Sept. 20-25 (Week 16)

What a week! That Ironman experience was something and on top of that our race up at the State course was great. Also, great job at the Youngsters meet. Thanks everyone for your help and for your great behavior. Parents, be proud of the great kids you have - they handle themselves very well out in public (in private?... that may be a different story!)

Purpose of the Week's Workouts: This week's workouts. A couple more weeks of our Pre-Comp phase. This phase focuses on race pace work - teaching us how to hold and maintain race paces for the entirety of a workout.

This Week's Schedule: 

MUST WEAR WHITE OR FLORESCENT (BRIGHT) TO EVERY AM PRACTICE

Monday: AM workout at 6:00a PVHS (everyone)  / afternoon practice 3:00p PVHS (everyone) team meeting and then practice.

Tuesday: AM weights and short run at 6:15a PVHS (Maroon: optional; Silver & Black: required) / afternoon practice 3:00p PVHS (everyone)

Wednesday: AM practice at 6:00a PVHS (those racing this weekend required, those not can choose the workout this morning or afternoon); if you do the workout this afternoon and have a recovery run usually on Wednesday morning, you should still come do it at 6:15a  / afternoon practice 3:00p PVHS (everyone)

Thursday: AM weights and short run at 6:15a PVHS (Maroon: optional; Silver & Black: required) / afternoon practice 3:00p PVHS (everyone)

Friday: AM workout at 6:15a PVHS (everyone - except Silvers who are racing this afternoon... this will be our main practice for Friday) / afternoon practice after school for those who are assigned / RACE: Border Wars in SLC for Varsity (info below)

Saturday: Make your own group runs.

Upcoming Events:

Border Wars - (Varsity Only) Sept. 24th (Fri) at Sugar House Park in SLC - Race schedule Var Boys 3:40p, Var Girls 3:20p (Varsity race) or 4:00p (Championship race). We will leave on Friday at 8:00a. An itinerary will be sent home with those participating.

Hurricane Invite - Sept. 29th (Weds) at Sand Hollow Golf Course - Race schedule Youngsters 4:00p ($2 per runner, must preregister so have info to Coach Martha at practice this week), JV Girls 4:30p,  JV Boys 5:15p, Var Girls 6:00p, Var Boys 6:30p. (At this time our Varsity teams are not scheduled to participate.)

***Remember that attendance at practice is mandatory to be running races.***

Race Report:

PreState Invite - We had the great opportunity to get on the new state course this past week. It was a little tougher than expected, but we ran well and saw many continue improvements. The Fresh/Soph girls race saw the Panthers take 2nd with Katie leading the way with a 4th place finish and Kate following up with an 8th place. Brecken medaled with a strong 15th place finish. Rounding out our scoring were Elle and Brianna (great to have you back racing!). In the boys Fresh/Soph, Talmage just missed out on a medal finishing 21st in a very tight pack with a 1 sec separation between 22nd-16th. Grant had a very strong race as our 2nd finisher. He was followed by Parker, Porter (welcome back!), and Wesley. In the Jr/Sr girls race, we once again took 2nd and placed 3 in the top 20. This time it was Brook with the 5th place finish, Adri 6th, and Brinley in 19th. Kennis continues to run strong, and she was followed by Kyanne who is running well at this stage of the season. Not far back, we had Amelia with another good race. In the Jr/Sr boys race, Trey earned our lone guys medal with a 10th place finish. Kenny closed the gap up a bit on Trey to finish 29th. They were followed by Zack, Bentley, and Allen. One of the best things about the race was the positive attitudes (and cheesy smiles of the guys!). We have put in a lot of work this year (and in the past years) and it is great to see everyone being coachable and working on having a positive contribution to the team wherever they are at.

Athletes of the Week: (from Week 14) SORRY I DIDN'T WRITE THEM DOWN... I'LL UPDATE!

Performance of the Week:  (.) - 

Tough at Practice:  (.) - 

Team Builder:  (.) - 

Minutes:
Fill out this form for our 15th week of practice. This is how we will earn our minutes awards for the season as well as tracking goals and progress.

Youngsters: 

Our 6th-8th grade club are practicing regularly on Monday and Thursday at 3:00p-4:15 at PVHS (8th graders can ride a bus to the HS). Contact Martha Baker with questions 435-773-3667. There is a Youngsters meet at Sand Hollow GC on 9/29. We must pre-register. Cost is $2 per athlete. Please have info to Coach Martha this week if you will be participating. 

PVXC Thought of the Week: 
"I want leaders that can lead in the 22 hours of the day when we are not at practice... I could care less about being in the middle of the circle counting to 10 or know what core exercise is next in our routine.

Classroom, hallway, parking lot and Friday night social event - lead!"

-Adam Kedge

You don't have to be a captain to lead. How are you doing at being a true leader? Are you contributing to our team by setting an example of leadership? Have you taken a younger teammate or two under your wing and helped them along the way? Have you shown the importance of the classroom by using down time to study and help those around you study? Do you show respect to our school? Do you lead by example in the hallways and in the locker room? This year has seen a lot of growth in our team culture that needed a reality check. What role are you playing in it? Proud of all of you for how well you did on the trip and in helping with the Youngsters meet and at the Ironman. I am convinced we could have run that bike station ourselves - even in the busiest of times. That's the kind of example and leadership of a true Renegade of Run!