Hi Everyone,

I want to let you all know what a fabulous job this week. We had two great races and some amazing results in some very hot hot weather.

First of all, Congrats for stepping up and winning both the boys and girls pre-region 2 race. Kevin Martin and Sierra Chowen both were winners in their races. Nice!! You both as individual race winners and as a team have a target on your backs. It is nice to be out front this early in the season. We want to keep training hard so we put our stamp down as the team to beat. It was a hilly course. Much different than our past years with Region 1, but a course that will prepare us well for the State course. Which leads me into my next segment.

What a great time Friday huh? Once again in extremely HOT weather you all ran well and left it on the course. That course had all the hills of the State course and is not much different then what some of you will be running in October.

We as coaches, chose that course so everyone on the team was able to get a feel for what State is like. I hope you all enjoyed the experience. Congrats to the girls JV squad for running to a 2nd place finish. Kim Bradley and Sarah Cummings were able to receive 6th and 11th place ribbons in leading the way. Way to go!!

In Varsity the girls ended up 4th by a single point, and finshed as the 2nd team in 5A. Congrats to Sierra Chowen for an 11th place finish and a medal. Also, Heather, Amber, Brittney, and Ashley for rounding out our points. We are becoming a very solid girls team and are becoming confident as we race. Props to Abbey R for gutting it out with very sore knees, and to Molli L for racing Varsity at the last minute and giving a nice effort. The ladies could not achieve these result without the hard work, effort, and pushing of the rest of the team. You are all a vital cog in this racing machine we call Viewmont XC. Be proud of your efforts.

On the boys side we had a spectacular performance by Kevin Martin. Kevin broke 16 minutes and set a huge PR on his way to taking 2nd place overall!! Drew Linton also finished in the medals by receiving an 11th place finish. Their hard work over the summer is paying dividends for them. We are starting to have a real battle for spots 4-8 on the boys team. This will only make us stronger as the season progresses. Alot of you are continuing to drop your times in each race and your enthusiasm is contagious. Keep it up. As a boys team we are still trying to find ourselves. Be patient. Work hard.

The time trials today are at Hunter Park, the 3500 South side of the park.  Best way to get there is to take I-15 south to Utah 201 Westbound to 5600 West.  Turn left, come down to 3500 South, turn right and then come over not quite a half mile….use the parking lot on the left and the starting line is right there on 3500 South, the northeast corner of the  park.    

 

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Pre Region Race

The Pre Region Race will be tomorrow, Wednesday Aug 24 at Hunter Park.
The address is 3700 S 6000 W West Valley City Utah
The races start at 3:30
Bus Leaves at 1:30

Hi Everyone.

I Wanted to let you all know what a great job on the team time trial. After two hard weeks of practice we ran well for tired legs. Big "Shout Out" to Kevin Martin who cruised to a fantastic time this early in the season. We are a little bit ahead of where I thought for the ladies, and a little bit behind for the gentlemen. We have good competition for varsity in both the boys and the girls division. I like that. I want to see us continue to fight for those spots. As mentioned in practice, I want us all to work on improving our times each race out. Continue to work hard and the times will suprise you.

The season is now upon us. Wednesday is at Hunter, Friday at Sugarhouse Park. It's Go Time. Let's start off the season strong. It's time to make Region 2 wonder why they invited the team from the north. We have the opportunity to do some really good things this year.

Train Hard
Be Confident
Have Fun
Show Viewmont Pride

Huge congratulations to Coach Lida. Last Thursday a baby girl. Good luck to you both!!!

Go Vikes

Workouts for Aug 15-20

We will be meeeting at 3:00pm this week at the highschool. We are trying to acclimate our bodies to running in the heat at this time of day, since we will be racing at this time of day the next week. Make sure you are drinking plenty of water before practice. We will also be drinking water throughout the workouts.

If the heat is too hard, we may cut these runs back a little, so those of you who are wanting to hit a certain mileage this week, you may need to add a couple morning runs this week.

Time Trial Will be Friday at 11:30!!! It will be FUN!!

Aug 15-20

Mon: 60-80 min Long Run

Agilities and abs

Tues: 30 min recovery

4x100 meter strides

Agilites and legs

Wed: 40-50 min Hilly run

Agilities and abs

Thursday: 30-40 min recovery

Friday: Warm up 10 min

Time Trial at our course, at the pond on 500 S

Cool Down 10 min

Sat: 45-55 min run

Mileage: 28-40

Workouts Aug 8-13

Aug 8-13

Mon: Long Run

55-75 min run

(New runners 40 min)

Agilities and abs

Tues: 30 min recovery run

4x100 meter strides

Agilities and legs

Wed: Grass Intervals

10 min warm up

4x800 meter repeats at cc race pace

Rest 3 min

10 min cool down

(less repeats for new runners)

Agilities and abs

Thurs: 30 min recovery run

Aglilities and legs

Fri: 40-50 min hilly run

(Less for new runners)

Agilities and legs

Sat: 35-45 min recovery run

Mileage: 25-37 Miles

Official Cross Country Practice

Official Cross Country Practices start Monday Aug. 8.
Meet at Viewmont High School by the baseball field in the bleachers at 7:00 am.
We will be meeting everyday now.