When Half Your Team Didn’t Train This Summer
Bekka showed up to the alumni race on a steamy Friday evening in August. She had barely run all summer….
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Running in Wildfire Smoke: A Cross Country Training Guide
A coach-to-coach guide for cross country training in wildfire smoke. Learn how to read the AQI, modify workouts, and keep your runners safe and fit.
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How to Keep High School Cross Country Athletes Engaged and Focused All Summer
Keeping high school cross country athletes engaged over the summer is a motivation problem, not a fitness one. The physiology of summer base, the science of what drives teenagers to keep showing up, and the specific methods that hold a team together in July.
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Running in the Heat: Pace Adjustments and Safety Limits
Running in the Heat: How Much to Slow Down, and When to Stop Why dew point matters more than temperature,…
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Why Do We Add Strides on Easy Days?
Isabella asked me this a few days ago, standing at the end of a grass field after an easy three…
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Middle School to High School Cross Country: A Coach’s Guide to the Hardest Transition in Youth Running
She found me in the parking lot before the second week of August practice, fourteen years old and already crying….
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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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Progressive Mileage Guidelines for High School Runners
I’ll never forget the kid who showed up to practice sophomore year announcing he’d run 60 miles that week because…
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Warning: Running in the Heat
Running in Heat and Humidity: The Complete Guide for High School Coaches and Athletes How Dew Point, Heat Index, and…
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High School Cross Country Preseason Training FAQs: What You Need to Know
As preseason training for high school cross country begins, many athletes have questions. Read on to see answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about preseason training for cross country.
