One of the most important chores that a cross country coach does is to set the workout themes for the many daily sessions during the season. The workouts must be compatible with the other workouts that are sequenced around each other, and themes must be appropriate for the time in the macrocycle in which they…
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Pace Awareness Using Borg’s Ratings of Perceived Exertion (RPE)
Training and racing experience leads to a more sophisticated middle distance athlete. Coaches measure this advancing experience with a concept known as training age. Once the runner has physically matured and transitioned from middle school to high school (and beyond), training age becomes more of a conditioning factor than chronological age is in setting…