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 finish 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.
Our cover photo today is by Joe Klecker. Joe was a good high school runner, then transferred to the University of Colorado and now competes for the ON Athletics Club,
where he is one of America’s top distance runners. Joe made the 2021 Olympic team and his mother, Janice Klecker, made the 1992 Olympic team.
Tuesday, Week 1, Day 2, September 17, 2024
good warm up
An hour of running, 10 times 3 minutes hard, 3 minutes easy, running up a hill for the hard part,
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 trainers.
We will talk about that tomorrow.
Eugene, Oregon, USA
July 15-26, 2022 Photo by Kevin Morris
