by Larry Eder
The 2024 Cross Country season is here!
Cross country is in full swing across the U.S. for high schoolers.
560-570,000 high school boys and girls will run cross country across the fifty U.S. states.
(Cross-country is huge in Europe, Asia, and Africa as well!)
Most states have had cross-country races for several weeks now, and many of the new runners to cross-country are getting in shape the
hard way, racing into shape.
RunBlogRun just completed its ten-week Summer Program (July-September 15) for high school cross-country runners.
Runners have different goals.
Some want to complete the season.
Most want to run their best times.
Some want to make it to regionals, sectionals, or state meets.
Some dream of their teams making NXN Regionals or the NIKE NXN Championships.
Some have dreams of running in the regionals and making nationals in the 2024 FootLocker (sponsored by HOKA) Cross Country Championships.
Whatever your goal, it is time to train.
RunBlogRun will provide you daily training suggestions.
Link to NIKE NXN site: https://nxn.runnerspace.com
Link to FootLocker Cross Country Championships by HOKA: https://footlockercc.com/
Sunday, Week 1, Day 7, September 22, 2024
Warm-up well,
Your Sunday long run is 75-85 minutes, moderate pace, on road, trail, with some good hill climbs!
Run with your friends.
Enjoy nature!
Watch the hawks,
rabbits, deer,
turkey buzzards (we would see them circling above us),
Cooldown well, and remember to hydrate.
Check your shoes and make sure that your training shoes
are ready for 12-18 more weeks of training.
If not, go to a local running store and find one or two pairs of good training shoes.
We will speak about that soon!
(Photo by © Adam Nurkiewicz for World Athletics
