2019 RunBlogRun Fall Cross Country Training & Racing Program, Week 22, Day 6, Saturday at the races...FootLocker regional and the NXN regional...

The Saturday after Thanksgiving is one of the big high school cross country racing days. There are NXN regionals, where many of the best teams battle it out, and there are the Foot Locker regionals, where many young cross country athletes race to see how they do against the best.

Good luck to all today!

Elizabeth Leachman and Tamrat Gavenas Capture First-Place Titles at the 45th Foot Locker Cross Country Championships National Finals Presented by HOKA®

2024 Fall Cross Country Training & Racing Program, December 15, 2024, Week 13, Day 7, the FINAL long run of the cross country season

2024 Fall Cross Country Training & Racing Program, December 14, 2024, Week 13, Day 6, the FINAL race of year, Footlocker, presented by HOKA!

FootLocker Cross Country regional, photo by Photorun.net

Saturday: warm up, 5k race, get out well, and focus on one person at a time, take them strongly, finish well, cool down

Week 22, Fall XC Training week 22, focusing on NXN regionals, Foot Locker regionals…

Monday: 50 – 60 minute park run, 4 x 150m strideouts

Tuesday: 20 minute warm up, 3 miles on track, sprint straights, jog turns, final mile at current 5k race pace, sprinting straights, jogging turns, 20 minute cool down

Wednesday: 30-45 minute run, 4 x 150m stride outs, cooldown, relaxed

Thursday: Thanksgivinging, 50 minute easy run, cooldown

Friday: 30-45 minute minute park run, relaxed

Saturday: warm up, 5k race, get out well, and focus on one person at a time, take them strongly, finish well, cool down

Sunday: 85-90 minute long run

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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. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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