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 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 athlete today is Jakob Ingebrigtsen. Jacob is a member of the famous Norwegian Ingebrigtsen family. Jakob won his first medal at the European Championships at the age of 17, but had been winning cross country for several years. This year, Jakob won gold in the European champs 1500m and 5000m, gold in the Olympic 5000m and 4th in the Olympic 1500m. Jacob told RunBlogRun in Brussels that he is planning a European cross in 2024.
Link to the NIKE NXN website. https://nxn.runnerspace.com
Link to FootLocker Cross Country Championships by HOKA. https://footlockercc.com/
Tuesday, Week 1, Day 3, September 17, 2024
good warm up
45-60 minutes of moderate jogging, on trails, finish with 6 x 150 meter runs,
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.
