July 20 - 25 (Week 8) *UPDATED w/ Saturday info*

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We had an amazing camp last week. Thanks to everyone who helped it go so well (parent drivers, chaperones, food crew, the Williams family, coaches, and of course you athletes). We missed those that weren't able to attend and hope that we see you this week for practice. We also are always looking for new teammates. So keep encouraging friends, family members, and others that you think might want to come join this amazing TEAM. Those that are new to our TEAM should go back to Week 1 and check out the info there about registration and our TEAM communications found in the google slide show, and go to Week 6 and check out the uniform info. 

Purpose of the Week's Workouts: Click here for a link to this week's workouts. Sometimes we hit this middle-end of the summer and feel a little burned out and worn down (physically and mentally). It's really important to keep showing up and work through this. Every run matters right now as we prep for races soon! If you are just starting or maybe haven't locked in yet, now is the perfect time. Remember, Consistency is Key. Use the Weekly Minutes form to go enter the number of days you ran and your total minutes from this past week (Week 7) - keep entering your minutes!

This Week's Schedule: bring water and a towel each day (for stretches and drills on grass)

Monday: 7:00a at Washington Elementary (Everyone) - Youth Summer Running Club 8:30-9:45 (everyone plan on staying and helping out)

Tuesday: 7:00a at Washington Elementary (Everyone) / Weights and plyos at PVHS right after practice / PM on own (White, Black, Silver: expected; Maroon: optional; Beginners: no)

Wednesday: 7:00a at Washington Elem, Book Club, and Waffle Wednesday! (Everyone and bring a friend!)

Thursday: 7:00a at Washington Elementary (Everyone) / Weights and plyos at PVHS right after practice / PM on own (White, Black, Silver: expected; Maroon: optional; Beginners: no)

Friday: 6:00a at Harvest Lane Park 20 E 2400 S, Washington (Everyone)

Saturday: on own or form own group *UPDATED*

Book Club Reading: Will be updated as soon as we get the article

Upcoming Events:

• Waffle Wednesdays - ongoing after each Wednesday am practice. 
• Race: PV 24th 2 Miler - July 24th (Fri) at the Harvest Lane Park also called the Fields Park (park on Orchard Lane near 20 E). We'll meet for warm-ups like normal practice at 6:00a, and then race around 6:40a. Family, friends, and anyone else is invited to run, walk, ride a scooter, or whatever. Entry is 3 non-perishable food items (which we will donate to the Utah Food Bank).
• Spike Night at the St. George Running Center - July 28th, 7:00p. Food, prizes, shoe and gear sales.
• Race: Desert Relays - August 3rd (Mon) at Bloomington Hills North Park, 7:00p. This is our first official race of the season (please plan on attending). It is a fun. low-stress meet against Desert Hills. We'll meet for warm ups at 6:00p.
• Race: HOKA Relays - August 8th (Sat) at PVHS, 7:00a (team will meet at 6:10a for warm ups). Super fun community event (family, friends, others are invited) where everyone runs a mile on the track.
• Race: Cedar All-Comers - August 12th (Wed) at Cedar HS, 6:00p, bus time TBA.

Uniform Info: See last week's post for info (get shorts ordered ASAP) 

PVXC Thought of the Week: "Most athletes would never dare put their neck on the line like that."

-Sam Martin 

On Saturday, one of the greatest races ever took place. Josh Kerr broke the men's mile world record running a 3:42.66! If you haven't watched it, do... and we encourage you to be a student and fan of your sport. In this quote, Sam Martin is talking about the mindset that Kerr had going into his attempt at a world record. One of the most amazing things about this race was that Kerr told the world about it 4 months ago. Imagine being brave enough to tell everyone that you are going to try for a world record! Would you be gutsy enough to do that? Most of us wouldn't... most would be afraid of what everyone would say if we didn't achieve the goal. Instead, Kerr built an entire project around this attempt (Project 222); he and his coaches built a program, trusted each other, and documented every bit of it. Now this doesn't mean Kerr wasn't afraid, and it doesn't mean he was 100% certain he would get the record. In fact he openly admitted there was a chance it wouldn't happen (after all this was a 27 year old record that hadn't been touched by the greatest runners with the greatest technological advancements in the sport's history). Nevertheless, he responded to uncertainty with confidence. "I'm not scared of failing," was his reply. And that is the big difference... Martin states, "confidence isn't believing you'll always succeed. It's believing you'll survive if you don't." There is no doubt that Kerr's trust in his meticulous training and recovery and his belief in his team of coaches and support (family and training partners) were behind this confidence. And when you combine all of those things, amazing things happen!

Athletes of the Week: 

Alyeska, Sophomore - Aly's hard work and example have contributed to one of the biggest breakthroughs of the summer. We're excited to see where she helps lead this TEAM to.

Aiden, Freshman - He is bringing a great attitude to every practice. He's had a great summer and is ready for some big growth over the next four years.

Laura, Senior - Her commitment to the TEAM and her role as a captain has really helped the girls come together as a TEAM, not to mention her individual improvements over this summer.

July 13 - 18 (Week 7) High Altitude Camp!

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Although we've been missing many of our TEAM, this was a great week with many awesome efforts at the time trial and a lot of new individual milestones of longest runs, most miles/minutes in a week, etc. It has been amazing to watch the growth of so many on our TEAM. I want each of you to go back to Sebastian's Strava from his run this Saturday (7/11) and take a look at his thoughts about Commitment and Consistency. All his thoughts were unprompted, just a dude who is doing great and really wants to see his TEAM grow. Some great thoughts about the difference between saying you want to do great versus actually putting in the work! We can all use a reminder like this once-in-awhile.

Camp Info:  (camp is this week, look all this over - this info is updated!)

*YOU MUST BE COMING TO PRACTICE TO ATTEND CAMP* 

- Make sure you have completed your Activate (formerly registermyathlete) including your physical. This needs to be completed to attend camp (many of you haven't done this yet)! Participation Fee doesn't need to be paid yet, but it will need to be paid before the Cedar meet. EVERYONE NEEDS TO DO THIS EVEN IF YOU AREN"T GOING TO CAMP SO GET ON IT!

- Here's who we have going (this list is updated and color coded with what you need to get done on your registration... PLEASE CHECK IT OUT). We will double check this list with Activate, so get your registration done. 

- Here's the spreadsheet of those who said they could drive (thank you so much!). 

- Things we'll need: a few tents

- Here's the packing list and itinerary

Purpose of the Week's Workouts: Click here for a link to this week's workouts. We'll get our workout in before Kids' Club on Monday, so please be there. Then the rest of the week is all about getting minutes in with our TEAM. If you aren't headed to camp, please still get your runs in (be there Monday, then talk to others on the team and meet up to practice together). Use the Weekly Minutes form to go enter the number of days you ran and your total minutes from this past week (Week 6) - keep entering your minutes!

This Week's Schedule: bring water and a towel each day (for stretches and drills on grass)

Monday: 6:30a at Washington Elementary (Everyone) - Youth Summer Running Club 8:30-9:45 (everyone plan on staying and helping out)

Tuesday - Thursday: up at camp (get runs in if you aren't headed to camp)

Friday & Saturday: On own or form your own groups

Book Club Reading: No reading this week

Upcoming Events:

• Waffle Wednesdays - ongoing after each Wednesday am practice. (not this week)
• High Altitude Camp - July 13th-16th in Beaver. Check out all the info above. 
• Race: PV 24th 2 Miler - July 24th (Fri) at the Fields Park (park on Orchard Lane near 20 E). We'll meet for warm-ups like normal practice at 6:00a, and then race around 6:40a. Family, friends, and anyone else is invited to run, walk, ride a scooter (Scooter Daze!), or whatever. Entry is 3 non-perishable food items (which we will donate to the Utah Food Bank).
• Spike Night at the St. George Running Center - July 28th, 7:00p. Food, prizes, shoe and gear sales.
• Race: Desert Relays - August 3rd (Mon) at Bloomington Hills North Park, 7:00p. This is our first official race of the season (please plan on attending). It is a fun. low-stress meet against Desert Hills. We'll meet for warm ups at 6:00p.
• Race: HOKA Relays - August 8th (Sat) at PVHS, 7:00a (team will meet at 6:10a for warm ups). Super fun community event (family, friends, others are invited) where everyone runs a mile on the track.
• Race: Cedar All-Comers - August 12th (Wed) at Cedar HS, 6:00p, bus time TBA.

Uniform Info: See last week's post for info (get shorts ordered ASAP) 

PVXC Thought of the Week: "One of the most important skills for excellent performance (and honestly, for an excellent life) is showing up; even, and perhaps especially, when you don't really want to."

-Brad Stulberg

Usually we pick our quote on something that helps inspire us, teaches us, or is something that we need to address as a TEAM. In this case, it is a combo of all three. So let's take just a second and break down each part.

Inspiration: Do you want to be Excellent and have an Excellent Life? I think most of us strive to that. Then show up! Show up to whatever it is that helps you have this Excellent Life. I really can't think of anything more inspiring than the goal of an Excellent Life, and I know that running has taught me so many things that have helped me work toward that in my own life. And every time I have the opportunity to talk with one of the hundreds (probably thousands) of people that I have had the privilege of coaching, they constantly share with me the lessons they learned from running that have carried on in their lives. So show up and be a part of it.

Teach: So what does running teach us? Hopefully you can list many - some of my thoughts: rewards are gained through hard work; things that are truly worth it are those that are earned through hard work; TEAMMATES are like family and will be there for you forever; for some reason difficult things are also the most fun - and TEAMMATES make these times some of the best times of your entire life... and so much more.

Issue: We've been preaching Consistency all summer. Yet, we are having many struggles with this. And, again, we aren't talking about that you may miss practice when you are on a vacation or a camp or something. We are talking about when you just don't want to wake up - you definitely won't have excellent performance or even an excellent life if you just won't get out of bed. We are talking about when you decide not to pack your running shoes for that vacation - getting out a putting a few minutes in (even if it isn't the full workout) in a new place is awesome. We are talking about when you create any excuse to not get to practice - every one of you is a huge part of the TEAM, when you don't come we miss you and our TEAM isn't fully our TEAM. Like SeaBass said, let's lock in and actually do the things that lock in.

Athletes of the Week: 

Ada, Sophomore - Along with her ability to be a great teammate and bring a lot of fun to the team, Ada has really been working to push her minutes up and hit her workouts.

LJ, Sophomore - His passion for running and being with the team is evident in everything he does.

Buns, Junior - Dustin is a great example of consistency. He has always been a talented runner, but his growth and push to be a varsity scorer has come from his consistency and dedication to the program for years.

Race Report: 

PVXC Time Trial - Results / Records. We had an excellent Team Time Trial over at Bloomington Hills North Park this past week. One of the best things was seeing some of our new TEAMMATES get in their first race and push themselves further than they thought possible. Shout out to Aiden, Braxton, Ginger, Lindley, and Jovie. We've been holding our summer time trial here since 2015 - so results include some tremendous TEAMS and athletes and anytime a TEAM or individuals hit a top 10 or top 50 it's a pretty big deal. On the boys side we had Benji, Elliot, and Dustin all hit in the top 10 all-time, with Nate at 17 and Brennan at 38. In addition to these guys getting into their grade top 10s, Sebastian also got top 10 for Sophomores. The TEAM results were also very impressive - 3rd all-time for 5 and 7 runners, and 4th for 10 runners. The ladies also did very well with Elin, Vanessa, and Aly (in her first XC race ever) grabbing top 50 spots. In addition, Elin's time placed her 5th all-time for Juniors. Our TEAM times put us at 9th for 5 and 7 runners and 7th for 10 runners (shows improving depth!). These were great results, especially considering our TEAMMATES who weren't there. Good things are happening at PVXC!

July 6 - 11 (Week 6) Camp Info and Uniform Info

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Great job this past week. From what many said and what we saw on Strava, many of you had great weeks. Strong workouts, good Consistency, and some fun times. We missed you, but how awesome is it that a big majority of the team was still getting runs in and doing all our stuff whether with each other or on your own. There are many positive things happening for this TEAM!

Camp Info:  (camp is next week, look all this over)

*YOU MUST BE COMING TO PRACTICE TO ATTEND CAMP* (if you have any friends on the list that haven't been coming to practice, share the word with them and encourage them to come this week)

- Make sure you have completed your Activate (formerly registermyathlete) including your physical. This needs to be completed to attend camp! Participation Fee doesn't need to be paid yet, but it will need to be paid before the Cedar meet.

- Here's who we have going (again, with the idea that you are coming to practice). We will double check this list with Activate, so get your registration done. 

- Here's the spreadsheet of those who said they could drive (thank you so much!). We need to confirm these drivers and work out who doesn't need to drive up on Monday and who can switch to helping come home on Thursday. So please send Coach a message on Binderly.

- Things we'll need: a few tents

- Here's the packing list

Purpose of the Week's Workouts: Click here for a link to this week's workouts. This week we are going to hit our first time trial on Thursday. Some of you are very antsy to put a race on your legs and see your hard work this summer start to show. Others might be a little nervous. It is for both of these very reasons that we do these few summer races (time trial and the 24th). These are just really low-key and no stress. It's just our team, there is no scoring, we are all in the same boat as far as not having raced for awhile (or ever). So this is a great time to just get out and put a good effort in to use a baseline to grow from. Please do your very best to be to our time trial (and the 24th race). We also keep stacking solid hill workouts and long runs... all these workouts with Consistency are really going to pay off - trust us! Use the Weekly Minutes form to go enter the number of days you ran and your total minutes from this past week (Week 5) - good job to the handful of you who have been entering your info each week, keep it up!

This Week's Schedule: bring water and a towel each day (for stretches and drills on grass)

Monday: 7:00a at Washington Elementary (Everyone) - Youth Summer Running Club 8:30-9:45 (everyone plan on staying and helping out)

Tuesday: 7:00a at Washington Elementary (Everyone) / Weights and plyos at PVHS right after practice / PM on own (White, Black, Silver: expected; Maroon: optional; Beginners: no)

Wednesday: 7:00a at Washington Elem, Book Club, and Waffle Wednesday! (Everyone and bring a friend!)

Thursday: 7:00a at Bloomington Hills North Park (Everyone) / Weights and plyos at PVHS right after practice / PM on own (White, Black, Silver: expected; Maroon: optional; Beginners: no)

Friday: 7:00a at Sullivan Park (Everyone)

Saturday: 6:30a at the Warner Valley Exit on the Southern Parkway (Everyone) 

Book Club Reading: Article will be posted soon.

Upcoming Events:

• Waffle Wednesdays - ongoing after each Wednesday am practice.
• Race: PV Time Trial - July 9th (Thurs) at Bloomington Hills North Park, 7:00a. 
• High Altitude Camp - July 13th-16th in Beaver. Those coming to camp MUST be running! You have to be able to complete a full week at the Maroon Level of workouts before coming to camp. Rides: We are so grateful for the parents who have volunteered to drive us up and back from camp. We still have more than enough rides up, but we need more rides back (probably 1 more vehicle). If you could switch, shoot Coach a message on Binderly. We will be finalizing everything early this week, so you can make plans. 
• Race: PV 24th 2 Miler - July 24th (Fri) at the Fields Park (park on Orchard Lane near 20 E). We'll meet for warm-ups like normal practice at 6:00a, and then race around 6:40a. Family, friends, and anyone else is invited to run, walk, ride a scooter (Scooter Daze!), or whatever. Entry is 3 non-perishable food items (which we will donate to the Utah Food Bank).
• Spike Night at the St. George Running Center - July 28th, 7:00p. Food, prizes, shoe and gear sales.
• Race: Desert Relays - August 3rd (Mon) at Bloomington Hills North Park, 7:00p. This is our first official race of the season (please plan on attending). It is a fun. low-stress meet against Desert Hills. We'll meet for warm ups at 6:00p.
• Race: HOKA Relays - August 8th (Sat) at PVHS, 7:00a (team will meet at 6:10a for warm ups). Super fun community event where everyone runs a mile on the track.
• Race: Cedar All-Comers - August 12th (Wed) at Cedar HS, 6:00p, bus time TBA.

PVXC Thought of the Week: "I do believe that what really has huge value, huge and significant value, is (that which) is rare. I've never seen in my life common things, ordinary things that come with huge value."

-Carlos Queiroz (Coach of Ghana's men's national soccer team)

I will be the first to admit that I'm not the biggest soccer fan around (it's really just because soccer players make amazing runners, so what should they really be doing?!), but I definitely follow the World Cup and found this quote by Ghana's coach important. Take a minute and think of the most important accomplishments and most valuable things in your life. I can pretty much guarantee that a common theme among all of these things is the path required to get them (or to them) was difficult. Why is gold valuable? Because it's rare. Why is it more meaningful to take pass an AP test? Because it took a lot of work. Things that have value in our life are things that have we have had to earn through some sort of difficulty. Now applying that to running: if this thing was easy everyone would do it and then what would be the value? Because you have to work hard, you have to wake up in the summer, you have to run in the heat, you have to "sacrifice" (some of you know how I feel about that word, is it really a sacrifice to set aside something to strive for something else that you really want?), but you have to sacrifice time, energy, sometimes good things for something that you really want. Because of this, running can teach you a lot about what is of real value in your life and how to continue to strive for those things that have real meaning to you.

Uniform Info: Each athlete will need to purchase their uniform (we will be wearing the white Pine View top that we got last year). The top (singlet) will be purchased through the school... more info coming (cost $50). The short needs to be purchased on your own. It would be a good idea to get them very soon. Shorts need to be all black (some of the girls spandex has white labeling which is okay) and Nike brand. Here are some link options:

Shorts -

BOYS - We will be running in the Nike Fast 3" (black) short for XC (same as we used for last season). Here are some links: Nike, FastBreak, Gazelle, Running Warehouse

Or if you are more comfortable in a 5" short, order the Nike Challenger: Kohl's, Dick's

(another 5" short is the Nike Form Dri-Fit: Amazon

GIRLS - Have a spandex of running short style option.

Spandex: Nike Women's Pro 3" (black/white) links: FootLocker, Tillys / Nike Women's Pro 365 5" (black/white) links: Macy's, Amazon, Nordstrom, FootLocker

Running Short style: Nike Women's Tempo (black) links: Nike, Kohl's