Two Weeks Until The First MVXC19 Practice! Your Checklist To Start The Season…

Yes it is only two weeks until we meet and start training together!  Here is what you need to do to be ready to go for MVXC…

1.  Complete the on-line sign up process.  All the information is on the school athletic web site.
2. Get your physical and have your doctor sign your Form B.  Hopefully you have done this already!  If you have waited until now and you cannot get an appointment with your regular doctor, you can get your physical at a walk in clinic.  You may not start practice without your Form B signed by a medical doctor (not a nurse, PT or chiropractor) and with your form submitted to the school.
3. Attend one of the clearance days and have your information approved and your concussion baseline test completed (some of you may have completed your baseline test already in the Spring).  Clearance days are 10am to 1pm in the library Tuesday through Friday, August 6 through 9.
4. Join the Monta Vista Athletic Boosters.  MVAB is a fantastic organization, operated completely by volunteers.  MVAB has been a big supporter of MVXC, helping us purchase uniforms, canopies, hydration supplies, travel support to the State Championships, stationary bicycles and more.  Once again this year, all athletes that are MVAB members will receive MVXC training t-shirts, discounts on bus travel to four of our cross country meets, and more.  Please join right now and be sure you get the right size t-shirt–first to join, first to reserve a t-shirt!
5. New shoes!  Go to a running specialty store–two team favorites are Running Revolution and A Runner’s Mind–and be fitted for running shoes.  Correctly fitted running shoes are critically important in avoiding injuries when you are beginning training or increasing training loads.  Shoes that you have been running with all summer have 300 miles or more on them, and worn shoes can also lead to injuries.  You cannot be assured of a correct shoe fitting over the internet or a discount store where the person fitting your shoes also sells canoes and baseball bats!  Please go to a running specialty store and be fitted correctly in the perfect pair of running shoes.

See you all soon!  Go MVXC!

Athletes who have already started the sign up process on Home Campus (as of 1pm on August 5):