The 2024 Cross Country season is here!
High school cross country is in full swing in the US.
560-570,000 high school boys and girls will run across the fifty US states.
Cross country races have been held for several weeks in most states, and many of the new runners who take up cross country are training.
the hard way, running into shape.
RunBlogRun just finished its ten-week summer program (July-September 15) for high school cross-country runners.
Runners have different goals.
Some want to end the season.
Some want to run their best times.
Some want to reach regional, sectional or state meets.
Some dream of making their teams NXN Regionals or NIKE NXN Championships.
Some dream of running regionals and nationals at the 2024 FootLocker (sponsored by HOCA) Cross Country Championships.
Whatever your goal, it’s time to train.
RunBlogRun will provide you with daily training suggestions.
Link to the NIKE NXN website. https://nxn.runnerspace.com
Link to FootLocker Cross Country Championships by HOKA. https://footlockercc.com/
Thursday, Week 1, Day 4, September 19, 2024
good warm up
70 min run, 10 min hard hill climb, 10 min easy, 5 min hard hill climb, 5 min easy, 4 min hard, 4 min easy, 3 min hard, 3 min easy, 3 min hard climb, 3 min easy, 3 x 2 min up, 2 min easy, 4 x 1 min up, 1 min easy,
Chill well and remember to hydrate.
Check your shoes and make sure your training shoes
are ready for another 12-18 weeks of training.
If not, go to a local running store and find a pair or two of good training shoes.
We will talk about that soon.
