Oct. 11-17 (Week 19)

Wow... we are 19 weeks into the season! It has been a long journey, but one filled with a lot of great memories, hard work, fun events, and well-fought races. It's championship season, and we now turn our focus to Region. Its a chance to show what we've put all this hard work into and have a lot of fun doing it. And, by the way, thanks to those who helped at Sandstone's Color Run; they were very grateful for your help (even if you did waste all the chalk!).

With the Fall Break, we have a little different schedule. Please take a look. We will be doing some of our work on Thurs, Fri, and Sat at 1:00p to get in the flow of the time of our State races. It's important that everyone be there as best you can.

Purpose of the Week's Workouts: This week's workouts. As we continue our Competition Phase this week the goal is to run fast at our championship races (Region and State). Minutes will come down and the intensity will build up a bit. 

This Week's Schedule: 

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

Monday: AM long run at 6:00a PVHS (Maroon: optional; Silver & Black: required). We will running Pioneer Parkway / afternoon practice 3:00p PVHS (everyone) team meeting and then practice.

Tuesday: AM workout at 6:00a PVHS (Maroon: optional; Silver & Black: required) / afternoon practice 3:00p PVHS (everyone)

Wednesday: AM practice at 6:15a PVHS (Silver optional, Black required) / afternoon practice 3:00p PVHS (everyone)

Thursday: AM weights and short run at 7:30a PVHS (Maroon: optional; Silver & Black: required) / afternoon practice 1:00p PVHS (everyone)

Friday: AM practice at 7:30a on own (Var, no JV) / afternoon practice 1:00p PVHS (everyone)

Saturday: practice 1:00p PVHS (everyone)

Upcoming Events:

Region X Championships - Oct. 19th (Tues) at Bicentennial Park in Cedar (SUU course) - Race schedule JV Girls 1:30p,  JV Boys 2:15p, Var Girls 3:00p, Var Boys 3:30p. Bus is leaving PVHS at 11:30a. then pickup at PVMS.

4A State Championships - Oct. 27th (Weds) at Regional Athletic Complex in Salt Lake - Race schedule Var Girls 1:30p, Var Boys 2:00p. Bus is leaving PVHS on Tuesday after lunch. We want everyone to plan on coming to support the team as we push to do great things at State! There will be a $25 hotel fee that needs to be paid to PVHS finance office. Please look at your schedule and try and make this work; the Varsity needs the energy of the greatest of all time HYPE SQUADS! We will need numbers by the end of the week.

PVXC Club Trip to Nike - Our club trip (this isn't associated with the school or the district) is going to be to Phoenix for the Nike Cross Regional meet. This is on the Saturday before Thanksgiving and we will be traveling on 11/18-20. Usually the cost of these trips ends up being around $175 *but don't quote us on that yet!* This includes two nights of hotels, meet entry, and the charter bus. The first $100 will be due on 10/22 ---> this is a NON-REFUNDABLE deposit (we must get sure numbers for hotels and buses by this time) <---- the remaining money will be due by 11/12 (the total will be announced once we have hotels/bus set).

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

Race Report:

Cedar Invite - Historically this has been a pretty strong race for us. And this year was no different. After the long hot grind of summer and the difficult and tiring workouts of September, things usually start to fall into place pretty well for us around here (that's kind of the goal of the whole setup anyway). Although it was a bummer to have a modified course making it difficult to compare times to the beginning of the season, at least we got to have a race (and things ended peacefully in the police incident as well). After the Younsgters race, the Fresh/Soph races were first and the young guys and girls got us out strong. The ladies were led by Brianna and Elle who finished in 11th and 13th place. Laney (28th), Alianna (58th), and Elena (72nd) rounded out our scoring for a 6th place finish. The boys also placed 6th and Grant place 16th followed by Bridger (32nd), Evan (45th), Carson (60th), and Gaige (65th). In the JV girls race, the ladies placed 4th off a strong 2nd place finish by Kyanne and Amelia in 7th. Macy and Roxy were just outside the top 10 in 11th and 12th. Sarah finished up our scoring with her 66th place finish. The JV guys took 5th with G-fontaine leading the way in 17th and Allen just behind in 20th. Boz (36th), Coleman (41st), and Jamin (49th) rounded out our scoring. In the Varsity races, the girls ran well and overcame a up-and-coming Cedar squad to take the win 65-75. Brook ran well throughout and took 3rd. Adri placed well with a 10th place finish. Strong races from Katie and Kate in 15th and 16th were big. And Brin pushed to a 21st place. Brecken ran very well and beat most teams' 5ths and most 4ths to help with the scoring, and Kennis bumped almost every teams' 5th which is huge as we get toward our Region and State Championships. They guys were missing two key scorers - Talmage and Kenny were off to their Region Mt. Bike race - but still ran strong and place 6th. Trey positioned himself well throughout the race and finished 10th. Bentley and Zack finished 29th and 30th. Diego ran great in his first Varsity race to place 4th for the team. Then Porter finished up our scoring as the 5th runner.

Athletes of the Week: (from Week 17) 

Performance of the Week: Diego (Jr.) - At Hurricane, Diego ran a great race to place as our top Panther and top 15 overall. In his first season of running, Diego has shown huge improvement and potential. 

Tough at Practice:  (.) - 

Team Builder:  (.) - 

Minutes:
Fill out this form for our 18th 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 will be finishing up our season with our last practice on Monday at 3:00p-4:15 at PVHS (8th graders can ride a bus to the HS). Contact Martha Baker with questions 435-773-3667. The last race of the year will be on Wednesday over at Grandpa's Pond in Hurricane. K-5th 1 mile at 5:00p; 6th-8th 2 mile race after. Arrive before 4:45p for registration and warm-up. Let's finish this awesome season with a HUGE PVXC TEAM RACE!

PVXC Thought of the Week: 
"One thing about championship teams is that they're resilient. No matter what is thrown at them, no matter how deep the hole, they find a way to bounce back and overcome adversity."

-Nick Saban

As far as things go, and as a whole for this team, we have had a pretty great year and haven't had a lot of major problems. But there's always something... injuries, sickness, poor races and workouts, missing a practice here or there, weather, stress of school, relationships whether family or friend, and on and on. And these things are all real struggles that involve us physical, mentally, and emotionally. Everyone has them and everyone has a bit of struggle with them. It how we work to overcome them that really define who we are, how much we will grow, and who we will become. This past week was a good example of bouncing back and overcoming some adversity. Being resilient and working to overcome challenges is a hard thing and not everyone is so great at it. So let's keep uplifting each other and being there for each other. Afterall, we really are like a family. We care for each other; we have common goals and interests; and we spend a lot of time together. So let's be there for each other in positive ways and keep growing together.