The 2024 Cross Country season is here!
You are now in a difficult part of the season. Everyone is fit; the difference is racing fitness.
Let me explain.
Those who can make one right move after another and have something at the end of the race, those athletes
will be successful.
The final California state meet is over.Three of the FootLocker regionals are over.
We are just days away from the West FootLocker Regional Meet (December 7th) and the NIKE NXN Champs (December 7th).
Cross Country is the real key to developing as a distance runner.

Champs, sponsored by Brooks, photo by Kevin Morris
Most high schoolers competing at NXN and FootLocker still have six weeks of training and racing ahead of them.
The Midwest, Southeast, and East regions were held for FootLocker on November 30, 2024.
NXN Regions are all over. NXN Nationals is on December 7th.
West FootLocker regions on December 7th, 2024 and FL citizens on December 14th, 2024.
Are you fit?
You’ll keep it moderate and have a few weeks before the big things.
Link to the NIKE NXN website. https://nxn.runnerspace.com
Link to FootLocker Cross Country Championships by HOKA. https://footlockercc.com/
Week 12, Day 1, Monday, December 2, 2024
good warm up
20 minutes of moderate jogging, 8 x 400m hill, downhill, 20 minutes of moderate jogging, 8 x 200m hill, downhill, 20 minutes of moderate jogging,
cool well
Check your shoes and make sure your training shoes
ready for another 2-3 weeks of training (most shoes make up 12 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.
