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…
I’m lucky to have Des Linden as a friend. Des is one of the great American distance runners–the first American woman to win the Boston Marathon in the last 33 years, two time Olympian, and a pretty great high school…
(Much of this post is based on an article written by Professor Ethan Kross, University of Michigan. Dr. Kross is a friend of Dr. Angela Duckworth and wrote about temporal distancing for the Character Lab.) Are you feeling stressed about shelter-in-place,…
Now, this has nothing to do with VO2max or our 5km PRs, but I saw this and though someone might want to try this…I am a member and supporter of the Berkeley Rep Theatre, and they sent me an email about…
There will be a virtual meeting held for the entire track team…please scroll down for information on this meeting. All, Many of you have already seen the announcement that the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) has cancelled all spring season section…
Most sport options are shut down now–no gyms, no public pools, no yoga studios, no pick up soccer or basketball games, no spin classes. But running is still here! All you need to be running is a pair of…
I saw a couple ideas that I thought I might share for MVTF athletes at home, bouncing off walls this weekend. Some Great Olympic Track Races On Line A few minutes of watching races is always fun 🙂 Michael Johnson…