Running Cross Country in the Fall?
If you plan on running cross country this Fall, and your uniform fits h you want to, you can hang on to it! Fill out the attached form and bring it to your coach w uniform return is organized, or you can…
Coach Flatow
Catch Up With Coach Flatow at Hop and Penn
I have a few good stories for my friends back at Monta Vista! A lot has happened in the past few weeks. Workouts With Hop Finally, it feels like Spring may be here to stay. Every time we had some…
Hopkins Update: Outdoor Season Opener!
For Californians, it is bizarre that the East Coast schools had their first track meet of the outdoor season the same day that Monta Vista was going to Stanford and Quicksilver. Yet that’s what happened…last Saturday March 30, Johns Hopkins…
Message From Hopkins: NCAAs
For Californians, the indoor track season seems weird. We don’t do indoors growing up with track. So it probably seems bizarre to the current Monta Vista track athletes that a Johns Hopkins season ended last Saturday, while MVTF has one…
Coach Flatow’s First Meet At Hop Will Be Hard To Top
Coach Flatow’s first meet at Johns Hopkins will be a difficult act to follow; both the men’s and the women’s teams defending their conference indoor championships, with plenty of time up on the podium in all events. I’m not going to…
Centennial Conference Indoor Championships This Weekend
Hello MV! I wanted to give you all another update on my time with Johns Hopkins Blue Jays track team. This weekend is the Centennial Conference indoor championships, and Hop is so fired up! Our last workout before…
Day One At Hop
Today was my first day coaching at Johns Hopkins! What I tell you next is going to make you think that this is a perfect place for Coach Flatow…warm up started at 6:30 am, the first rep of the workout was…
An Amazing Olympic Trials Story
Today five athletes earned places on the US Olympic Marathon team. There were many great stories on race day, and I’d like to highlight one. You might think I’m going to talk about the women’s race winner Fiona O’Keefe, who…
A Cheering Guide to the 2024 USA Olympic Team Marathon Trials
It’s been a while since I have posted on mvrunning…UPenn has kept me busy. But I can’t pass up the Olympics! This Saturday at 7 am Pacific time, 10 am Eastern, is the start of the USA Olympic team marathon…
MVXC Wraps the 2023 Season at CCS Championships
In the world of California cross-country, excitement reached a fever pitch as the Central Coast Section Championship meet unfolded. For enthusiasts like us, it’s the pinnacle of the season – a race that’s both exhilarating and bittersweet, as it signals…
Uniform Return Monday, November 13
We are going to try to get our uniforms returned on Monday, November 13! Here is the plan… If you are planning to join the track team, all you need to do is fill out the attached form and either…
SCVAL is a treat (not a trick!)
Monta Vista headed back up the freeway to our favorite course, Crystal Springs, and the SCVAL championships on Halloween, 2023. After two years of rain, wind, and mud, SCVAL was held in near-perfect conditions. Under sunny skies, the JV boys lead…