Coach Flatow

Thirty-five personal records in one meet! That’s what I’m talking about. That’s right, 35 Monta Vista athletes came home from Baylands with new personal records on the 5 km track. We had some of the best weather we can ever…

It’s been a few days since our Crystal Preview race on October 15, but I wanted to look back and add some thoughts. Monta Vista ran really well! There were strong individual performances: Miranda Hsu, Taylor Orr, Vishakha Shastri, and…

Thank you all for your patience as we deal with the heat. It’s been a tricky week, and the team has done a good job of adapting to the changes. I’m going to summarize the changes to the regular schedule…

Athlete 1: Whoa, these are big races. Athlete 2: Yea, I got on live results, and just kept scrolling and scrolling and scrolling… The Nike De La Salle Invitational is a competitive NorCal meet. Many strong NorCal teams show up, and the…

First a PSA: Not everyone on the team has some illness, but it feels like it, a bit. Since the first kid who was coughing and had a runny nose, various plagues have ripped through our team. It is probably…

A great workout morning can turn me philosophical. Matador Miles is a classic Monta Vista cross-country workout. The team runs out to Stevens Creek County Park for a run we call Matadors’ Point (the park labels these trails “Tony Look”…

What a fabulous day! I can’t recall a better season opening cross country meet than our trip to the Lagoon Valley Classic Invitational yesterday. Let’s relive a few of the highlights together. Some Blazing Two Mile Marks! The first races…

For the 2026 season, MVXC are using a new method to collect online donations; so there has been a bit of a learning curve. One of the challenges has been to figure out how to apply for employer matching and…

I didn’t realize until I read this post but…this is was the 20th Watermelon run! At least I have records for 20. That’s kind of stunning, to think that more than 1,000 Monta Vista athletes have trotted around that course.…

Thank you all for the wonderful turnout for the cross country parents’ meeting on Wednesday evening, August 26! My moments in front of all of you are so important in building community and support for our cross country program–our cross…

Runners, we are off! We now have 13 practices stacked in our training bank, including hill reps, long runs, critical velocity (CV) intervals, a lactic threshold workout, and a lot of core. We learned a little bit about training theory,…

This is MVXC athlete clearance status as of Sunday evening, August 2. Mr. Bonacorsi has started to approve and clear athletes to be part of the Monta Vista athletic teams this coming Fall; he is working through the applications in…