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Odds and Ends

Short attention span writing/reading for MVXC in the week of September 14… Snack Shack: Thank you to all the parents and athletes who volunteered to run the snack shack during the football gave against Jefferson High School!  Your efforts were appreciated…

Hello, Earlybird! MVXC15 is here!

This team is awesome! MVXC15 ran it’s traditional opening race at the Earlybird Invitational in Salinas on Saturday, September 12. We saw 79 purple-clad runners show their stuff on the trails and the hill on the three-mile Toro Park course—and…

Alumni Update: The 2015 College XC Season Is Off And Running!

Whitman College Cross Country Team 2015 It’s barely September, and already Monta Vista cross-country alumni are starting to make a mark on college teams from coast-to-coast! At UC Irvine, Pearl Law (MVXC12, and older sister of current MVXC team member Ruby Law),…

Alumni Update: College XC15 Action Begins!

Whitman College Cross Country Team 2015 It’s barely September, and already Monta Vista cross-country alumni are starting to make a mark on college teams from coast-to-coast! At UC Irvine, Pearl Law (MVXC12, and older sister of current MVXC team member…

Off We Go! Watermelon Run kicks off the 2015 XC Season!

Since time immemorial–or at least the last ten years–the 2.6 mile Watermelon Run has kicked off the Monta Vista Cross-Country season.  So on Thursday, September 3, 90 nervous harriers toed the line in the dust of Stevens Canyon and prepared…

First Climb Up Fire Trail!

Up Regnart–that is just getting started! MVXC15 made the first–but definitely not last!–climb up Fire Trail on Monday! For new and for returning runners, the first time we grind up Regnart and then Fire Trial is a bit of a tester,…

First Week!

94 athletes drilling at the start of practice. MVXC15 has a full week in our running logs!  As of the end of the week, we have 94 athletes signed up on the roster*.  The team has taken it’s first spin out…

More Hydration (XC2105 Notes)

It’s not a surprise–the hotter the weather, the more an athlete will sweat. What we don’t always appreciate is how much the original state of hydration will determine how much heat we can tolerate. Here is the bottom line—if you are well…

Drink Up!

It’s not a surprise–the hotter the weather, the more an athlete will sweat. What we don’t always appreciate is how much the original state of hydration will determine how much heat we can tolerate. Here is the bottom line—if you…

Running Form: Run Tall!

Often we get the question from athletes, ‘what can I do to improve my running form?’ In most cases, we don’t want to tinker too much with your natural running form.  Go watch the runners at an elite race such…

Run Tall

Often we get the question from athletes, ‘what can I do to improve my running form?’ In most cases, we don’t want to tinker too much with your natural running form.  Go watch the runners at an elite race such…