News and Announcements
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 1:47 PM
Subject: XC mandatory practice starts today! Newsblast #1 for MVXC
Dear Runners and Parents,
Let the season begin! Even if it is 100 degrees...
Mandatory fall practice starts today: Bring lots of water (in a bottle marked with your name)! Meet at the finish line of the track. Be in place by 6pm. You must be fully cleared by the office to practice.
Roster update: If you are not running xc this year and want to be removed from the mailing list, email Mrs. Corda (fine to reply to this email).
Mt Diablo Challenge this Saturday morning: If you're in shape and want to participate, sign up online by this Wednesday.
Annual alumni race results: See the team website for a recap and photos.
Team Twitter account: Follow the Mustangs on our XC & Track Twitter account.
Team calendar: Want the team calendar to load on your smart phone calendar? On many smart phones, just clicking this link while on your smart phone will load the team calendar into your phone's calendar.
MV Invitational is the Tuesday after Labor Day: We need parent volunteers. Please sign up if you can help. Thanks!
Parent meeting tentative date. We are waiting for confirmation from the school administration, but the tentative date is Tuesday, Sept. 1st at 7pm in the theater. Stay tuned for confirmation. Check the team calendar.
Go Mustangs!
Courtney Corda
Team Parent
on behalf of the coaches
2015 - 10th Annual Alumni Race is in the books!
AUG 15TH - It's the 10th Annual Alumni Race: Alumni Boys turn back the Current team 19 - 36 in a fast & contested race! Alumni Michael Garaventa ('11) takes top honors while Jr Daniel Maneloveg paces the current squad with his 3rd place finish. Alumni now hold a 7 - 3 advantage. On the girls side, the Current Team rolls with a perfect 15 score as the Alumni girls must have missed their alarms and didn't field a full team!!! Soph Audrey Coney takes first in the girls race, while Caroline Carey ('15) paces the Alumni. The Current Team leads the series 6 - 4. Full Story Pending. Photos are here, with more coming!
Alumni Boys 19
Current Boys 36
Current Girls 15
Alumni Girls INC
Results from 2015, plus all nine of the previous races, can be found in the handout below.
Link to Monte Vista Cross Country 2015 Goal Form. PDF below in a handout as well.
http://xcstats.com/lib/ckeditor/plugins/doksoft_uploader/userfiles/2015%20MVXC%20Goal%20Sheet.pdf
GOALS THAT ARE NOT WRITTEN DOWN ARE JUST WISHES
Hello MVXC 2015 athletes
An important part of a successful season is having clearly defined goals that we work to achieve. Each athlete should consider what they would like to accomplish with every workout, race, and season. We are more likely to reach our goals when we: 1) make them ourselves 2) write them down 3) share them. Each season, we start this process by asking that athletes write down their personal, season goals.
"People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine," Brian Tracy
Please write 3 personal and 3 team goals on the team goal sheet provided.
Remember, a goal must be measurable. Examples of measurable goals are "I want to break 16:00 minutes on the Woodward Park course" or "I would like to score for our team in 5 meets." Examples of goals which are NOT measurable would be "I want to do well this season" or "I want to run fast.”
"I think goals should never be easy, they should force you to work, even if they are uncomfortable at the time,"
Michael Phelps
Goals can be graded. In other words you can have some goals that are likely if you stay focused and do the work, some goals that are more challenging and some goals that are a reach.
"Your goals minus your doubts equal your reality,"
Ralph Marston
Goals can be either outcome or process based. An outcome goal focuses on the result and a process goal focuses on the “how." An outcome goal would be, “I would like to be the first Monte Vista Freshman to finish at the Monte Vista Invitational” or “I would like to run in one varstiy race this season.” An example of a process goal would be "I will negative split the Ed Sias race" or "Our team will do core 5 days a week" or “I will pass more people than pass me in the last 100 meters of the Nike Invitational.”
This may be new to a few of you, so please feel free to ask questions of me or Coach Davis.
Coach Mandee and Coach Davis
TRAINING PACES - VDOT TABLES FOR PACE WORK
VDOT is a term coined by one of the most famous coaches in the US - Dr Jack Daniels. Basically, VDOT is:
VDOT is a measure of your current running ability. It assigns a score to all running performances and lets you equate a time in one distance against another. It can be used to determine various training paces.
REQUIRED READING - MVXC Athlete / Parent Contract
All student athletes are expected to review and understand the attached 2015 Student Athlete Contract. This contract is separate from the forms that were required of you by Monte Vista and the SRVUSD. While Cross Country is a no-cut sport, all student athletes are expected to exhibit a certain minimum level of conduct to stay on the team.
Please read, print and sign this form, along with your parent(s) or guardian. Any questions should be raised directly to the coaches.
Thank you
Coach Davis
Coach Mandee
