Cross country training for middle school

With the completion of my son’s 2015 middle school outdoor track season, and able to build on momentum and motivation gained during the track season, we’ve designed our goals and plans for a succes…

A training plan to keep in shape during the off season for cross country; or just for people who want to keep in shape during the winter, spring, and/or summer months.

Scott Christensen explains how middle school training is not just a miniature version of high school and defines a more suited macro-based training program

A young runner making strides on a cross-country course, symbolizing the endurance of middle school distance running.

Intelligent middle school cross country training needs to have the athlete's long-term development in mind. Here are the warm-ups, workouts, and the essential post-run strength and mobility middle school athletes need to stay injury-free. This training plan will work in any environment.

The best high school cross country workouts to help runners race fast in the fall are: Long Runs, Fartlek Runs, Progression Runs, Aerobic Repeats, and the 30-90 Fartlek. For athletes looking to get in shape in the summer, these workouts will help them race fast in XC and stay injury-free.

Because Bean is still taking daily naps (at least, in a perfect world they happen daily), I use our video monitor constantly. I have been a big fan of Levana ever since we had to replace a VERY expensive video monitor after it pretty much broke itself just through daily use and the company never...

Literally everything you will need to know about coaching a team of kids for cross country season!

Boost 800m performance in high school athletes with this expert 800 meter workout guide for coaches, featuring a workout to break sub-2:00 (boys) & sub-2:20 (girls).

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