Well team, at long last, we have a date for when we may restart group training…and that date is September 14! Monday, September 14 seems like a million years from now but this time will go by fast. Let’s all…
Hello Team! August 9 message: I keep on telling you that the school leadership is about to make a decision about us continuing to train together, and I still am waiting. Honestly, at this point I can’t tell you why…
Monta Vista cross country completed it’s fourth week of summer training together, with two new cohorts. After Cohort One wrapped up on July 11, MVXC started work with two new Cohorts on July 14 with a reshuffle and some new…
A huge shout out to Kate Niehaus, a great friend of Monta Vista Cross Country. Kate called in and talked to the team at our weekly meeting on July 17. Kate has an intimidating running resume: 14 x South Carolina…
This and that… Conner’s Marathon Last Sunday July 5, recent grad and future UCSB student Conner Hsu got up early and went for a run…a 26.2 mile run. Starting in Los Gatos and running all the way to Baylands in…
During the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been following all the county health directives. For most of March, April and May in 2020, this meant that MVXC was not able to meet in person. But in June, that changed! With the…
MVXC finished a first week of group running since COVID-19. MVXC had the first practice of any Monta Vista athletic team since early March…and so far we are meeting the challenge. We followed a lot of careful rules that we never…
Monta Vista cross country had the honor, and responsibility, of holding the first practice of any Monta Vista team in more than three months! There were lots of preparation and planning needed, but Tuesday June 23 saw the cross country team…
Watch this and this and this and this and get ready to welcome Noah Droddy tomorrow! We are so fortunate that he will visit MVXC. What a great dude. This is going to be a fun call!
There will be an informational Zoom call on Friday, June 12, hosted by MVXC athletes, for all incoming freshmen! We want to answer your questions about the Monta Vista cross country team. Read on… Hello Future MVXC Runners, We are…
I hope that everyone enjoyed listening to Michael Wardian last Friday! There were a couple of stories that resonated strongly with me. Michael reflected very openly about some of his failures. For example, the first time that Michael tried to join…
Last night and this morning I was thinking about what I might, or should, say to the Monta Vista cross country and track & field teams about tragic current events including what happened to George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery,…