Checking out Crystal Springs Course
Monta Vista Cross Country got it’s first look of the year at the Crystal Springs XC course at the SCVAL preview, and the reviews are…
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We Love Artichokes! Hills too.
You don’t have to be in honors Calc to figure out that (28 medals + two championships) (sunset on the beach) = a great afternoon…
Nutrition For Recovery
We have talked a lot about the importance of nutrition in general, and a little bit about how important good nutrition is to recovery. …
Stanford Invitational: September 29
The Stanford Invitational attracts the best cross country teams from up and down the West Coast, and this year was no exception, with teams from…
Central Park Invitational
Monta Vista opened the 2012 Santa Clara Valley Athletic League cross country season with the first league ‘cluster’ meet, the Central Park Invitational hosted by…
Nutrition Follow Up
Team, I’ve been thinking a lot about nutrition in the week since our nutrition talk…here is a post I wrote that you may find interesting…
Pass the Raisins!
Good nutrition is important for your life—not just for your athletics. Last week, Monta Vista XC talked about nutrition before our Wednesday practice. I…
Nutrition
Nutrition is truly the new frontier in the quest to increase athletic performance. After you have spent hours and hours running, training, stretching, lifting…doesn’t it…
Earlybird 2012
Frosh boys’ team running striders before their first race. Racing is the best. Even on a hot, dusty day in Salinas, racing is the best.…
Welcome Coach Irina!
The newest member of the MVXC coaching staff is Irina Stiasny…Coach Irina is a physical therapist working out of Breakthrough Physical Therapy in Sunnyvale. With…
Drivers Needed!
Hello Parents, Welcome to the brave new world of MVXC 2012…we have a record number of kids sign up, and that also means that we…
Watermelon Run 2012
Confidence is a choice—we can choose, for ourselves, how confident we want to be going into a race (or anything). Competence helps build confidence. …