The Three-Step Move: How to Break the Pack When It Matters Most
Learn the “Three-Step Move” used by Mike Scannell to coach Grant Fisher to Olympic medals. Improve your high school runners’ racing strategy and VO2 max today.
Training Articles for High School XC and Track Coaches
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Why We Need to Stop Coaching High School Runners Like Robots
Featuring OLYMPIC Insights from Coach Mike Scannell Look, I’m going to be straight with you. We’ve got a problem in…
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Swimmer to Track Runner Transition: Your 6-Week Senior Season Protocol
Swimmer to Track Runner Transition Guide That chlorine sting? Feels like a warm hug. The flip-turn rhythm? It’s wired into…
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Gravel Running: A 4-Week Protocol for the Indoor-to-Outdoor Track Transition
In the cold, sterile light of the indoor track season, it’s easy to lose sight of why we run. We…
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Canova Alternations: A High School XC Workout for the Middle Mile
Canova Alternations: The High School XC Workout That Teaches Your Athletes to Recover at Speed We have all seen it…
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The Peak: Unleashing the Beast (Part 3 of 3)
Championship Season: The Taper, Mental Game, and Peaking When It Matters (Part 3 of 3) You can feel it in…
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The Crucible: Surviving the Mid-Season Grind (Part 2 of 3)
The Mid-Season Crucible: Navigating the Fire (Part 2 of 3) The honeymoon is over. The warm, conversational miles of August…
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Forging Iron: Mastering the Pre-Season Grind (Part 1 of 3)
The Foundation: XC Pre-Season Guide (Part 1 of 3) There is a specific smell to late August. It’s a mix…
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Percy Cerutty’s Stotan Training Method: Beyond Data-Driven Running
Why This Australian Madman Was Right About Everything Grit Over Garmin: The Stotan Training Method A Coaching Essay for High…
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Speed as a Skill: A Coach’s Guide to Building Top-End Speed in High School Distance Runners
Speed as a Skill: A Guide for Distance Runners The Problem with “Aerobic Base Only” Training Traditional high school distance…
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Developing the Freshman Runner: A Career-Based Approach
Developing the Freshman Runner: A Career-Based Approach for High School Coaches Every August, a new group of freshmen arrives at…
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Lactate Threshold Training for 5K Runners: Paces, Workouts & Science
How Lactate Threshold Training Fixes Your 5K Time (Stop Training Too Fast!) It’s a late summer tradition: enthusiastic high school…
