Best Camp Yet !!

Thanks to everyone who attended the camp and helped to make it the best camp yet. The coaches are very excited by all of the good things we saw. There is a lot of enthusiasm and hard work on the team this year.

If you have any comments on how camp went this year, please leave a comment on this post. Tell us what you liked and we should keep doing in the future, and what you didn't like and we should change. Give us suggestions for future camps. Etc.

Camp

Camp will be July 7 to 10th (Monday to Thursday) at Payson High School. We will be at the school all day, but you will sleep at your houses.

We will begin promptly at 8:00 AM each day and go until about 10:00 or 11:00 PM each night. We will end around 6:00 PM on Thursday.

Bring these items:

Running gear (shorts, shirt, shoes, etc.)
Sunglasses, if desired
Sunscreen
Swimsuit & towel
Watch
Any personal running ointments (icy hot, etc.)
Summer Running Log
Camera
Pen or pencil
An object that represents something important about yourself for a Show & Tell
Your favorite inspirational quote to share

Summer Running and Camp

Well, guys. So far, this has been the best summer running program ever! You are all doing a great job of attending and working hard. Remember, the summer is the training season for XC. It requires discipline and focus to consistently run throughout the summer but it will pay off in Sept and Oct when we tear through our races like crap through a goose! If you haven't come to a team practice yet, they are every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 7:30 AM.

Camp will definitely be held. If you have not paid yet, get to it so that we have the money to buy the food, shirts, and other needed items. We have made a slight change. We will be holding the camp at PHS instead of Shadow Mountain. This will allow us to add more clinics, guest speakers, use facilities like the weight room and pool, and other advantages. It also allows some of you to come for only some of the days, if you have a conflict. The price for the entire camp is $75. If you can't come for the whole thing, then the price will be $25 for 1 day and $20 for each additional day. This will pay for your food, your shirt, your camp packets, and the other expenses that the team incurs . The dates are Monday to Thursday, July 7 to July 10.

We have some great stuff planned. it will be the best camp we've ever had!

Stay Strong!

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!