2024 Fall Cross Country Training and Racing Schedule October 1, 2024 Week 3 Day 2 TUESDAY is hill day.

October 1, 2024

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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 track in 2024 in all fifty US states.

(Mediterranean is also massive in Europe, Asia and Africa).

Cross Country has been around for several hundred years, beginning in England in the 1830s and 1840s with dog and boat races. Some of these runs

There have been seven to nine miles, and the leader drops pieces of paper or flags that show the following runners where to go.

Most states now have a 3 mile or 5k run in US high schools.

Cross country races have been held for several weeks in most states, and many of the new runners who run cross country are in shape.

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 finish the season.

Most people want to have their best time.

Some want to make it to regional, sectional or state meets.

Some dream of making their teams NXN Regionals or NIKE NXN Championships.

Some dream of running regionals and making 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 to be your best this season.

Link to the NIKE NXN website. https://nxn.runnerspace.com

Link to FootLocker Cross Country Championships by HOKA. https://footlockercc.com/

Wednesday, Week 3, Day 2, October 1, 2024

good warm up

30 minutes of easy to moderate running, 10-12 times 300 meter hill charge, 6 x 150 meter run,

Cool down well and remember to hydrate.

Check your shoes and make sure your training shoes

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.

Larry Eder has been involved in athletics for 52 years. Larry has experienced sports as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now a journalist and blogger. His first article, about Don Bowden, America’s first 4-minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from USA Track and Field to the American version of Spikes magazine. He currently leads content and marketing development for RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. About RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: “I must admit, I love traveling to long distance meets, writing about the sport I love and the athletes I respect, most of all for my readers at runblogrun.com. than anything I’ve ever done, except maybe running itself.” Also does some updates for BBC Sports at major events which he really enjoys. Theme Song: “I’m No Angel” by Gregg Allman.

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