren't able to make it. Thanks to all those who helped make it happen: parents who drove, camp help, and the captains and the committee. Now the thing is to keep the feelings, attitudes, and ideas of camp growing throughout the season (and beyond). Revisit some of the ideas from camp while they are fresh in your mind and remind yourself of the camaraderie and friendships that were grown and the commitments you made to your teammates and yourself often throughout the year.
- take a look at the 2021 schedule - there have been two important changes... 1) the TIME TRIAL planned for this Monday has been MOVED TO TUESDAY. 2) Cedar All-Comers has been moved from Thursday the 19th to Wednesday the 18th (start time 6:00p)
- registermyathlete - please finish up your registermyathlete.com and get your physical done.
Fees will need to be paid. Everything MUST be cleared to race at Cedar.
Purpose of the Week's Workouts: This week's workouts. We move fully into our SWEP phase this week - 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. These workouts focus on controlled speed of longer intervals. They are designed to tax the body like an XC race will and make your strong physically and mentally. We will also add a little more in the afternoons to help us get ready for the transition to after-school running. Take a look at the workouts and see what is required of you for the level you have chosen.
This Week's Schedule:
Monday: regular practice at 7:00a Washington Elem. (everyone) / afternoon run on own
Tuesday: Time Trial practice at 7:00a at Bloomington Hills North Park (park at the parking lot off of Vermillion Ave.). Race will start at app. 7:45a. (everyone) / afternoon weights and short run 4:00p PVHS (everyone)
Wednesday: regular practice at 7:00a Washington Elem. (everyone) / afternoon run on own
Thursday: regular practice at 7:00a Washington Elem. (everyone) / afternoon weights and short run 4:00p PVHS (everyone)
Friday: regular practice at 7:00a Washington Elem. (everyone) / afternoon run on own
Saturday: long run at 6:30a location TBA (everyone)
Upcoming Events:
Team Time Trial - Aug. 3rd (Tues) 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 8th 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 on Friday.
Athletes of the Week:
(from camp... will be updated soon)
PVXC Thought of the Week:
"Too many kids have been taught that the goal of HS sports is to achieve an athletic scholarship - here's the truth: the goal of HS sports is to learn how to be a better person, better teammate, better communicator and to enjoy being a teenager... something you can't get back."
-Andrew Kurzawski
This seems to fit pretty well after the week (and summer) we just had. We have seen so much growth in our team and with so many of you individually this past week and summer. We're going to do pretty well running... and we're going to do our best to have "success" in our races. But all that really is a byproduct of the hard work, commitment, fun and positive attitudes, and growth of being a better person, teammate, and leader that comes with being a part of (as Carson Horspool is so fond of saying) "the greatest team in the world!" XC4EVER
"Too many kids have been taught that the goal of HS sports is to achieve an athletic scholarship - here's the truth: the goal of HS sports is to learn how to be a better person, better teammate, better communicator and to enjoy being a teenager... something you can't get back."
-Andrew Kurzawski
This seems to fit pretty well after the week (and summer) we just had. We have seen so much growth in our team and with so many of you individually this past week and summer. We're going to do pretty well running... and we're going to do our best to have "success" in our races. But all that really is a byproduct of the hard work, commitment, fun and positive attitudes, and growth of being a better person, teammate, and leader that comes with being a part of (as Carson Horspool is so fond of saying) "the greatest team in the world!" XC4EVER
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