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A Workout Ingredient List for the Cross Country Coach

Sometimes whimsical analogies are useful in understanding how cross country coaches go about their work. To that end, today we will consider a workout ingredient…

Quantifying Training Effort of Middle Distance Runners

Most distance running coaches know that training for a 5-kilometer race involves a mix of aerobic and anaerobic workout sessions that will adaptively lead to…

Training Aerobic Capacity and Middle Distance Athletes

On the first day of track practice, a ninth-grader named Ryan, shows up to join the team.  Ryan wants to be a middle distance runner,…

Middle School Training for Cross Country Runners

Middle school training for cross country runners are not just miniature versions of high school runners.  Yet, many middle school coaches talk to high school…

General Adaptation Syndrome and Cross Country Training

In 1932, physiologist W.A. Engelhardt, for the first time introduced the definition of the training process as a physiological breakdown that serves as a specific…

Advanced Warmup Routines for Middle Distance Athletes

When middle distance coaches cluster socially or professionally, and the inevitable training talk ensues, the topics generally fall into three broad categories: training mileage, peaking…

[Video] How to manage coaching multiple events at the same time…

For high school coaches, managing multiple event groups at the same time (as well as managing training for athletes who compete in multiple event groups)…

Functional Endurance Strength in Cross Country Training

Strength is one of the five primary physical components (speed, endurance, flexibility, strength, coordination) that defines athleticism.  Cross country runners, like all athletes, benefit from…

An Endurance Training Session for Middle Distance Athletes

A training session is a block of dedicated time containing various units of work that pertain to the specific demands of the track and field…

[Q&A] Cross Country Training During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Coaches have been contacting me asking for cross country training suggestions during the Covid-19 pandemic.  I chose the following stance a few weeks ago.  This…

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