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.
(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
had been seven to 9 miles, with a pacesetter dropping items of paper or flags displaying 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 lots of the new runners to cross-country are getting in form for the
exhausting means, racing into form.
RunBlogRun simply accomplished its ten-week Summer season Program (July-September 15) for highschool cross-country runners.
Runners have completely different objectives.
Some need to full the season.
Cross Champs, photograph by Kevin Morris
Most need to run their finest instances.
Some need 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 operating within the regionals and making nationals within the 2024 FootLocker (sponsored by HOKA) Cross Nation Championships.
No matter your objective, it’s time to practice.
RunBlogRun will present you each day coaching solutions, to be your perfect this season!
Hyperlink to NIKE NXN web site: https://nxn.runnerspace.com
Hyperlink to FootLocker Cross Nation Championships by HOKA: https://footlockercc.com/
Tuesday, Week 2, Day 2, September 24, 2024
Heat-up properly,
half-hour operating, straightforward to average, 12 instances 2 minutes uphill, 2 minutes of straightforward operating, quarter-hour of straightforward operating,
six instances 150 meter stride outs,
Cooldown properly, and keep in mind to hydrate.
Examine your sneakers and guarantee that your coaching sneakers
are prepared for 12-18 extra weeks of coaching.
If not, go to a neighborhood operating retailer and discover one or two pairs of fine coaching sneakers.
We’ll talk about that quickly!
Cross Champs, photograph by Kevin Morris for @SoundRunning
