On MVTF’s conference call on Friday, May 8, the team was joined by Coach Rob Bartlett from Occidental College in Los Angeles, California. Coach Bartlett is the head track & field and cross-country coach for this small college, located in the…
The Monta Vista track and field team will be hosting it’s team banquet THIS WEEK: On Tuesday, May 19, at 6pm.! A pandemic might slow us down but it will not stop us. Your teammates and coaches are busily planning for…
PLEASE FILL OUT THIS GOOGLE FORM BEFORE RETURNING YOUR UNIFORM ON MAY 15. Friday, May 15, will be the track and field uniform return day, in the Monta Vista bus circle. Athletes and/or their parents may walk or drive through…
This is a post about avocado toast. Last Friday, MVTF/MVXC friend Josh Cox shared his go-to avocado toast recipe on our weekly zoom meeting. Several Monta Vista athletes then made and shared their own creations. Triya’s creation included everything bagel…
This is a reminder that we are trying our first XC trainer call with Javier today from 2-3pm…anyone can check in with us and ask about injuries, exercises to address weak points…anything that you would normally go see Javier about…
On May 1, Monta Vista track and cross country welcomed Josh Cox to our weekly Zoom meeting. Josh talked about the challenges of training at an elite level, how to keep motivated while training along, process vs. outcome, and…his experiences…
Last week on our weekly conference call, attendees were surprised by the appearance of Angela Duckworth–the grit legend herself! Dr. Duckworth joined MVTF for a discussion of her own meandering journey to find her calling, answering some questions about grit…
In this week’s journey into a track and field multiverse, Monta Vista had planned travel to league finals at Cupertino. In our current reality, we have a slightly different story to tell… +++++ LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS! If you’re like me, you have been spending…
If you can read one article today that has nothing to do with schoolwork or college or anything useful, please read this article about the Boston Marathon. For the last 13 years, I was out on the course running this…
Bouncing to and fro with a few short announcements today…things I would cover quickly if we were only in person instead of observing day + 1 of our shelter-in-place…I miss you guys! Des! Everyone who joined the weekly Distance and…
For those keeping track, here are the MVXC call in guests so far… Des Linden, Boston Marathon champion Josh Cox, 4X US Olympic Marathon trials competitor Angela Duckworth, University of Pennsylvania professor Stephanie Trafton-Brown, 2008 Olympic champion, discus Robert Bartlett,…
Hey Athletes, Your coaches don’t get to be out with you daily, so we don’t get to remind you to ‘be safe’ and ‘be respectful’…we know you well and we believe you are the most polite and appreciative high school…