Welcome to the first week of 2024 Monta Vista Cross Country summer running! MVXC summer running will meet on the Monta Vista track at 7am, Monday through Saturday, all summer long. Yes, 7am is early…but we will all beat the…
Hello All! It was great to see all of you at the cross-country pre-season meeting today. Below are copies of the slides used today. The consensus from everyone at the meeting was that 7am should be the start time for…
Honestly, I thought that at my age, graduation might not seem like a big deal…but I was wrong. My third college graduation (after undergrad at Santa Clara University and an MBA at the University of Chicago–40 years ago!) felt huge.…
These are my last few days in Baltimore. I’m not-so-patiently waiting on my instructors to finish grading my final papers and grinding through my thesis capstone. And…we have championships to celebrate, coast-to-coast! MVTF! Congratulations, ladies, on your El Camino League…
Yes! Coach Flatow will be back soon! About time, you say. Quit messing around with that UPenn program and come home. Well, it is finally happening! There will be an in-person meeting to discuss the 2024 cross-country season. We plan travel,…
Hello, athletes! It is hard to believe, but I’m nearly done with my UPenn program. I have uploaded all my final papers for this semester, there is some final polishing on a group project, and then all that is left…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…