It is Watermelon Week!
Who will be in the upper left this season? Watermelon Run day is coming! This week, MVXC gets out and runs our traditional Watermelon Run. The Watermelon Run feels like the official start of the season–we get out and run hard…
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Saturday Morning Matador Miles
Saturday morning workouts can be fantastic…they are optional workouts, so the athletes show up with 100% commitment, and the cool 7am start feels so good after a week of running after school in the oppressive August heat. The kids showed up…
First Time Up Fire Trail! 2017
Top of Fire Trail: Cheer Tunnel Each season, the first trip the complete MVXC squad makes to climb Fire Trail is a milestone. Including Regnart Road and Fire Trail itself, the total is about one mile in distance and 400′ of…
MVXC17 Team Photo Day is Set!
Monta Vista cross country will have our team photo day on Monday, September 18! You only have ONE JOB for team photo day: Remember to wear your uniform shorts and singlet to practice that day! Since the photo day will…
MVXC logs it’s first week of 2017
Hill Reps at Linda Vista Park We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies…
Week Zero/First Day of School/Getting Cleared
Monta Vista Cross Country has ‘Week Zero’ in the books! From Monday, August 7 to Saturday, August 12 MVXC17 had twenty to fifty runners come to our practice sessions with a lot of good energy. We had our first set…
Oh No! I did not get my athletic clearance…what do I do?
Coach is already getting email from parents and kids that have missed the clearance day…here is what you do. You have to complete the concussion protocol test AT HOME…there is no longer an opportunity to do this on campus. Do…
Summer Running Memories
There is a pretty sweet summer running video that has been posted! This video made me smile…I hope watching this gives you some good memories of the summer, and makes you excited about the start of the season! Thanks for…
Back to School Hike! A Bonding Adventure
Jason and Kyle Tsujimoto would like to invite the cross-country team to get together for a big hike the day before school starts and before after-school practice starts! This sounds like a lot of fun and a great bonding event…
Cross Country 2017: Clearance Status/First Week Practices!
Hello Runners, I can’t tell you how much I love our team! It was great seeing so many of you at Clearance Day today! Clearance Update As of 2:21pm on Thursday, 23 boys and 16 girls had completed all their…
Get Cleared! It’s time for XC
Hello, MVXC! It’s less than two weeks until the start of practice…time certainly does fly, especially in the summer (not so much during APUSH). And…here is how you get cleared to join MVXC17 and start practice. Everything you need is…
Steepling!
Congratulations to Sabrina Hung for completing her first steeplechase! On July 8, Sabrina went down the road to De Anza College to compete in the Junior Olympics. Sabrina ran the 2000m Steeplechase, and she won her age group–OK, she was…