November 29th - December 4th - Nationals!!

For everyone not going to Alabama, the only info you need is to confirm you are planning on going to the banquet or not, and to continue to enjoy the break. If you would like to start some biking or swimming or some other cross training exercise (that is not running) you may do so in the middle of the week but you can just enjoy another week off and be ready to start back up next Monday. If you haven't RSVP'd to the banquet yet, please do so here: 2021 Farmington XC Banquet Sign Up

For those going to Alabama the rest of the info is for you. Please read the following info so you know what to expect or to pack. Our flight leaves SLC on Thursday at 12:15 PM. Please plan on getting to the airport by 10:15 AM. Go for a run that morning and either have your family drop you off or carpool to get there. We will meet you at the airport at around 10:15 AM. As of right now negative Covid tests are not required to fly but you will need a mask in the airport and on the flight. Please try to pack all your things in a carry on bag. If you want to check a bag it'll cost $30, but if you can keep it all on a carry on we won't have to worry about losing it or anything like that so have a carry on bag and then a backpack you can slide under the seat in front of you. Pack your spikes and if they say anything during check-in at security tell them you are going to nationals and that you're a runner, they won't pull them out. I have flown many many times with my spikes in my carry on bag. Keep in mind you will want your liquids and such in a small container (shampoos, deodorants, toothpaste etc). They must be 3.4 ounces or smaller. Here is more info on liquids in a carry on bag: TSA Liquid Requirements

We will be doing light workouts this week on Monday and Wednesday. Drop mileage down 10% to 65-70%. 

Weekly Schedule:

Monday November 29th - 2:40 PM @ FHS

Tuesday November 30th - 2:40 PM @ FHS

Wednesday December 1st - 2:40 PM @ FHS

Thursday December 2nd - 10:15 AM Meet at SLC Airport. 12:15 Flight to Chicago. 5:30 PM Flight to Huntsville. 7:14 PM Land in Huntsville. Rental car, dinner, hotel.

Friday December 3rd - 11:00 AM Course Preview & Packet pickup at John Hunt Cross Country Park. 

Saturday December 4th - Running Lane National Championships @ John Hunt Park

Schedule:

10:00 AM (Central Time) - Silver Boys Race

11:30 AM (Central Time) - Gold Boys Race "Championship Race"

12:15 PM (Central Time) - Awards

Course Map

November 22nd - 27th - Thanksgiving

Well, we got in super late/early this morning but we made it back from a successful NXR trip. Thank you to all the parents who helped in any way and thank you to all of you kids for being great. We had a good trip and were able to come away with many PRs as well as a couple of trophies from our boys and girls teams. The boys were 2nd in the championship race and our girls team was 3rd in the large school division. It was a great day to end an amazing season. Thanks for making it a great trip. Results can be found here: 2021 NXR Southwest Results

For those who are done, which is most of you, take the next two weeks to just give your body and mind a break. Enjoy being a kid and don't even think about running. TAKE A BREAK! After a week if you are really dying, you can do some cross training but I don't want you running for 2 weeks. After that break, we will start back up slowly building our mileage, like we did in the summer. Just enjoy running and we'll meet back up together in January for indoor track. If you would like, you can do a turkey trot on Thursday but not fast and no running before that.... then it's back to your break. 

If you are interested in going to the team XC banquet this year please fill out this form: 2021 Farmington XC Banquet Sign Up

For those going to Alabama, here is the schedule for the week:

Monday November 22nd - 2:40 PM @ FHS - Recovery Run

Tuesday November 23rd - 2:40 PM @ FHS - Workout

Wednesday November 24th - On your own recovery

Thursday November 25th - On your own recovery - Happy Thanksgiving

Friday November 26th - Workout on your own

Saturday November 27th - On your own recovery

Mileage: Stay at 80% this week. 

November 15th-20th - NXR Southwest

NXR Southwest is upon us and we are ready to go. This is a very important blog post so please read all the information so you know what to anticipate this week for NXR. Bus will LEAVE at 6:00 AM Thursday morning and we will get home early Sunday Morning (3-4 AM?)

Before we get to that, thanks for those who came and cheered our team on at Pre-Nike at Barnes park. Results for that race can be found here: 2021 Pre-Nike @ Barnes Park Results

Also just as a heads up we are going to be doing our XC banquet on Wednesday December 8th at 6:00 PM at the school. Get that on your calendars and more info will be coming on that. If you have pictures from the 2021 XC season and you haven't put them in the XC Album yet, please go to this link and upload your photos. Thanks! 2021 Farmington XC Photo Album

NXR INFO

For NXR this week here is the itinerary so you know what to expect. You have all paid for transportation down and your hotel stay. Breakfast on Friday and Saturday will be at the hotel so you will need to bring additional money for lunch and dinner for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and any snacks or things you want to get while on the trip. Make sure you pack the essentials first (Uniform, Spikes etc) and then please bring some deodorant and clean clothes. We will be stopping for a run in St. George on the way down but won't shower after so pack a change of clothes and bring deodorant so we can finish up, eat lunch and get back on the road. We will also be leaving Arizona after the awards in the afternoon on Saturday and driving back getting home early Sunday morning so we will be checking out of the hotel on Saturday morning. Plan accordingly. 

NXR Will also be broadcasting the event LIVE for FREE. Because there isn't a nationals this year they are ramping up the bells and whistles for Regionals so they are doing a cool coverage of the entire meet so families who aren't going down will be able to watch for free at this link: 2021 NXR Southwest Live Stream

NXR Itinerary 2021

Thursday, November 18^th

·         6:00 AM – Charter Bus leaves Farmington High School (Please show up around 5:45-5:50) (likely the West Student Lot)

·         11:00 AM – Stop in St. George for shake out run.

·         11:15 AM – Shake out run on Virgin River Trail (4-5 Miles)

·         12:00 PM – Lunch in St. George (on your own) – Shoppes at Zion - 250 Red Cliffs Dr, St. George, UT 84790

·         1:00 PM – Leave St. George for hotel

·         8:00 PM – Dinner by hotel (on your own) – Chandler Fashion Center - 3111 W Chandler Blvd, Chandler, AZ 85226

·         9:15 PM – Arrive at Courtyard by Marriott Phoenix Chandler/Fashion Center, 1100 S Price Rd, Chandler, AZ 85286

·         9:20 PM – Check into hotel rooms

·         11:00 PM – In own hotel rooms and lights out

Friday, November 19^th

·         7:30 AM – Morning shake out run (1-2 miles)

·         8:00 AM – Breakfast at the hotel

         9:20 AM - Leave Hotel for Team Activity

        10:00 AM - Team Activity - Mesa Temple Open House/Pioneer Park - (If you haven't filled out the survey for this activity, please do so here)

·         12:00 PM – Lunch by Hotel (on your own) Chandler Fashion Center - 3111 W Chandler Blvd, Chandler, AZ 85226

·         3:15 PM – Leave hotel for packet pickup & Run

·         3:30 PM – Packet pickup @ McClintock High School (1830 E Del Rio Dr, Tempe, AZ 85282)

·         4:00 PM – Pre-Meet Run

·         5:00 PM – Leave for Hotel

·         6:00 PM – Dinner by hotel (on your own) Chandler Fashion Center - 3111 W Chandler Blvd, Chandler, AZ 85226

·         9:00 PM – Everyone in their own hotel room

·         10:00 PM – Lights out

Saturday, November 20^th

·         6:00 AM – Breakfast at hotel

·         7:15 AM – Bus leaves for race – Shalimar Golf Club -2032 E Golf Ave, Tempe, AZ 85282

·         7:30 AM – 8:00 AM – Course Walkthrough

·         9:25 AM – Girls Large School Open Race - BLANK

·         10:50 AM – Boys Championship Race - BLACK

·         11:30 AM – Girls Championship Race - GREEN

         12:35 AM – Boys Large School Open Race - PURPLE

         1:00 PM – Sack Lunch (Parent Lead)

·         1:45 PM – Awards

·         2:15 PM – Leave for Las Vegas

·         8:15 PM – Dinner in Las Vegas – Sunset Station - 1301 W Sunset Rd, Henderson, NV 89014

·         9:15 PM – Leave for Farmington high

·         SUNDAY MORNING - 3:30 AM – Arrive at Farmington High School

Food Choices:

Lunch Thursday in St. George:

Panda Express                                   Chuck-A-Rama

Durango’s Mexican                         Café Rio

Chipotle                                               Village Inn

Wing Nutz                                           Golden Corral

Carl’s Jr                                                 Jimmy John’s

Five Guys                                             The Habit Burger Grill

Chick-Fil-A                                           Firehouse Subs

Chili’s                                                    Outback Steakhouse

Smashburger                                     Waffle Love

 

Dinner Thursday, Lunch and Dinner Friday, and Lunch Saturday in Chandler

Benihana                                             Famous Dave’s                                  P.F. Changs

BJ’s                                                        Five Guys                                             In-N-Out

Buffalo Wild Wings                          Red Robin                                            Chik-Fil-A

Zupas                                                    Freddy’s                                              KFC

California Pizza Kitchen                  Jimmy John’s                                     Chilis                                     

Panda Express                                   Chipotle                                               Rubio’s                

Dairy Queen                                      Old Spaghetti Factory                     Cheesecake Factory       

Steak Escape Sandwich Grill         Café Rio                                                Olive Garden

 

Dinner Saturday in Las Vegas

In-N-Out                                                  Taco Bell                                 The Habit

Red Lobster                                             IHOP                                        Carl’s Jr   

Chipotle                                                   Denny’s                                   McDonalds

Chick-Fil-A                                               Burger King                             Del Taco

Outback Steakhouse                               Freddy’s                                  Subway

Café Rio                                                  Arby’s                                      Wendy’s

Weekly Schedule

Monday November 15th -  3:15 PM @ FHS - Workout

Tuesday November 16th -  3:15 PM @ FHS - Recovery Run

Wednesday November 17th -  3:15 PM @ FHS - Workout

Thursday November 18th - Leave for NXR - Bus LEAVES at 6:00 AM

Friday November 19th - 7:30 AM - Shake out run @ hotel

-4:00 PM - Pre-Meet (3-4 Miles + Strides)

Saturday November 20th - NXR @ Shalimar Golf Club

Course Map

Race Schedule:

          9:25 AM – Girls Large School Open Race - BLANK

·         10:50 AM – Boys Championship Race - BLACK (Box 16)

         12:35 AM – Boys Large School Open Race - PURPLE

Mileage: Everyone will drop 10% this week from last week (70% for most - 80% for those going to Alabama)

Morning Runs: Wednesday

November 8th - 13th - Pre-Nike

Great job to everyone getting after it in workouts last week. This is the last full week of workouts and what not before we head down to Arizona. As a reminder, I need everyone to turn in a copy of their waiver signed to me by Wednesday so I can get those sent in: NXR Participant Waiver You can then either hand it in to a coach at practice or scan it and email it over to coach Brower at cbrower@dsdmail.net 

This week we do have a race opportunity for those that would like to go. After much confusion and run around it looks like the race will be on Wednesday the 10th at 4:00 PM and it will actually be at Barnes park in Kaysville. This will also not cost money as they don't have enough bibs for everyone so it will be pretty informal but sounds like will be a short race (less than 3 miles) and will be used as a tune up going in to NXR next week so we will plan on having that be our workout for the day on Wednesday. In the past they usually just have done the one race so both boys and girls will begin at 4. We won't have a bus going there so we will just meet everyone there. Please plan to get there no later than 3:15 PM.

Other exciting news is that MileSplit is going to be coming to our practice on Friday to film our workout and do a segment on our team and showcase our workout. So please make sure you wear Farmington gear on Friday for the video and come ready to throw down with really our last hard workout before next week. 

Mileage this week, everyone except those going to Alabama will drop 10% from last week. This means everyone should be at 80% this week except those going to Alabama who will stay at 90%. 

Weekly Practice Schedule:

Monday November 8th - 3:15 PM @ FHS

Tuesday November 9th - 3:15 PM @ FHS

Wednesday November 10th - Pre-Nike Race @ Barnes Park (Kaysville) - 4:00 PM start time for everyone. Meet at the Northeast corner of the park.

Thursday November 11th - 3:15 PM @ FHS

Friday November 12th - 3:15 PM @ FHS

Saturday November 13th - On your own - long recovery run to finish your weekly mileage (80%)

Mileage: Mileage this week, everyone except those going to Alabama will drop 10% from last week. This means everyone should be at 80% this week except those going to Alabama who will stay at 90%. 

Morning Runs: For those needing extra mileage, Monday and Wednesday would be great days to get morning runs in and double.  

November 1st-6th

What a great week we had. Both our girls and boys Varsity teams did amazing at State at the RAC in Rose Park. Our girls were 7th in 6A and in the meet merge with all schools in the state they were 10th. We had some great performances and we are so proud of our girls team in a very tough 6A classification. Our boys were able to not only win the 6A classification but were 1st in the meet merge with all schools. They were able to complete the 3-peat and we are very proud of them. Great work to all of our varsity kids. 2021 UHSAA State Championships Results

We also had a great showing at JV state on Saturday in Spanish Fork with some kids setting some 5k PRs and our girls were 3rd in 6A and our boys were 1st in 6A with Aaron Miller taking home the individual 6A JV State Title. Great job to everyone. Results can be found here: 2021 JV State Results

This week we are back on the work grind with some workouts coming as we have 3 weeks until NXR in Arizona. We need everyone to go on and pay for the trip ASAP. We can't get go on this trip until it is paid for and we need to take care of this NOW. Please go and pay the fees on your MyDSD. No meets this week but we will have Pre-Nike next week on TBD @Fort Beunaventura in Ogden. This will be a club race where we will not have a bus leaving the school to this meet and we will just meet everyone there at the park. Cost will be $2 so bring that with you to the park if you are interested in competing. 

With only 2.5 weeks until we leave for NXR please be at practice as much as you can. We know things will come up but please make this a priority, we are not taking everyone down to have a vacation, it's an opportunity to race at a big championship meet and it is a great opportunity for our team. 

In order for me to sign you up for NXR I need some more info from you and your parents. Please fill this form out ASAP so I can get your info in and get you signed up. Thanks! NXR Athlete Bio Registration Info

I also need everyone to print this form out and fill it out: NXR Participant Waiver You can then either hand it in to a coach at practice or scan it and email it over to coach Brower at cbrower@dsdmail.net 

Weekly Practice Schedule:

Monday November 1st: 3:15 PM @ FHS

Tuesday November 2nd: 3:15 PM @ FHS

Wednesday November 3rd: 3:15 PM @ FHS

Thursday November 4th: 3:15 PM @ FHS

Friday November 5th: 3:15 PM @ FHS

Saturday November 6th: 8:00 AM @ TBA

Mileage: Everyone will be at 90% this week. Some may need to go up to that, some will stay the same. Whatever you need, let's get to 90% this week. 

Morning Runs: Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday are all good days for doubles depending on how much you need.