June 30 - July 5 (Week 5)

Hey, we made it through a pretty busy (and thin at practice) week. It's July now, and it's time to lock in. Sometimes we think, "Well it's still summer, so no stress; I can chill and miss a bit." But we need you around. We actually have some races this month (with our first official race of the season just 5 weeks away), we have camp, and we are really trying to build the strength of the TEAM. We need you at practice for your development, and we need you at practice for the growth of our TEAM. We know that running seems so individual because you can just go get a run in on your own (and we are very proud of you that are getting runs in when you are gone); but as we saw this week, the real strength comes from being with the TEAM. Each one of you makes our TEAM better, makes our TEAM stronger, makes us a TEAM! We need you around. 

Purpose of the Week's Workouts: Click here for a link to this week's workouts (Week 5). It has been awesome to see the growth of those who have been CONSISTENT in their practice. Our hill workout on Tuesday up Washington Steps is a great example... I was able to go with a crew that hadn't finished Steps all the way, and to see them push themselves and each other to accomplish that big goal was awesome! Being brave and not backing down from something big and intimidating, and supporting that with CONSISTENCY and TEAMMWORK leads to great growth. Saturday long runs will stick to 6:30a. We encourage everyone to be to Saturday mornings. Update your minutes from Week 4 here: Weekly Minutes. 

Doubles and Running in the Heat: Go back to last week to check out a little info about running in the heat if you missed it. We continue to encourage everyone to get something (even a walk for our newer runners) in the afternoon a couple times a week to start acclimating to the heat.

This Week's Schedule:

Monday: Regular practice at 7:00a at Washington Elem. (Everyone) - NO Youth Summer Running Club this week.

Tuesday: Regular practice at 7:00a at Washington Elem. (Everyone) / NO weights this week, but you could do many of the exercises we have been doing on your own / afternoon on own or organize own group (Silver, Black, White expected; Maroon optional)

Wednesday: Regular practice at 7:00a at Washington Elem. (Everyone) 

Thursday: Regular practice at 7:00a at Washington Elem. (Everyone) / NO weights this week, but you could do many of the exercises we have been doing on your own  / afternoon on own or organize own group (Silver, Black, White expected; Maroon optional)

Friday: Regular practice at 7:00a at Washington Elem (Everyone)

Saturday: 6:30a at Fossil Falls (Everyone / optional for Beginner)

Book Club Reading: We've had some really great articles chosen by our captains the past few weeks. If you missed any of them, go back through the earlier weeks and give them a quick read.

Upcoming Events:

• WEEKLY ACTIVITIES: Waffle Wednesday (Wed after morning practice - location TBA) / Team Party (often Thursdays, info will be shared each week at practice)
• RACE - PVXC Team Time Trial: Tuesday, July 15th at Bloomington Hills North Park. This is our first team time trial; a great chance to see where you are from the summer and set some goals going into the season (and, importantly, help us set up some paces for our upcoming workouts). PLEASE try and be there (and at each of the races we have) - check out the full season schedule if you haven't. We'll meet for warm-ups like normal practice at 7:00a, and then race around 7:45a.
• RACE - PVXC 24th of July 2 Miler: Thursday, July 24th at Fields Park (park on Orchard Lane near 20 E). We'll meet for warm-ups like normal practice at 7:00a, and then race around 7:45a. Family, Friends, anyone is invited to run, walk, ride a scooter, whatever. Entry is non-perishable food (which we will donate to the Utah Food Bank). 
• High Altitude Camp - July 28th-31st at Jacob Lake. Cost is $90. We will need to get this planned and figured out who is going, parents driving (staying for all or part). This is a VERY worthwhile event to be a part of... everyone on the team should make it a priority to join us. Those who are new, talk to your teammates about camp and see why you should plan on being there too. Please take a minute and fill out the following form for participation. Registration and Payment are due June 16th. We've past our registration date, but we know a few of you have let it slip... Please take care of it today! If there is a payment issue, get the registration done, and then talk to coach about later payment.
• RACE - Desert Relays: Monday, August 4th at Bloomington Hills North Park, 7:00p. This is our first official race of the season. It's a fun, low-stress meet against Desert Hills. We'll meet for warm-ups at 6:00p.
• RACE - HOKA Relays: Saturday, August 9th at PVHS, time TBA. A super fun community relay event where everyone races a mile.  

PVXC Thought of the Week: "Make at least one definite move daily toward your goal"

-Bruce Lee

If you didn't know, I'm a pretty big Bruce Lee fanboy. His laser-like focus and ability to put into succinct words the importance of honing a craft are something I greatly admire. So this week we give you a challenge - think of a goal (of course we are focused on running, but you could expand this to other areas of your life as well), a big goal, a moon-shot type of goal... and do something with purpose and intent that moves you toward each day this week. Then we want you to share that with someone that supports you: think of someone who is all-in for you reaching this goal, tell them about it, and then tell them what you did each day to work toward it.