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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…

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…

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…

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,…

MVXC14 Week 1

MVXC is off and running–both literally and figuratively! We had a really good week and checked off a few of the classics: –First time running…

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!…

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,…

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…