July 27 - Aug. 1 (Week 9)

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We've about completed a great summer. Whether you are in town or hitting one last family trip, let's keep working on our Consistency and finish up the summer training on a high note. 

Purpose of the Week's Workouts: Click here for a link to this week's workouts. Make sure you check out the workouts this week as we are in a little different order than usual. We also encourage you to be getting out in the afternoons to work on your heat acclimation (see schedule below and also look back to previous weeks' posts for info about running in the heat). Use the Weekly Minutes form to go enter the number of days you ran and your total minutes from this past week (Week 8) - 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) / PM on own (White, Black, Silver: expected; Maroon, Beginners: no)

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

Wednesday: 7:00a at Washington Elem, Book Club, and Waffle Wednesday! (Everyone and bring a friend!) / PM on own (White, Black: expected; Silver: optional; Maroon, Beginners: no)

Thursday: 7:00a at Washington Elementary (Everyone) / Weights and plyos at PVHS right after practice / PM on own or DT at PVHS (White, Black, Silver, Maroon: expected; Beginners: optional)

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

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

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

Upcoming Events:

• Waffle Wednesdays - ongoing after each Wednesday am practice. 
• 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 previous post for info (get shorts ordered ASAP) 

PVXC Thought of the Week: "Before his tragic death Kobe Bryant was asked: 'Do you love to win or hate to lose?' 'I'm neither,' he responded. 'I play to figure things out. I play to learn something.'"

-Brad Stulberg

Stulberg calls this the difference between the Finite Game and the Infinite Game. He explains that the Finite game is time-bound and there are winners and losers. However, the Infinite Game knows no end. The only goal is to keep playing, learning, and discovering. All the greats have learned that the Infinite Game is every bit as important as the Finite one. When you fixate on just winning and losing, or some other external outcome you become fragile and can't enter the flow state. But when you adopt a mindset of curiosity and growth, it relieves pressure and helps you stay anchored. Take a minute and think about your running... why do you do it? Are you running to win (or not lose) or are you doing it to help you figure yourself out and to learn things about yourself and who you are and can become?

Race Report: 

The 24th 2 Miler was this past week and we appreciate all the support and the food donations to the Utah Food Bank. We had growing family and community support which was great, too. We're often missing some teammates at this race, so results are a little skewed. Nonetheless, we had some good marks (Race has been run since 2019). Vanessa recorded our 13th fastest time, Brooklyn 28th, and a big group showed our growing depth in the 40s. 4 girls made Top 10 for their grade: Brooklyn 2nd and Avery 8th for Freshmen, Claire 10th for Sophomore, and Vanessa 8th for Seniors. On the boys' side, Elliot moved into the Top 10 overall with the 8th best time (6th for Srs.), and Will D and Will P were 18th and 19th all-time (Dursty 10th Sr. and Price 8th Jr.). Results. Records.

Athletes of the Week: 

Suzy, Sophomore - Her positive attitude and dedication are contributing to an amazing Sophomore class.

Liam, Sophomore - He has always worked extremely hard and this summer has really started locking in on some of his goals.

Braxton, Freshman - He has shown tremendous group through his first summer of running.