Rockwood's Book!

Well, my book is almost ready. I am finishing up my review of the proof from the printer and fixing a few typos here and there. It should be ready to go by the second or third week of March.

If you're curious you can check out the book's site at www.SportPsychSchool.com The book will be available in hardback (for classroom use) and in paperback (for personal in-home use).

It was a real thrill to finally hold a copy of it in my hands, the fruit of so much hard work. The rewards of hard work is the #1 lesson you should be learning as an athlete. I hope that you feel that great sense of satisfaction and pride that comes from sweating, vomiting, and bleeding your guts out and then seeing the results.

Keep working hard in school, sport, and life. You will find it tremendously rewarding.

"Victory belongs to the most persevering."
-Napoleon Bonaparte

REGION

Well, The Region Championships has arrived!

Be sure to pack your things Friday night so you can leave for the meet without any stress on Saturday morning. Plan for it to be cold and wet--probably snow.

The bus leaves at 7:45 am from Payson High. The meet is at Springville High School. Remember, you can print off a copy of the region course using the link to the right,

9:00 AM JV Girls
9:30 AM JV Boys
10:00 AM Varsity Girls
10:30 AM Varsity Boys

We are so excited to finally sink our teeth into the region. Good luck!

On-Line Store for Payson XC Apparel

We have set-up an on-line store with Payson XC apparel (shirts, hoodies, hats, bags, jackets, baby clothes, etc.) . You can customize the colors and the design on each order.

Check it out at:

http://eteamz.active.com/paysonxc/prepsports/

Kearns Cancelled

As you probably heard, the Kearns Invitational that was scheduled for this Friday has been cancelled. INstead we will be competing at the BYU Autumn Classic on Saturday. You can see the meet on the calendar. It will be at the East Bay Golf Course in South Provo. Basically at the South end of University Ave. It is also the only meet that charges an entrance fee for specators, (I think it is $3, but check the link below to be sure). Meet info can be viewed at:

http://www.byutrack.com/Various/Special/Meet_Info/2007-8/Autumn-Classic/Aut_Clas-07.htm

This is a very big and exciting meet. Most of the state will be there. It will give us anopther chance to run against our Region opponents and be our first look at what the rest of the state has.

It also has a college race, which should be fun. There will be at least one former Lion running in the college (Melissa Baird) and maybe more. We can cheer for them!

MAP of REGION COURSE

Here is the link to a map of the 2007 REGION COURSE. It is in MS Word Format for now. I will convert it to a PDF later and repost it.

http://staff.nebo.edu/~david.rockwood/crosscountry/regioncourse2007.doc

We will only race here once before the Region Championships, and that is next Tuesday at the Pre-Region Meet.

Almost Here

Congratulations to those who have put the time into running all summer. You will see HUGE rewards for all of your hard work!

The time has come to transition into our competitive season. We will begin having practice after school, sarting on Tuesday Aug 21, the first day of school. Practice will begin at 2:45 in Coach Peck's room (E-7) Pease be on time. If you happen to be a mintue or two late, don't worry, we will be out in front of the seminary building doing our warm-up.

The focus of our workouts will transition from a high mileage/low intensity to less miles/higher intensity. We will begin doing intervals and all of that fun!!!

Check out the calendar to know when our meets will be. You will need to plan early to attend these meets. That includes asking for the time off from work :o)

Please bring your Summer Running Logs to practice on Tuesday.

Camp Cancelled

Well, not enough people signed up for camp this. We had to cancel it. We, the coaches, are a little bummed out. Maybe it was the timing. Who knows?

There is still a possibility of doing a shortened version of camp (just 1 night) later this summer, perhaps in August. We will keep you posted.

But, we are also very encouraged by the turnout we've been having at our summer practices. We are looking very strong for this coming season! Keep working hard and we will see a lot of PRs get broken this year.