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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Caffeine and Distance Running: The Complete Guide to Performance and Safety
It was the third week of October, and one of my athletes showed up to our State Meet warm-up looking…
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Anaerobic Speed Reserve: Why Your 400m Time Predicts Your 1600m PR
A few seasons back, I had a kid come into my office in early March to tell me that he…
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Alicia Monson: The Training Behind the American 5K & 10K Records
What Alicia Monson’s Career Teaches Every Coach About Patient Development, Adversity, and Building an Aerobic Engine Amery, Wisconsin has a…
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How Two Lactate Values Became the Most Important Measurements in Distance Running
Sometime in the late 1990s, a Norwegian distance runner named Marius Bakken got obsessive about a number. Bakken was a…
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How to Safely Increase Mileage as a High School Runner
Every May, I get some version of the same text. It comes from a junior who just ran 16:40 at…
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10-Day Training Cycle for High School Cross Country
You did not design the 7-day training week. You inherited it. Every coach who uses a Monday-through-Sunday training template is…
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Sean Brosnan’s Training System: The Newbury Park Blueprint
In 2016, Sean Brosnan walked into Newbury Park High School cross country and told his athletes and their parents something…
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Cole Hocker’s Training Blueprint: What High School Coaches Need to Know
What Cole Hocker’s Olympic Record Teaches Every High School Coach About Speed, Volume, and the Long Game Cole Hocker crossed…
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How to Build a Cross Country Team from Scratch
My first year as a cross country coach went something like this. The previous girls cross country coach, a high…
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The EXACT Pre-Race Warmup for 800m and 1600m Runners (What the Science Actually Says)
Marcus lines up for the 1600m final. He jogged two laps and did a few leg swings. His coach told…
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Does Nasal Breathing Make You a Better Runner? What the Science Actually Says
Nasal Breathing for Runners: What the Science Actually Says One of my athletes showed up to practice last fall wearing…
