Most of the 560,000 high school boys and girls will compete in high school cross country in 2024, competing this coming weekend, including multiple state meets.
Cross Country is the real key to developing as a distance runner.
Munich 1972 Olympics, Lasse Viren lead by Meeruts Jifter, Frank Shorter, Mariano Haro and others, photo: IOC/Munich 1972
Check your shoes and make sure your training shoes
are ready for another 10-14 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.
2021 SPAR European Athletics Championships 12/12/21 Senior Men’s Race Photo by European Athletics (via @twitter)
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. On 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. of 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.
