Coach Flatow

I didn’t realize until I read this post but…this is was the 20th Watermelon run! At least I have records for 20. That’s kind of stunning, to think that more than 1,000 Monta Vista athletes have trotted around that course.…

Thank you all for the wonderful turnout for the cross country parents’ meeting on Wednesday evening, August 26! My moments in front of all of you are so important in building community and support for our cross country program–our cross…

Runners, we are off! We now have 13 practices stacked in our training bank, including hill reps, long runs, critical velocity (CV) intervals, a lactic threshold workout, and a lot of core. We learned a little bit about training theory,…

This is MVXC athlete clearance status as of Sunday evening, August 2. Mr. Bonacorsi has started to approve and clear athletes to be part of the Monta Vista athletic teams this coming Fall; he is working through the applications in…

Included in our Week 5 plan starting July 6, I added a few goals. Most of these are not directly related to running, and I also know not everyone reads the footnotes of the plan 🙂 so I wanted to…

Athletic Clearance is now open! Don’t want until the last moment…you can start the clearance process today. All the information you need is on the Matador Athletics site. Here are three suggestions from your coaches… The first day of official…

Why Core Strength Matters Our core is not only our abs. Our core is our entire midsection including abs, obliques, our lower back, hips, and glutes. Think of our core as everything that connects the upper body to the lower…

We had an informational meeting for the 2025 Monta Vista Cross Country team on Friday, May 22. We talked about expectations and plans, including our trip to compete in San Diego, and were able to answer questions too. Attached is…

The distance runners have been crushing this season–the entire group has been consistent, putting in the work needed to improve. At Quicksilver last weekend, 20 out of 22 runners had personal or season bests! More than any medals, that shows…

From Of Hurdles and the Public Spirit (c. 1753) It is often supposed that the strength of a commonwealth is demonstrated in grand matters—its laws, its armies, or its commerce. Similarly, it is commonly thought that the spirit of a track and…

In the meet sheet Coach Smith posted for Cupertino, he mentioned your SCVAL ID numbers…here is an explainer about these numbers are all about. At SCVAL dual meets, to save time and prevent name spelling errors, everyone is assigned a…

Yes, we have our first MVTF competitions this week…but we are also only six months away from our first practice of the 2026 cross-country season! Time does, as the saying goes, fly. And distance running is a year around venture.…