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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Hello Runners! Everytime I look at Discord and see so many smiling running faces, I feel so happy. So I thought, you know what, I want to do something fun for all these runners. So this week I got on…
“Some people interpret the discomfort of growth as a reason to stop.” –Martin Seligman “Top performers learn to be comfortable with being uncomfortable.” –Angela Duckworth We are now getting close to wrapping up our third week of summer running.…
Gosh I can’t wait to see you but at the same time I can’t believe our summer is almost over. Two weeks from now we are back together for our first official 2025 practice! Here is a suggested plan for…
All Monta Vista athletes can now start the clearance process to participate in sports for the 2025-26 seasons. I suggest you get this out of the way now — as I write this on July 14, you have four…
NERD ALERT With the high school track season wrapping up, I was thinking about something I say often–that our Central Coast Section meet is just as competitive as many other state championship meets. So…here is what would happen if…
Here is the slide deck from our 2025 MVXC information meeting!