Coach Flatow

Coach Flatow

SCVAL XC is BACK!

Santa Clara Valley Athletic League cross country teams were back in action, finally, on February 21!   Almost a full year after the 2020 track season ended with the cancellation of the track team’s first SCVAL dual meet, MVXC got…

Los Altos XC Meet Information

Athletes and parents, Thank you all for attending the video meetings on Monday, February 15!  It was nice ‘seeing’ you (not as nice as in person with actual handshakes and hugs, but still, nice). I think we covered most of…

MVXC Athlete Meeting

Let’s have a meeting on Monday, February 15 at 3pm to discuss our upcoming race at Los Altos–and have the meeting on zoom instead of Coach Flatow shouting across the field! Kirk Flatow is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom…

MVXC Parent Meeting Link

There will be a parent meeting for the February-March 2021 cross country season on Monday, February 15 at 7pm…giving parents an opportunity to meet the coaches, hear about the season, and ask questions you might have.  We look forward to…

MVXC is Going to RACE!

Well, probably…as we all have learned during a year of a pandemic, plans can change.  However as I write this post, it sure looks like the MVXC team is going to be racing on the Los Altos High School campus next…

Runs for Week of January 25

Here is a quick outline for our runs this week, for the people that cannot run with the cohorts… Monday:  Hill Repeats.  Target 5-7 total miles. Tuesday:  Endurance/conversational run.  6.5-8.5 miles. Wednesday:  Maintenance…with six strides…4.5-6.5 or cross train. Thursday/Friday:  One…

Zoom Meeting for Cohort Training Restart

Athletes, While those in charge continue to debate how to restart a competitive season, we do have permission to restart our in-person cohort conditioning sessions.  Training may resume on Tuesday, January 19, at 4:00pm on our track! To prepare for our…

A Workout Challenge For Your Break Between Classes

The virtue of self-control relies heavily on habit. More self-controlled individuals develop healthy habits for eating, studying, and getting what they want to do done—so that, paradoxically, they achieve their goals while expending less conscious effort than their more impulsive counterparts.…