Coach Flatow

Coach Flatow

Bullet Point Review of Week 10

Short attention span reading and writing for MVXC Week 10… Week 10 started with a great workout…repeat Ks that showed athletes how far they travelled this season. Being a great teammate became a theme of the week.  Anika nominated Sydney Stevens…

Baylands Meet Sheet Is Posted!

The meet sheet for the next Baylands 5km race on October 18 is now posted! We all ran this race four weeks ago, and we have had many good workouts and lots of miles since then…this should be an opportunity…

Wonking Out: Comparing Two Workouts

Coaches will tell athletes, again and again, “if you work hard and consistently, you will improve”.  Do high school athletes always listen, believe, remember?  Hmm.  It is useful to  look back and see measurable improvement! On October 11, 2022, MVXC ran a…

Crystal Springs Is The Best

MVXC traveled to Crystal Springs for the first time in 2022 on Tuesday, October 4.   Crystal may be the best cross country course in California, maybe the country.  It’s hard to say exactly where Crystal ranks but for sure,…

Week Seven Recap: Baylands, Grit and more!

Monta Vista’s season reached the halfway point between the first practice of the season and toeing the line at the Central Coast Section Championships…let’s review week seven. SCVAL Season Opener at Baylands – September 20, 2022 Several years ago at…

Beautiful Morning Running at De La Salle Invitational!

Please get me your releases for our next invitational at Pacific Grove! MVXC22 finally got to enjoy some near-perfect running weather on Saturday, September 17 at the De La Salle invitational!  Perfect running weather is slightly uncomfortably cool spectating weather, so…

No One Wants To Watch The Movie About Becoming

This morning I was looking through Angela Duckworth’s book Grit trying to find a quote.  I couldn’t find the exact quote but it goes something like this:  No one wants to watch the movie about your journey of becoming…they just…