Competing during a pandemic, combined with historic levels of forest fires, creates challenges for cross country competitions. Last year, we would show up for an invitational race, run, cheer, get our results, congratulate our teammates and competitors, say thanks to coaches,…
Popsicle Friday If you missed Friday’s workout, you missed popsicles! After a hot week, doesn’t a cold bar of fruit seem like a good idea? FKT Saturday On Saturday, October 17, Monta Vista Cross Country held an FKT Challenge Day.…
Learning how to cook truffle risotto together was a huge hit for MVXC! On October 2, 39 MVXC athletes and MVXC coaches and supporters got together for an on-line cooking class with Truffle Shuffle, had a lot of fun and…
Monta Vista Cross Country has permission to expand and reorganize our training cohorts! We will be announcing the new structure shortly, and changes will take place on Monday, October 19. There are a lot of people who are thinking that…
You doing all right? Mondays can be tough sometimes, half a year into a pandemic that forces itself into every corner of our lives. Life can be exhausting. School is not like anything we expected, cross country is nothing like what we hoped…
I think everyone will be thrilled to know that the the Lord of Lard, the Prince of Portliness, the God of Girth–yes, Bear 747–has won the Fat Bear Week crown, defeating #32 Chunk in the finals. All hail 747! PS…
Coach would like your feedback on a possible road trip to Crystal, and whether to do some more cooking classes. Just trying to give you what you want! Stand up and be counted.
In a season of socially distanced running and virtual competition, it seemed that a real Monta Vista Cross Country pasta party was impossible. But on Friday October 2, against all odds, MVXC held a pasta party–and learned how to cook risotto, too! Hosted…
Outdoor practice will be cancelled today, October 2, because of the air quality. Please check back in about tomorrow. We will still have a brief Zoom meeting at 3:35pm today, and there will be an option to join an…
In response to the pandemic, the 2020 Woodbridge Invitational went virtual–challenging schools across the country to run 3 miles and match times. The organizers probably thought, “this is the worst that can happen”, and then 2020 said “oh really? Just try…
How do you take a team photo during a pandemic? Get a drone! Nitin Subramanian loaned his services as MVXC photographer; he brought his drone and we tried a few photos and we have now documented our September cohorts! Check out…
Athletes, I know you are ready to get rolling again with in-person training–so are your coaches!–but the air quality forecast for Monday, September 14 is looking poor. We think that there is enough going on during a first day of training…