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“Running is kind like coffee.  The first time you drink it you might not like it.  But you kind of like the way it makes…

I have never taken a journalism class, but I understand one of the fundamentals of a news article is “don’t bury the lead!”  So here…

Short attention span reading and writing for MVXC Week 10… Week 10 started with a great workout…repeat Ks that showed athletes how far they travelled this…

Coaches will tell athletes, again and again, “if you work hard and consistently, you will improve”.  Do high school athletes always listen, believe, remember?  Hmm.  It…

No one can tell us when the last new cross country course was created in the Central Coast Section. So when the first invitational was…

MVXC traveled to Crystal Springs for the first time in 2022 on Tuesday, October 4.   Crystal may be the best cross country course in…

Week Eight of the Monta Vista cross country season–the last week of September–was a challenging, hard week for those that attacked it with vigor.  We…

Monta Vista’s season reached the halfway point between the first practice of the season and toeing the line at the Central Coast Section Championships…let’s review…

Please get me your releases for our next invitational at Pacific Grove! MVXC22 finally got to enjoy some near-perfect running weather on Saturday, September 17 at…

This morning I was looking through Angela Duckworth’s book Grit trying to find a quote.  I couldn’t find the exact quote but it goes something…

Monta Vista Cross Country made the journey north to Vacaville on September 3, and got the 2022 XC season rolling on the dusty trails of…

Matador Miles are an iconic MVXC workout–repeat miles, on dirt, in Stevens Canyon, not flat, one minute recoveries between miles.  Matador Miles are one of…