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Central Park 2014

Monta Vista XC got back to racing at the Central Park race on Tuesday, September 23. The Central Park course is pretty tame by XC standards–a flat course around a park in Santa Clara.  However, racing is still racing, a…

Candy Crush

Incredible workout this morning!  More than 20 MVXC runners were at the track at 7am and headed up for mile repeats on Candy Crush–a nasty little lollipop that the coaches designed last year!  Candy Crush is a great training circuit…

Earlybird 2014: Oh My Goodness!

Monta Vista Cross Country started the 2014 season with a bang, totally rocking the Toro Park course at the 20th Earlybird Invitational! The freshmen girls started off strong, with a team finish that was only 5 teenie, tiny points away…

Working on Labor Day!

Wow, our optional workouts were well attended this weekend!  Coach Flatow and Coach Johnson had almost a dozen kids each on Saturday (at Toro and at Matadors’), and 30 runners were out doing hills in Fremont Older on Monday!  What…

Watermelon 2014

Monta Vista Cross Country athletes have been working hard all summer—and they got to show off their fancy new legs and lungs in the annual Watermelon Run on Thursday, September 28! The Watermelon Run is a true rust-buster, a chance…

First Run Up Fire Trail!

Monday August 24 saw MVXC14 make their first trip up Fire Trail for hill reps on Matt’s Hill…this is always a trip of mixed emotions, as this is a bear of a climb (that we will have to do many…

How is your summer?

In only four weeks, MVXC14 will hold the first practice of the season!  That’s right–the first official practice will be Friday, August 15 at 3:20pm! Hard to believe, isn’t it?–for many of us, summer seems like it has just gotten…

Odds and Ends: MVTF14 Wrap Up

Before we are too far into summer, I thought I’d do one last post on some of the wonderful accomplishments of our 2014 season!  So, not in an particular order… Monta Vista Records:  All-time Monta Vista records were set both…

Ten Weeks To Stronger Legs and Core

We don’t have to get into the weight room to build all the strength we need for effective running…it’s not that the weight room is not great, it can be!  However, for distance runners, body-weight resistance training can help us…

The Art of Fartlek

“Fartlek” is Swedish for ‘speed play’, and that tells you the main thing I want you to know about a fartlek workout—this workout is meant to be fun!  Unlike the other quality workouts that we run (such as intervals, repeats,…

MVTF14 Ends At CCS Championship Meet

A successful 2014 season ended at the Central Coast Section championships on Friday, May 30 at San Jose City College. Despite a spirited effort, Monta Vista came away with 4 total points and no medals.  Emma Seyer placed 7th in…