The 2024 Cross Country season is here!
Tuesday is a mountain day.
Most of the 560,000 high school boys and girls compete in high school in 2024.
Tuesday is a good hard day.
Galen Rupp is a 4-time Olympian (2008-10,000m, 2012-10,000m Olympic silver, 2016-marathon-Olympic bronze, 2021-marathon) who has had a long running career. We first saw Galen as a high school sophomore in the AAU Junior Olympian 5,000m. The following fall, I watched Galen compete in the Nike Border Clash, placing third. In 2003, Galen Rupp returned and won the Nike Border Clash. In his senior year, Galen won his first NCAA title in cross country, beating Sam Chelanga.
Galen Rupp always credits his experience in cross country as it helped build him up for the road, track and marathon. Galen Rupp loves cross country.
Link to the NIKE NXN website. https://nxn.runnerspace.com
Link to FootLocker Cross Country Championships by HOKA. https://footlockercc.com/
Wednesday, Week 6, Day 2, October 22, 2024
good warm up
30 minutes of moderate jogging, 8 x 400m hill, downhill, 8 x 200m hill, downhill, 8 x 100m hill, downhill,
Cool down well and remember to hydrate.
Check your shoes and make sure your training shoes
are ready for another 12-18 weeks of training. (Most boots make up a 12-16 week workout)
If not, go to a local running store and find a pair or two of good training shoes.
We will talk about that soon.
Frank Shorter won 4 AAU cross country titles, was on several USA World Teams and won two Olympic medals, a gold and a silver in the marathon (1972 and 1976). Frank Shorter set ARs 2 miles inside to Marathon. He was a crossbreed.
