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…
Coach Flatow
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…
Beach Run!
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…
Discomfort, and Personal Growth
“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.…
Summer Running Week 8s Plan
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…
Monta Vista Cross Country Clearance Status (as of August 4)
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…
What If CCS and the State of Washington had a dual meet?
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…
MVXC 2025 Info Meeting Slide Deck
Here is the slide deck from our 2025 MVXC information meeting!
MVXC and Sustainability on our Trails
by Hemani Kamarshi MV2025 As distance runners, we’re pretty lucky to have some awesome trails right in our backyard! From the reservoir at Matadors with its sparkling blue water to the view at Matt’s Hill, the natural areas around us…
Summer Goal Setting for Cross Country Runners!
“If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up somewhere else.” -Yogi Berra Hello, runners! All the returning runners on the cross-country team have some suggested summer goals (if you have not been to practice in the…