Hopefully everyone had a great weekend and enjoyed your Homecoming festivities or whatever else you did. We need to get planning our Post-Season meets. Each athlete and parent together please take a look at this Google Form and fill out a response (even if you aren't planning on going, so we can have all the numbers of who is/isn't planning on attending). We'd love to have everyone come be a part of our PVXC Club travel meets. They are a great way to continue to build the team and your own individual progress as we move into the winter and spring.
Purpose of the Week's Workouts: Click here for a link to this week's workouts. We'll be on a pretty usual schedule this week. Use the Weekly Minutes form to go enter the number of days you ran and your total minutes from this past week (Week 16).
This Week's Schedule: **wear White or Bright to every am practice**
Monday: AM - 6:15a at PVHS (White, Black, Silver: expected; Maroon: optional; Beginners: no) Maroon can decide if they want to come in the am or not (those that do will do our drills and wickets in the pm, those that don't will get a run in the pm) / PM after school at PVHS (Everyone, this is our main practice) and Youngsters.
Tuesday: AM - 6:15a at PVHS Regen run and weights (White, Black, Silver: expected; Maroon: optional; Beginners: no) / PM after school at PVHS (Everyone, this is our main practice)(for now, we are planning on doing the workout in the afternoon, but we may switch to am because of heat)
Wednesday: AM - 6:15a at PVHS Regen run (Black: expected; Silver: optional; Maroon and Beginners: no) and yoga (all invited to yoga at 6:45a) / PM after school at PVHS (Everyone, this is our main practice) and Youngsters.
Thursday: AM - 6:15a at PVHS Regen run and weights (White, Black, Silver: expected; Maroon: optional; Beginners: no) / PM after school at PVHS (Everyone, this is our main practice) and Youngsters
Friday: AM - 6:00a at PVHS (Everyone, this is our main practice) / PM after school at PVHS (White: expected; Black & Silver: optional; Maroon, Beginners: no)
Saturday: Race - Cedar Invite, info below
Upcoming Events:
- Race: Cedar Invite - September 26th (Sat) at Cedar HS; Youngsters 8:00a, JV Girls 8:30a, JV Boys 9:10a, Var Girls 9:50a, Var Boys 10:30a; bus leaves PVHS at 6:40a
- Race: Region 9 Championships - October 6th (Tues) at Bloomington Hills North Park; JV Girls 4:00p, JV Boys 4:40p, Var Girls 5:15p, Var Boys 5:45p; no bus
- Race: 4A Divisionals - October 14th (Weds) at Lake Side Park, Orem; time around noon, but TBA (depends on our placement at Region) Var Girls, Var Boys; travel info TBA (Varsity and a couple alternates only)
- Race: 4A State Championships - October 28th (Weds) at Sugar House Park, Salt Lake; Var Girls 2:30p, Var Boys 3:15p; Varsity races, but whole team is invited, travel info TBA
- Race: JV State Championships - October 31st (Sat) at Spanish Fork Sports Complex, Spanish Fork; JV Girls 11:00a, JV Boys 11:30a; Team has to sign you up (last day Oct. 29th), but athletes will plan your own travel/lodging plans *also open to Youngsters down to 5th grade*
- Race: Autumn Classic - November 5th (Thurs) (POSSIBLE DATE) at PVHS; Girls 7:00p, Boys 7:20p; 2 mile on the track
- PVXC Awards Night - date and info to be announced soon (athlete and families invited)
- Race: Nike Southwest Regionals - November 21st (Sat) at Toka Sticks Golf Course, Mesa; race times TBA; club travel trip to Az, leave Friday morning (20th), race 21st *also open to Youngsters*
- Race: Brooks West Regionals - December 5th (Sat) at Mt. SAC, LA area; race times TBA; club travel trip, but athletes plan own travel/lodging *also open to Youngsters*
PVXC Thought of the Week: "I thought about dropping out, but knew team USA had a chance at a medal, and I couldn't let them down. I told myself to keep pushing... At 15K I was encouraged for a bit... but then I began slowing again into the next windy patch... My motivation was low, and I didn't match their moves, even though they were about the same pace I was running. Looking back, I should've kicked it in for top 10 and sub 60 minutes. I was a little embarrassed and down... but in my next race I'll do better at that. It's a good spot to be in heading to the NYC marathon. I was proud of the men's team coming away with a bronze medal, and inspired by the women's team coming away with a silver medal."
-Conner Mantz
I actually had a different thought in mind for this week, but then I read Conner's thoughts on his race from today's World Half-Marathon Championships. Something about this just really stuck out to me as an idea we could all learn from. Here is the American record holder going through a bad day. He is coming back from a serious of long injuries that have kept him out of racing for a while and now he is finally back on the world stage. But it didn't go as well as he'd have wanted. In his commentary, you can see his humility, vulnerability, and willingness to grow, as well as his ability to find joy in his teammates success and his ability to help them do well. I also thought about how the best of the best have rough patches too - whether it's in training or a race, they are just like us. Remember, you aren't the only one that has tough days at practice and races (or in everyday life). It's how you respond to the challenges and move forward that matters most. Just like I know Conner will be in competition to bounce back and run great at the NYC Marathon in a month, I know each of you can work through tough times with humility, vulnerability, and a willingness to grow.
Alumni Report: Our alumni continue to do great things at the collegiate level. Trey had a great race for UVU in Indiana taking 3rd for the team and 54th overall with a 24:31 8K and helped UVU beat numerous top 25 ranked teams. Sariah and Avery raced at Riverside this past weekend. Snow raced the 5K, and Sariah ran an 18:53 while placing 5th for the team. While UNLV raced the 6K and Avery ran a 23:03 and also placed 5th for her team.
Our Middle School program: This week we will have practice on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday after school at PVHS. We also have a race on Saturday - race starts at 8:00a at Cedar High School. I need the names of any of our Youngsters that want to run so we can sign you up. This is a developmental camp hosted by our HS and is available for 6th-8th graders.
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