The 2024 Cross Nation season is right here!
Cross nation is in full swing throughout the U.S. for top schoolers.
560-570,000 highschool girls and boys will run cross nation throughout the fifty U.S. states in 2024.
(Cross-country can also be large in Europe, Asia, and Africa!)
Cross Nation has been round for a number of hundred years, beginning within the 1830s-1840s in England with hounds and harrier runs. A few of these runs
have been seven to 9 miles, with a pacesetter dropping items of paper or flags exhibiting the next runners the place to go.
In US excessive colleges, most states now run 3 miles or 5k.
Most states have had cross-country races for a number of weeks now, and most of the new runners to cross-country are getting in form for the
laborious manner, racing into form.
RunBlogRun simply accomplished its ten-week Summer time Program (July-September 15) for highschool cross-country runners.
Runners have totally different targets.
Some wish to full the season.
Most wish to run their finest instances.
Some wish to make it to regionals, sectionals, or state meets.
Some dream of their groups making NXN Regionals or the NIKE NXN Championships.
Some dream of working within the regionals and making nationals within the 2024 FootLocker (sponsored by HOKA) Cross Nation Championships.
No matter your objective, it’s time to prepare.
RunBlogRun will present you day by day coaching strategies, to be your highest this season!
Hyperlink to NIKE NXN web site: https://nxn.runnerspace.com
Hyperlink to FootLocker Cross Nation Championships by HOKA: https://footlockercc.com/
Wednesday, Week 3, Day 2, October 1, 2024
Heat-up properly,
half-hour of simple to average working, 10-12 instances 300 meter hill costs, 6 x 150 meter stride-outs,
Cooldown properly, and keep in mind to hydrate.
Test your footwear and make it possible for your coaching footwear
are prepared for 12-18 extra weeks of coaching.
If not, go to a neighborhood working retailer and discover one or two pairs of fine coaching footwear.
We’ll talk about that quickly!
Sound Working
Cross Champs, photograph by Kevin Morris
