Make it a Dozen!
A dozen is such a nice number. A dozen donuts. A dozen roses. A dozen trips to the Central Coast Section Cross Country Championships! At the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League championships on November 1, 2022, both the girls’ and…
Coach Flatow
Senior Run
A reminder to everyone…the MVXC22 senior run will be on Wednesday, November 2, the day after SCVALs. SENIORS….you know what to do! Everyone else…meet at practice as usual at the track at 3:25pm. This event is optional but highly recommended!…
SCVAL Championship Meet Sheet!
It is time for SCVALs! Here is the meet sheet! Remember…you are responsible for your own transportation to Crystal. Plenty of sleep, eat right, hydrate, pack correctly, wear your purple jacket on Tuesday, pack layers…
MVXC Rocks At Lynbrook before SCVALs!
Bridget Gottlieb was a sophomore in 2011, when the Monta Vista girls team started a streak of Fremont Union High School District team championships. Yes, that Bridget Gottlieb. Bridget Aviv Gottlieb, first of her name. The Lady of Crystal. Destroyer…
Dawn Patrol!
“Running is kind like coffee. The first time you drink it you might not like it. But you kind of like the way it makes you feel. After a few times, it starts to taste better and then all of…
A Return to Baylands Allows MVXC To Show How Far We Have Run!
I have never taken a journalism class, but I understand one of the fundamentals of a news article is “don’t bury the lead!” So here you go, gentle reader: 70% of the MVXC runners who toed the line at Baylands…
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…
Monta Vista XC Races Around Palo Corona–A Brand New XC Course!
No one can tell us when the last new cross country course was created in the Central Coast Section. So when the first invitational was announced for the brand new Palo Corona course in Carmel, California, Monta Vista was the…
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 8 Work Preps MVXC for Crystal and Palo Corona! Crystal and Pac Grove Meet Sheets, Too.
Week Eight of the Monta Vista cross country season–the last week of September–was a challenging, hard week for those that attacked it with vigor. We were looking for three kinds of quality–CV pace, threshold pace, and long steady hills with…