Training

2025 Summer Training

 Below are the summer training plans broken down by Groups that max out different weekly milages (AAAA, AA, A, B, C, D, E). I will keep the information brief.

Cross Country is a summer sport! To have a successful and fun fall season we must try our best, nothing more, nothing less, to train during the summer (nothing more, nothing less) 

There are optional opportunities to train with the team! This summer the Captains and I will be helping lead summer practices on Dunning. I will also be at these practices on Monday (8-10 am), Wednesday (7-9pm) and Friday (7-9pm) so that I can provide any training advice, but my main role will be to make sure that there is an adult present. I hope that these practices will remain a low steaks and fun environment. 

The Captains will be hosting independent practices at 8 am Tuesday and Thursday at Como park.

We will be doing a summer read, “The Longest Race” by Kara Goucher! Many driven college and high school teams do this to help give teams a common talking point and valuable mental skills. 

Trigger warning: There are 2 chapters which detail the abuse that Kara Goucher faced, which is more adult material (Pages: 79, 139, 140, 185)

Enjoy the summer and make the most of it! These training plans are designed so that, at maximum, you spend no more than 70 minutes training on any given day 

Each training plan PEAKS at a different mileage so please carefully consider which plan you will use based on your mileage ran last season

There will not be a perfect day to start training, so start today!

Take care of your PHYSICAL and MENTAL HEALTH! Feel free to change up the schedule or do different training on different days, so that you can take an off day when you need it!

The instructions for the workouts are below the calendar with an injury prevention/strength set to be done twice a week...

Online Pace Calculator

Click the link and enter a recent race result. Look up your training pace for workouts. We will primarily use threshold and CV paces.