Team Photo Day Will Be Tuesday, March 8
Mark your calendars for team photo day! You will want to remember to wear your uniform. More reminders and details will follow!
Coach Flatow
Updated Roster as of Friday, January 28
Below is the updated list of athletes that have been cleared and added to the Track and Field roster as of Friday, January 28 at 3pm. If you are on the list below, you are good to go! Come to…
Track & Field: First Practice Is January 31!
Athletes, I hope you are as excited as your coaches for track practice to start! Yes, our first practice is less than a week away–January 31, 2022, at 3:45pm we will meet in the grandstands at the Monta Vista track–scene…
2022 Running Log Interest Survey
I’m thinking I will set up a new Google sheet to track 2022 mileage. The sheet we have been using has a couple problems at this point…one, it is REALLY wide at this point, so it takes some time to scroll…
Calling all overachievers: “Tempo” Tuesdays?
Welcome back to school! I hope that you all had a nice break! As January begins, I have an idea for distance running over achievers…how about adding a light ‘tempo’ run on Tuesdays for the next few weeks? Not a…
Grit Thoughts for the New Year
During the past cross country season, I loaned a copy of Angela Duckworth’s Grit to one of the boys. When he brought it back, he wanted to talk about one part in particular: The Hard Thing Rule. I was extremely…
Dark Peak Fell Runners
When the weather starts turning wintry, and it’s cold and dark-ish, and I want some motivation to get out and run…I love this video of the Dark Peak Fell Runners. Every time I watch this, I wish I had known…
Cross Country Season Wrap Up
I don’t think I wanted this season to end…so I’ve been putting off the last mvrunning post of the cross country year. But, I can’t put it off forever! So here we go, starting with… Central Coast Section Championships The…
Christmas Relays
The Christmas Relays are a fun, holiday relay race held in San Francisco on Saturday, December 19. The race is run in teams of four, with each runner covering the same loop of 4.464 miles. The logistics are pretty simple…
Winter Running!
Distance runners…let’s have a quick discussion of plans for Winter Running! Coach Flatow will be at the track at 3:45pm on Monday, November 22. We can meet in the stands and have a brief discussion about the team’s plans for…
Track and Field 2022 Information Meeting!
Cross is a wrap 🙁 so it’s time for track 🙂 ! Come to the track and field information meeting on Monday, November 22, in the gym at lunchtime for a quick overview of the Monta Vista Track and Field…
CCS Championship Info–Including Ticket Information
This Saturday, November 13, the Monta Vista cross country girls and boys compete in the Central Coast Section Championships! Both teams have competed in the championship finals every year since 2011–what a fantastic team. I’m not sure any other group…