2023 RunBlogRun Summer Mileage Program, Week 10, Day 6, a day at the races….

The cross-country season for high schools across North America is about 3 weeks old. 560,000 boys and girls will compete in the fall cross-country season in 2023. The season goes from September to December, ending with NXN, Footlocker, AAU JOs, and USATF JOs.

This is the last weekend of the Summer Mileage Program. We have done this since 1998 and have had Reebok, Saucony and HOKA involved over the years. Most brands find that committing to building a communication program with the high school running community is an investment in the future. We worked with New Balance all the way back in 1990 to help them reach 14-18-year-olds, a demographic that many brands take for granted.

This is the workout for Saturday, September 9, 2023.

Your workout today is a race. The hilliest, toughest, and most challenging race is 3k to 5k. Warm up well, 30 minutes of slow to moderate running, race, run 20 minutes to cooldown, slow to really slow, cooldown stretching. Hydrate.

Author

Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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