ATF Training Log, presented by ASICS America-digital version!

This past summer, we worked with our friends at ASICS America to develop a training log for cross country, http://www.flipseekllc.com/TrainingLog.html, the ASICS Cross Country training log was inserted into all seven Shooting Star Media, Inc. http://shootingstarmediainc.com publications. That totalled over 350,000 training logs being given out for Fall 2007. For anyone who missed it, we have attached it at the top of this column, again, here are a few points on how to use it!

The digital version of the ASICS ATF Cross Country training log will allow you to print out a version and distribute to your teams, friends, club mates. It will also allow you visit some very cool interactive areas at the ASICS America site.
The benefits of a trianing log are that the runner keeps track of workouts, and can learn from the past training to improve results in the future. While there are many ways to attain goals, the keys are consistency of workout, focus on goals, callousing for racing preparation, solid sleep and nutrition. To be a good distance runner, the requiremens are takes time and patience–there is no easy road. Anytime one challenges himself or herself, there is the chance of injuries, so be careful. Remember to plan time to recover from hard workouts. A good rule of thumb is no more than three hard sessions per week.
Cross country, for many, is an end in itself. Rushing up hills, getting muddy, and feeling your lungs burn until you hit that last crasy sprint through the finish line chute is something you have in common with about 350-400,000 runners around the U.S. each fall!
Enjoy!
For more information on cross country, please check out American Track & Field magazine’s website http://www.american-trackandfield.com.

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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.

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Jeremy Koch says:

18 years ago

Hi Mr. Eder,
I am just entering my first year of coaching varsity cross-country. Though I have coached track, I have little knowledge of distance training. Since I got the position late, I began by sending my team members the first six weeks of your twelve-week plan (with some minor modifications) that I got from the american track and field site. I went back to get weeks 7-9 and they are gone. do you by chance have them archived somewhere where I cannot find them? I would like to use that program until I start working with them in August…. Feel free to e-mail me your response. Thanks a million!
Jeremy,
Check out our 12 week Saucony Summer Training program, on atf-athlete.com!
Larry