Up and Over with MVXC25
Watching everyone arrive at the top of the Up and Over climb on Thursday made me feel so happy. This run has a lot of meaning for me. After I started coaching Monta Vista track in 2011, Up and Over…
Coach Flatow
Fremont Firebird Meet Sheet is Now Posted
The meet sheet for Fremont Firebird is posted. This coming Tuesday September 9, MVXC will run this race for the first time and that means…PRs for everyone 🙂 Seriously, this should be a flat, fast and fun race. After the…
Lagoon Valley Classic Opens MVXC25 Season
Cross country programs are made over the course of years, not only a season and certainly not in one race. However when a race day goes as well as Monta Vista at the 2025 edition of the Lagoon Valley Classic,…
Nominations for 2025 MVXC Captains are open!
We will be voting for team captains later this week. That means, nominations are open! You can nominate as many people as you want (and you can nominate yourself). This year, since our team is so young, Sophomores are eligible.…
Lagoon Valley Meet Sheet is Posted!
The first race of the 2025 cross country season is upon us–the Lagoon Valley Classic! Before every race we will try to provide you with a meet sheet including all important information (don’t hold me to this, your head coach…
Matador Ks
The cool, cloudy weather on the morning of Saturday, August 23 was a relief after a week of scorching afternoon workouts. There were 29 cross country runners ready to run—and what a day we had. The workout was Matador Ks;…
Nice Bunch of Dirty 400s
MVXC ran one of Coach Flatow’s favorite workouts* on Wednesday, August 13–Dirty 400s. These are 400 m repeats on a trail in the Stevens Creek park. We love this because these are 400s for cross country runners–we are running on…
Why We Cheer For Each Other
Having our team gather at the end of today’s workout to cheer for every teammate as they finished was incredibly important. If the first person to finish just sits down and starts scrolling on their phone while the rest of…
Day 1! 32 runners hit the trail on August 9
MVXC25 had a great first day of practice! The team met for the first time on Saturday, August 9, at 7 AM, with 32 athletes ready to hit the trails. Your coaches were impressed–the team went to run Up and…
First Day of MVXC25 Practice: Tomorrow, August 9!
I hope you are as excited as me–the first practice of the year will be tomorrow, Saturday August 9, at 7 AM! We will meet where summer running has been meeting–on the steps near the baseball diamond. All you need…
Getting Started With The Monta Vista Cross Country Team
Summer went by fast! But here we are…ready for the first practice of the 2025 cross country season, on Saturday, August 9, at 7 AM. I can’t tell you how excited I am to see you! I’ve missed you all…
Summer Running Week 9–and this is a wrap!
Hello runners! Attached is a suggested plan for Week 9 of summer running. I’d like this to be a low mileage week for you, so for this week only…if you are thinking “hmm, should I go the short way or…