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2024 Fall Cross Nation Coaching & Racing Program, October 1, 2024, Week 3, Day 4, THURSDAY is hill day!

October 4, 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 in 2024.

(Cross-country can be large 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

have been seven to 9 miles, with a frontrunner dropping items of paper or flags displaying the next runners the place to go.

Senior males’s main pack with Nicholas Kimeli and Sebastian Kimaru within the combine, picture by Justin Lagat, Iten, Kenya, December 3, 2022.

In US excessive colleges, 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

arduous manner, racing into form.

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

Runners have completely different objectives.

Some need to full the season.

Most need to run their finest instances.

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 aim, it’s time to prepare.

RunBlogRun will present you day by day coaching recommendations, to be your best possible this season!

The 2021 SPAR European Athletics Cross Nation Championships, 12/12/21, Senior Males’s race, picture courtesy of European Athletics (through @twitter)

Hyperlink to NIKE NXN web site: https://nxn.runnerspace.com

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

Wednesday, Week 3, Day  4, October 3, 2024

Heat-up nicely,

half-hour of simple to average operating, 10-12 instances 300 meter hill fees, 6 x 150 meter stride-outs,

Cooldown nicely, and bear in mind to hydrate.

Verify your sneakers and be sure that 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 excellent coaching sneakers.

We are going to discuss that quickly!

Eliud Kipchoge, coaching in Kenya, picture by NN Operating group

  • 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 printed in RW in 1983. Larry has printed 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 improvement of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his day by day pilgrimage with the game, Larry says: “I’ve to confess, I really like touring to distant 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 performed, besides, perhaps 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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