Feb 22-27

It was a great first week of practice. There is still plenty of time to bring your friends out and have people join us. So keep recruiting and keep working on our own consistency of being to practice each day.

Those who haven't done the parent-athlete meeting (parents and athletes) need to please check out our Parent-Athlete Meeting slides. (This takes place of our having an in-person meeting, so please do it.)

Participation Fee/Register My Athlete/Physical: This must be done in the next couple weeks or you won't be allowed to participate with the team any more! Registermyathlete is super easy and only takes a few minutes to do if you have your physical on file. If you don't have a physical from this year yet, you can still do the registermyathlete just also get your physical scheduled and taken care of ASAP. If you participated in track last year and haven't transferred your fees to another sport (like track last year to XC this year), you will be able to do that for this coming track season (track last year to track this year). 

Schedule for the Week:

Distance Crew: Mon-Fri at PVHS; Mon am - 6:00a (everyone), Mon - Thurs pm - regular practice schedule 3:00p (everyone), Tues & Thurs am - 6:15a weights and short run (White, Black, Silver; Maroon optional), Wed am - 6:15a (White, Black; Silver optional, no Fresh/Sophs), Friday - 6:00a (everyone) and 12:30p for those doubling that day, Saturday - group run at 8:00 (location TBA) - this week's workouts

Sprint Crews and Jumpers: Mon-Thur at PVHS - regular practice schedule 3:00p, Fri at 12:45p

Throwers: Mon-Thur at PVHS - regular practice schedule 3:00p, Fri at 12:45p

Upcoming Events:

Tuesday 2/23 - Spike Night at St. George Running Center 7:00p; prizes, pizza, great deals on spikes and trainers

Thursday 2/25 - Youth Meet (K-8th grade) 5:30p-8:00p at PV Track (all track team members need to be there to help)

Thought of the Week: "John Wooden didn't win his first national title until his 16th season at UCLA. Starbucks didn't reach store #5 until 13 years into its history. Sam Walton (Walmart) didn't open his 2nd store until 7 years after starting his company. Be persistent. Success takes time."

-Jon Gordon
Some of the greatest success stories of our time... And each one wasn't built in a day. There are very few overnight successes. Reaching our desired outcomes takes time and effort. The word "persistent" is a very powerful word that I think many of us fail to truly understand. What is persistence? If I work hard for a few weeks is that persistence? Should I see results in a year, two years? I think of persistence as the continued existence of something no matter the time or obstacle. And by celebrating growth along the way, we find a desire to want to persist more and for longer and through greater trials. As we start this season, no doubt each of us will face times when our persistence is tried... maybe it is a lack of progress in our event, or possibly a friend asking us to go somewhere when we should be at practice, or whatever else. A persistent attitude is a winning attitude that will overcome these obstacles through a desire to continue to grow along the journey.

PV Track & Field communications: You already know about this blog since you are here. Info will be posted on here every week through the season (usually updated Sunday afternoon). If you aren't receiving our track text messages, text the code @trackprs to 81010 to be added to our list.

PLEASE SHARE THIS INFO WITH ANYONE/EVERYONE THAT YOU THINK MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN TRACK - especially Freshmen. Even if you think they are on the texts or might look at this blog, share with them the link so they for sure know that things are starting up.

Check out the spring schedule if you haven't yet. There may be a change in start times for JV meets (sorry this is such a pain for everyone's scheduling)... It is not official yet, but JV meets may move to a 2:00p start. (We are only announcing this so people can schedule; again, this is not official yet).

Youth Club Info: found here