The Monta Vista Cross-Country team showed nicely at the SCVAL Preview meet on October 6. Held at the Crystal Springs International X-Country course, the SCVAL Preview meet gives the league schools a look at the course where we will hold…
Monta Vista cross-country has a distinguished visitor coming–Desiree Davila! Desiree is a professional runner with the Hanson-Brooks team. Earlier this year, Desiree finished 2nd at the Boston Marathon in one of the most exciting marathon finishes of all time…
With the upperclassmen focused on SATs, Monta Vista freshmen and sophomores stole the show at the Artichoke Invitational last Saturday. The Frosh-Soph girls started the day off with dazzling performances. Jenny Xu, Kirsten Do and Bridget Gottleib went 1-5-6 (out…
Monta Vista Cross-Country opened the SCVAL league season at the Central Park Invitational on September 28. In six races, the Monta Vista teams finished no lower than 7th out of 14 schools in the league, with second place finishes in…
Every serious runner should own a foam roller. We pound our bodies constantly and repetitively, thousands of impacts per mile. The constant work we endure is good for our bodies, but our muscles do rebel a little bit too. That’s…
Monta Vista Cross Country drove up the road to the Stanford Invitational yesterday, competing in one of the most competitive and prestigious races in the country. More than 2,500 runners from over 200 high schools and colleges from across the…
We just finished a couple of hard weeks of training–congrats, team! We added a new training run to the mix–cruise intervals. And we had a fun visit from Bree Lambert, ultrarunner and USA 100 mile champion! As we enter a…
Monta Vista XC and Bitter + Sweet had a very successful fund-raising event last Saturday! More than 30 parents attended our coffee get-together after the optional Saturday team run. We all had a lot of fun chatting, drinking great coffee…
We talked about ‘Grit’ at practice today, and the value of grit as a character trait. Grit is defined as “perseverance and passion for long-term goals.” [Duckworth, A.L., Peterson, C., Matthews, M.D., & Kelly, D.R. (2007)] Grit sounds like it would…
Monta Vista runners and coaches… Please review the roster as listed in the SCVAL database. Monta Vista athletes are listed towards the bottom. Please check to make sure that your name is spelled correctly, that SCVAL has the correct grade…
**Update** Coach Payne just forwarded the Monta Vista All-Time List for Toro Park…Kevin’s time was the 2nd fastest all time for Monta Vista runners (second to his own record, by only a few seconds)…and Jenny’s time is the 3rd fastest…
Hey Monta Vista XC– Think about your kicks! There is not much equipment that we need as XC runners; shorts and a ratty old t-shirt will get us most of the way ready for a run (though a nice,…