Dawn Patrol!
The Dawn Patrol reported to duty at 6:30 am on Saturday on the Monta Vista track! Starting in the dark, 14 of us headed to the top of Fire Trail and saw the sunrise over the valley. After that warm-up,…
Coach Flatow
Week of October 16: Two Races!
Monta Vista has two races this week! On Wednesday, October 18, the final regular season SCVAL meet will be at Baylands. Please note we are racing on Wednesday this time. The race will be on the same course as a…
Running Is Life
It is easy to be nervous when we start high school as freshmen. It helps to find a community, a family we can join. For many of us, we found the cross country team (and we also were able to…
Team Photos are Posted!
Hello Monta Vista Cross Country Family! The 2023 MVXC photos are available! To download all of the photos, please paste: into your browser and follow the instructions to download a zip file of all the photos. We own these…
Crystal Preview and Clovis Meet Sheets are Posted!
The Crystal and Clovis meet sheets are now posted! Please take a look…remember, you are responsible for arranging your own transportation to Crystal Springs. It will be a great week of racing!
MVXC Travels to De La Salle
(I want to apologize in advance–is going to be a quick post. I have homework to do! My “Perspectives in Well-Being” professor is killing me. Ironic, isn’t it?) De La Salle is a good, competitive invitational. The course has been…
Adding the Baylands Meet Sheet (September 19)
On Tuesday, September 19, Monta Vista will compete in the first league meet of the 2023 cross-country season at Baylands Regional Park. This is a full 5km race on the edge of the San Francisco Bay. For the first time…
Nike De La Salle Meet Sheet Posted!
Greetings from Philadelphia! I’ve been buried the last few days as I get started with the UPenn Masters of Positive Psychology program. Immersion week is really something! Yet, I can’t wait to see all of you athletes…it feels like…
MVXC Opens the 2023 Season at the Lagoon Valley XC Classic
As you all know, I love racing! Loved racing myself, love watching, love coaching. And with a good meet, a good team and a good course…well, racing is special. MVXC traveled to Vacaville for our season opener at the Lagoon…
Watermelon Run 2023 Gets The Season Rolling!
On Thursday, August 24, the Monta Vista cross country team opened the 2023 season with the Watermelon Run! The Watermelon run is a team tradition going back more than two decades. The Watermelon Run follows a challenging course. This is a…
Lagoon Valley Meet Sheet is Posted!
Lagoon Valley is just a few days away! LV is going to be our first invitational of the season, just like last year. It’s a really good race! LV has some challenging hills Big Mama and Little Sister. Every good cross country course…
One Week In The Log!
MVXC23 has one week of practice in our running logs! We had a couple of dozen athletes on the trails every morning this week. Our first week included some hills, some threshold, some solid miles and a trip to Santa…