by Larry Eder
This is the fifth week of our summer cross-country mileage program, which gets you into shape a little more each day. This is for August 11, 2024, Day 7 of Week 5.
Week 5, Day 7, Summer Mileage Program
Welcome to the seventh day in the fifth week of the 2024 Summer Mileage Program, which runs for ten weeks until mid-September.
Our goal is to build you into a strong cross-country runner.
This week is week 5. Your vacation is over. Now is the time to build consistent building blocks to being one tough cross-country runner. We want to help all 560,000 boys and girls in high school cross country! We love it! You are getting stronger each and every day!
Today is Sunday; spend time on a long run, a hilly long run.
Remember, that is our secret weapon: hills.
You can find your favorite spot if you like.
Sunday, August 11, 2024
It is Sunday.
Today is a long run. Plan on 65-75 minutes at a moderate pace on a course with some good hills. Get warmed up well and work the hills midway into your run, and then bring the pace back to a moderate pace and finish up easy.
Then cool down well and hydrate.
Enjoy the views, and appreciate nature.
Remember to check your shoes before and after your runs. If you can, we suggest two pairs of training shoes.
Also, consider the cooling technology of Omius; their hats, visors, and headbands could work for you.
Many 400m runners and 400m hurdlers run cross country! Quincy Hall, the Olympic gold medalist, told the media about running cross country and moving from 800m and 1,500m to 400 meters.
Photo Credit:Chloe Knott/Team GB
To stay cool, wear a hat, wet down your shirt, and run in the early part of the late part of the day. As our friends at Omius say, #StayCool!
Good luck!
Enjoy your summer running.
What do you want to do this summer? What do you want to achieve?
To learn about the late Steve Prefontaine (1951-1975), please read this fantastic book by Tom Jordan ( I have gone through six copies and read it 12 times): https://www.amazon.com/Pre-Americas-Greatest-Running-Prefontaine/dp/0875964575
To enjoy an excellent photo gallery of Steve Prefontaine, courtesy of the Eugene-Register Guard, please go here: https://www.registerguard.com/picture-gallery/sports/2022/07/07/oregon-distance-runner-phenomenon-steve-prefontaine-olympican-eugene-hayward-field/7336370001/.
