Be As Strong As Iron
I was talking with the head coach of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s cross-country and track & field programs, and I asked him what he thought was important for Monta Vista athletes to do in order to be ready to…
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League Finals Meet Sheet UPDATE with Entries; *Friday Night Update*
Friday night update: The following changes were made to the Event Entries list: Steven Lim is now a Sophomore once again…contrary to rumors he was not held back 🙂 Josiah was added to the Varsity 400M race. Kevin Siu was…
Fast Times at Top 8
Many Monta Vista athletes went to sleep on Friday night feeling pretty satisfied with their races at Top 8! This year’s CCS Top 8 meet was held at San Jose City College while the stands at Los Gatos are being…
Goals
Hope is not a Strategy. On race day, everyone would like to win (or set a PR). If we go to the start of any race and ask the runners on the line, would you like to win today, the…
Go For A Run–And Get Smart
Go for a run, and you will make yourself smarter. Huh? Well, that’s what this article in the New York Times says. There has been a lot of study about mental exercises and other ways to train your brain, but…
PRs from Kansas
It’s not only current Monta Vista track athletes that are putting up good numbers…some of our gone-but-not-forgotten teammates are setting new personal records, too! Former Matador Mathilde Guglielmi ran both the mile and two mile earlier this week at an invitational…
Double-Dual vs. Fremont and Homestead
Here is a quick note to recap the Double-Dual meet vs. Fremont and Homestead. For readers not familiar with a double-dual, this is a pretty fun structure for a meet. Three teams run together, but the teams are scored in…
Getting your ZZZZZZZZs…Sleep is necessary!
Monta Vista students are notorious for their late night study and homework sessions. My friends and I are amazed at how late you all stay up on a regular basis! I didn’t pull an all-night study session until college, and…
Burrito Relay 2012
The 2nd Annual Burrito Relay was run with all the splendor and pageantry we have come to expect by one of the most highly anticipated athletic events of the year! After another hotly contested race, we have some results… (For…
Rocking a dual meet with Santa Clara
Monta Vista athletes are starting to show the results of our training and fitness, with a great showing at our dual meet versus Santa Clara on April 5. We enjoyed a good day of track weather and lots of athletes…
Firebird
Risako Tanida and Nandini Chitale brought home hardware from the 5000M We are still waiting for perfect track weather! While we are waiting, MV athletes are showing that they are ready to start throwing down some remarkable times. Fitness was…
Hard Core
All week, we were wondering if the weather would cooperate for the Monta Vista-Los Gatos dual meet. The storm kept being delayed; on Tuesday morning the hourly forecast on my iPhone said rain at 3pm. And that forecast was, finally,…