MVXC’s first competition of 2021 is coming up! On Saturday, September 4, the MVXC team will pile on a bus in the pre-dawn darkness and roll to Vacaville for the Lagoon Valley Classic cross country invitational. Two years ago this…
Thursday, August 26 saw the Monta Vista Cross Country team renew the season opening Watermelon Run tradition! More than 20 years ago, before the current coaching staff took over MVXC, the team started running the 2.6 Watermelon as the season…
First Time Up Fire Trail The first time in a season when the team heads up Fire Trail is always an event. That climb, on a warm August afternoon, is always tough and there is no easy way to prep…
MVXC21 athletes got back to school on Monday, August 16…and with that, our practice schedule switched from dawn patrol to afternoons. Our athletes began the adaptation process we need for training and racing in warm weather–which includes some increased focus on…
The 2021 Monta Vista Cross Country parent meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 25 at 7pm. The school has let me know that athletics’ team parent meetings may not be in person at this time, so unfortunately this meeting…
On August 16, school starts for Monta Vista athletes and we start our regular practice schedule…the team will meet in the stands at the track starting 20 minutes after the last bell of the day, dressed out and ready to…
Hey everyone, what a nice first practice!–we had 46 cleared athletes for our first run together, as well as a few uncleared athletes there for our first meeting. That’s great! Let’s keep it up! A half dozen more athletes have…
There is a call out to help get the Crystal Springs course prepared for the 2021 cross country season…if you want to help, here is the information. There is still no final determination on what the season at Crystal will…
Yes, it’s true, MVXC21 is about to get rolling! Our first practice as a team, with a coach and everything, will be on Monday, August 9 at 7am. The team will meet on the Monta Vista track down near the…
Yes, athletes, the first XC practice is almost upon us…on Monday, August 9, at 7am on the MV track, we will lace up our shoes and get on the trails for the first official practice for MVXC 2021! Job One…
Most of us, since we are human beings, have days when we are less motivated and days when we are more motivated–motivated to be active, to work hard, to learn, to get tasks done, to feel joy. For high school…
Yes, friends, countrymen and teammates…our first practice as a team for the MVXC21 season will be on Monday, August 9, at 7am. Yay! and Yikes! A few things to think about… Athletic Clearance: If you have not started the process,…