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2024 Fall Cross Nation Coaching & Racing Program, September 24, 2024, Week 2, Day Two, Tuesday is a day within the hills!

September 25, 2024
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The 2024 Cross Nation season is right here! 

Cross nation is in full swing throughout the U.S. for prime schoolers.

560-570,000 highschool girls and boys will run cross nation throughout the fifty U.S. states.

(Cross-country can also be huge in Europe, Asia, and Africa!)

Cross Nation has been round for a number of hundred years, beginning within the 1830s-1840s in England with hounds and harrier runs. A few of these runs

had been seven to 9 miles, with a pacesetter dropping items of paper or flags exhibiting the next runners the place to go.

In US excessive faculties, most states now run 3 miles or 5k.

Most states have had cross-country races for a number of weeks now, and most of the new runners to cross-country are getting in form for the

exhausting approach, racing into form.

RunBlogRun simply accomplished its ten-week Summer time Program (July-September 15) for highschool cross-country runners.

Runners have totally different targets.

Some need to full the season.

Sage Hurta Klecker Sound Working
Cross Champs, photograph by Kevin Morris

Most need to run their greatest occasions.

Some need to make it to regionals, sectionals, or state meets.

Some dream of their groups making NXN Regionals or the NIKE NXN Championships.

Some dream of operating within the regionals and making nationals within the 2024 FootLocker (sponsored by HOKA) Cross Nation Championships.

No matter your purpose, it’s time to prepare.

RunBlogRun will present you each day coaching strategies, to be your easiest this season!

 

Hyperlink to NIKE NXN website: https://nxn.runnerspace.com

Hyperlink to FootLocker Cross Nation Championships by HOKA: https://footlockercc.com/

Tuesday, Week 2, Day  2, September 24, 2024

Heat-up properly,

half-hour operating, simple to average, 12 occasions 2 minutes uphill, 2 minutes of simple operating, quarter-hour of simple operating,

six occasions 150 meter stride outs,

Cooldown properly, and bear in mind to hydrate.

Examine your sneakers and make it possible for your coaching sneakers

are prepared for 12-18 extra weeks of coaching.

If not, go to an area operating retailer and discover one or two pairs of fine coaching sneakers.

We’ll talk about that quickly!

Sound Working
Cross Champs, photograph by Kevin Morris for @SoundRunning

  • Larry Eder

    Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement within the sport of athletics. Larry has skilled the game as an athlete, coach, journal writer, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America’s first sub-4 minute miler, was revealed in RW in 1983. Larry has revealed a number of magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. model of Spikes journal. He at present manages the content material and advertising growth of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his each day pilgrimage with the game, Larry says: “I’ve to confess, I really like touring to far-off meets, writing in regards to the sport I really like, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, essentially the most of something I’ve ever carried out, besides, possibly operating itself.” Additionally does some updates for BBC Sports activities at key occasions, which he actually enjoys. Theme track: Greg Allman, ” I am no Angel.”

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