Oct. 27 - Nov. 1 (Week 22)

 ***STATE INFO***

Tickets - family and friends going to the meet MUST prepurchase a ticket to get in. The "ticket" is per car.

State Hoodie - want a State hoodie, preorder it here. Definitely a better option than waiting in line.

We are all excited for the opportunity for our program to shine at State this week. Check out the itinerary below since we will be leaving on Monday. Make sure you are in class in and on time on Monday.

Final call for anyone to join us to Nike and for JV State. Talk to Coach if you are interested. JV State will be held on Nov. 1, at the Spanish Fork Sports Park. Remember, that athletes/families must arrange their own transportation/accommodations for this meet. We will register you for the meet when you pay $8 to the PVXC Club (use Coach's Venmo above and label - JV State "athlete name"). 

Purpose of the Week's Workouts: Click here for a link to this week's workouts (Week 22). Goal: Fast on Tuesday (or Saturday). Update your minutes from Week 21 here (this is our final week for minutes for your yearly totals): Weekly Minutes. 

This Week's Schedule: *wear white or bright in the am*

Monday: AM - 6:15a at PVHS (Everyone) prerace / afternoon - in SLC

Tuesday: AM - from hotel in SLC / afternoon - STATE

Wednesday: AM - none / afternoon - 3:00p at PVHS (Everyone) trail run

Thursday: AM - none / afternoon - 3:00p at PVHS (Everyone) Halloween Run (wear your costume and bring some money for ice cream at Arctic Circle)

Friday: off - EXCEPT those racing JV State (you should get in your prerace... could do it after school or whenever works for your travel schedule)

Saturday: off or JV STATE (good luck!)

What about the next week? We would love to invite everyone to keep running. We have two more run races that are going to let you show off your speed on the track - the Autumn Classic and our PVXC Dream Mile. We also have our trips to Nike and Brooks. After a long season, often we are ready for some time off. We will definitely take it in December, but the next month is prime time to run really well. It is also a great time to bring out some friends (including inviting any Youngsters you know) to come join us and start learning what PVXC is all about - we will make sure we bring our new teammates in nice and easy, so invite them and let's start building our future team! We also want to really encourage everyone to look forward to track. Track is a little different than XC - some of us love it, and some are a little scared about it. Ultimately though, track is a time to help you continue your running development. Running is a sport that requires a nearly continuous cycle to develop and reach your potential. Plus it is just more doing of something fun with people you love to be with.

Upcoming Events:

• RACE - State: Tuesday, October 28th at Sugar House Park (SLC); Var Boys 2:30p, Var Girls 3:15p; bus noon at PVHS and 12:10 at PVMS, itinerary (we will leave Monday afternoon and race Tuesday, taking app. 45 athletes... must continue attending practice to travel)
• Team Awards Night: Monday, November 10th at PVHS; 5:30p (maybe). For athletes and families. Food sign ups will be coming around. 
• Autumn Classic 2 Mile race at DH(?) date TBA (maybe Nov 7th); time will be in the evening. 
• PVXC Dream Mile - maybe Nov. 13th at afternoon practice.
• get the full schedule here

PVXC Thought of the Week: "You can't eliminate the stress of a big goal, but you can frame it correctly." 

-Steve Magness

A big event (a big race) can bring out some of the craziest thoughts around: am I fit enough? could I have done more? is that a sore throat? why am I sore?... Negativity bias that is part of our survival can easily send us into a spiral. So in these times it's really important to look at the whole body of work and then control the controllables and then fully let go of the rest. To all of you (and particularly those racing this week): remember the journey of this year (and years before), you've done all you can do, everyone loves you no matter how the race turns out, we can't control anyone else, let thoughts slide away like leaves on a stream, Happy Birthday!, a race is just a race... it is not life or death, and PINE VIEW IS THE BEST IN THE WORLD! We all love you, and thank you for letting us be a part of your journey.