Three quick hits for every MVXC athlete: The Crystal Preview meet sheet is now posted! Team photographs are available for download! Remember, you don’t have to buy these images. Unlike most teams, coach has a contract with the photographer Jeremy Hohengarten…
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…
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…
After a week of 100+, 80 degrees sure feels pretty good, doesn’t it? Monday we took our team photo–I’ll send you the link as soon as photographer Jeremy Hohengarten has finished processing the photos and uploads the pictures. I am sure…
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…
This week is forecasted to be miserably, historically hot. While we look at the track and watch the heat waves emanate upwards and idly wonder if the track will actually combust, MVXC are also trying to figure out how to make the…
Athletes– At Pacific Grove next month, this is a brand new course, and they are still figuring things out. So one of the things they are asking for is a release. The only place that is asking for that! Oh…
Monta Vista Cross Country made the journey north to Vacaville on September 3, and got the 2022 XC season rolling on the dusty trails of the Lagoon Valley Classic! Lagoon Valley is hosted by Vacaville High School. The meet director uses…
There will be a Zoom meeting for MVXC 2022 parents, to get to know the coaches and hear plans for the season, as well as answer any questions. The meeting will be on Wednesday, August 31, at 7pm. The link…
Matador Miles are an iconic MVXC workout–repeat miles, on dirt, in Stevens Canyon, not flat, one minute recoveries between miles. Matador Miles are one of my favorite cross country workouts: Lactic threshold pace is so good for us… Breaking up…
As promised, Mr. Ma has posted his truly professional photos of the 2022 Watermelon Run! Check out the MVXC/MVTF Photos Website. All photos on this site are free to download–use them for your FB page, to send to your grandmother,…
Due to the heat, the meet will be run on a compressed schedule. Here is the new order of events. Remember be at the start no later than 10 minutes before the scheduled gun, ready to run, with bib and…