Thanks for everyone's help at camp. It was great! Parents, thanks for the rides and help chaperoning. Athletes, you guys did great. Captains, great job planning. Hopefully we can keep the positive vibes and team energy throughout the season. And to those who couldn't make it, we missed you. We hope you are able to make it next year and keep growing with the team.
Purpose of the Week's Workouts: Click here for this week's workouts. These next two weeks before school starts, we will be pushing things up a little bit. We will hit some of our longest runs and weekly minutes of the season. We will also really be asking you to get out in the afternoon and start getting mentally and physically prepped for the afternoon runs when school starts - even if you aren't doubling runs, it would be a great idea to get out and do a hard walk a couple times a week in the afternoon.
Minutes: Update your minutes for Week 7 Minutes (fill out the form for the week we just completed). We're almost to the end of summer, so just another plug to hit those 60 Days of Summer.
This Week's Schedule:
Monday: RACE: 24th of July 2 Mile Run meet at 7:00a at the Fields Park in the Harvest Lane neighborhood (20 E and Orchard Lane in Washington Fields), race will start at app. 7:45a (Everyone) / Captains meeting at 6:40a
Tuesday: Regular practice at 7:00a at Washington Elem. (Everyone) / weights after at PVHS (we'd encourage everyone to come, but not required) / afternoon on own
Wednesday: Regular practice at 7:00a at Washington Elem. (Everyone) / afternoon on own (DT's at PVHS)
Thursday: Regular practice at 7:00a at Washington Elem. (Everyone) / weights after at PVHS (we'd encourage everyone to come, but not required) / afternoon on own
Friday: Regular practice at 7:00a at TBA (Everyone)
Saturday: 7:00a at Sullivan Park (Everyone)
Book Club Reading: We'll be discussing Chapter 5 (Week 6 & 7) on Tuesday (go back to last week's blog to get that reading if you need it). Here's the final chapter of our book (which we will be discussing next Tuesday): Week 8 Reading pdf / Week 8 Reading google doc
Upcoming Events:
- RACE: 24th of July 2 Mile Run - EVERYONE IS INVITED (athletes are expected; family, friends, Youngsters, neighbors... we'd love to have you join us). Race will start at 7:45a at the Fields Park (team will start practice a bit earlier to be all warmed up). Remember your 2 cans/non-perishable food items for the Food Bank.
- RACE: Team Time Trial - Monday, 7/31, Bloomington Hills North Park, practice at 7:00a (warm up) and race at app. 7:45a. (everyone expected to be there)
- RACE: Desert Relays - Monday, 8/7, Bloomington Hills North Park, relay race against DH (this is our first "real" race of the season; so, as usual, everyone is expected to be there), right now time is 7:00p, but we may push it back if needed because of the heat
- Spike Night at the St. George Running Center: 8/10, 7:15p - prizes, pizza, discounts on trainers and spikes
Uniforms and Spirit Pack: Our Spirit Pack order can be found here. We want to get this done early, so you can get your gear early in the season. Nothing from the Spirit Pack is required - all gear here is practice/training/spirit gear; athletes, family, friends are all encouraged to get what they want. You have just this week to order! However, if you'd like to race in the shorts from the Spirit Pack, we are making that a legal team race short; just make sure you order them in black if you want to race in them.
Uniforms are separate from the spirit pack and not ordered with the spirit pack. Tops are $35 and shorts for girls are $25. We will be using the same uni we did last year (white with grey stripes). Girls have the option of our Adidas shorts or spandex. Most uniform stuff (boys and girls top and girls shorts) will be ordered/paid for through PVHS and we will take care of that in the next couple weeks. Boys will also need to order their own shorts (because we can't get them ordered in a team bulk). Some of you have the Adidas Own the Run Shorts from last year... we will still use these shorts (here is the 5 inch version)(another 5 inch version)(3 inch version)(another 3 inch version); but they are tough to find, so we are also adding the Adidas Saturday Split Short as a team option. Boys shorts : DON'T WAIT TO ORDER... ORDER NOW! And of course, make sure you order black; we only race in black shorts :)
Other Required Stuff:
Physical - everyone needs a new physical each school year for high school sports. Many have theirs (some got it in the late spring at school), but if you haven't gotten a physical please get it scheduled and done. Forms must be turned into the PVHS office before an athlete can participate (practice or races - starting August 7th).
Registration - each athlete must register at registermyathlete before an athlete can participate (practice or races - starting August 7th).
Fees - sport participation fees are required by the Washington Country School District before an athlete can participate. You can pay your fee online, through registermyathlete or in person at PVHS (must be paid before an athlete can race at Cedar All-Comers).
Team Texts - athletes/parents should both be getting texts from the coach via remind. Athletes text the code @xcchamps and parents texts the code @xcparent to the number 81010. Athletes also have a boys and girls team group chat to send each other reminders, so make sure you are on that (talk to your teammates).
Athletes of the Week - (We will add this after Monday)
Team Builder:
Team Builder:
Tough at Practice:
Tough at Practice:
PVXC Thought of the Week: "You can react and get the sympathetic nervous system riled up and flood your body with stress hormones that impede your game. Or you can sit back, breathe, observe what's happening, and respond to what is, rather than what you think should be, could have been, or was supposed to be. Again, this is like being fluid like water, not rigid like ice. It's about responding to the flow of life around us rather than reacting."
- George Mumford
From our section of reading we will discus this week (Chapter 5 - Right Effort: Forget Thyself)
We had a great lesson on this from our captains at camp. Come prepared to put in your thoughts about this section.
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