Phoenix,
Sorry for the delay in sending out this update, I was under the weather yesterday, and after re-reading the email I sent to say I couldn't come in due to illness, it was so riddled with typos and errors it's a miracle they understood what I meant - so it's for the best that I didn't try to send anything else.
This past week we went to the Olympic Oval, with several people racing both days. It was a lot of fun to see all the PRs that were had, and the hard work that you laid out on the track, in the vault, and long jump. Scrolling through Strava there were many who indicated it was a PR, which is outstanding this early in the year.
Please note, however, that those PRs don't always come first thing in the season - it is different for everyone. The more experienced of a runner you are the less likely you are to have a PR your first few races of indoor, you may have even a ways back from it. That isn't unusual, and it is not indicative of what is to come. Keep after it and good things will come.
Whether you had a PR or you were far from it, let's take this as an opportunity to redouble our efforts, to be more consistent, be a better teammate, and push ourselves to reach our goals. The goals we have for May are in the making right now, so we have no time to waste.
Tomorrow I'm going to start putting together a season "performance list" which shows the best time for each person in each event and is a helpful way to see where you are and how you've progressed over the year. I'll put that on the website if you want to come back to take a look at it.
REP Distance Challenge
This week is the REP Distance Challenge, on Friday 2/10 at 4 PM. Unfortunately they only contest the 400, 800, 1600, and 3200, so our field eventers will have a week off.
To register for the meet please go to Distance Challenge Registration
Be sure to enter as an individual, but you can put Farmington High as your school, which makes it a bit easier to read results.
Those of you who are registered will still need to come to class on Friday, but you'll then be excused early(1:30ish - I'll make a note of who you are). You won't need to come dressed to run.
Simplot update
As was shared last week, we had to drop the hotel rooms due to being unable to fill them - most opted to arrange their own rides to and from on Thursday, and if they make finals to return on Saturday. We do have a few people running on Friday however, so I'm planning to be there all 3 days. If you are interested in running a relay please let me know, and I might be able to get you into one on Friday.
Registration for Simplot will be done at the following link: Register - Simplot Games. I was originally going to sign everyone up, but it will save you the hassle of having to create a USATF account (which is like $20) if you sign up as an individual, so I figured that may be the better option. If you want to do a relay however, I'll have to sign you up.
Looking forward to another great week, let me know if you have any questions.
Coach Jacobson
