Home of the Grossmont High School Cross Country and Distance Track Teams
"May your feet be fast and your flight be furious!" - Adrienne Elliott (Class of 2013)
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Welcome to the Grossmont High School Cross Country and Distance Track website. You will find announcements, Team Photo Montage, Athlete of The Week, Meet Schedule, Current Training Schedule, and Training Tools on this page. Links to more info and tools are available at the top of the page.
Announcements
Announcements
NEW UPDATE 5/27/25:
Anyone that is interested in joining the Boys or Girls Cross Country Team next Fall, please fill out the following interest form if you have not already done so in order to find out more info about the team, our summer trainning program, and the upcoming 2025 season! :
The summer training schedule will be posted soon on the calendar, which is further down this page, but you should begin running this week to have a good chance of qualifying for camp and in order to reach your full potential by the start of the season.
We will be having a summer running/team bonding camp in the Laguna Mountains from August 1st-3rd for those athletes that have completed and logged at least 150 miles over the summer. If you consistently follow the summer training plan, you will be well over that amount of mileage by then. In order for the miles to count towards camp, you must follow the prescribed traininig schedule. Any workouts that do not follow the posted training schedule will not count towards the 150 miles for camp qualification.
We will be starting our summer training program with coaches on June 23rd at 8:30am at the Grossmont HS track, but you should start training on your own by following the summer training schedule which is towards the bottom of this page and will be updated soon.
In order to participate in our summer training program with coaches and be eligible for summer camp, you must join our off-season USATF track club, "Blisters Track Club" by signing up for a youth USA Track and Field membership at https://www.usatf.org/home/top-utility-nav-content/membership, and then affiliate your membership with "Blisters Track Club". This covers insurance for both the athletes and coaches during off-season training.
If you are interested in joining the 2025 Cross Country team, please email Coach Bartell at grossmont.xc@gmail.com. You will need to fill out an athletics clearance packet, get a physical completed, and turn all of that in to the finance clerk at Grossmont HS before official practices start in July. The first official practice is July 31st at 8:30am on the track at Grossmont. Check back soon for an updated meet schedule and summer training plan.
Goal Sheet:
2024 Cross Country Photo Montage
Coming Soon!
2023 Cross Country Photo Montage
2023 Grossmont CC Photo Montage.mp42022 Cross Country Photo Montage
2022 Grossmont CC Photo Montage.mp4External Links
External Links
Athletes of the Week
Athletes of the Week
2024 Cross Country Schedule
2024 Cross Country Schedule
Current Training Schedule
Current Training Schedule
Click on the run for each day for a detailed description of all activities that need to be completed. No matter when you actually begin your training, your first week should follow the week of May 22nd and move forward from there, regardless of your actual start date. Make sure to track and log all of your runs using the Strava App, and join our Strava Club using this link: https://www.strava.com/clubs/grossmontxc
In order to participate in our summer training program, and to be eligible for camp, you must join our off-season USATF track club, "Blisters Track Club" by signing up for a youth USA Track and Field membership at https://www.usatf.org/home/top-utility-nav-content/membership, and then affiliate your membership with "Blisters Track Club". This covers insurance for both the athletes and coaches during off-season training.
Training Log Through Strava APP
Training Log Through Strava APP
In order to participate in our summer training program, and to be eligible for camp, you must join our off-season USATF track club, "Blisters Track Club" by signing up for a youth USA Track and Field membership at https://www.usatf.org/home/top-utility-nav-content/membership, and then affiliate your membership with "Blisters Track Club". This covers insurance for both the athletes and coaches during off-season training.
All your summer runs must be logged through the Strava App, and you must join our club on Strava , in order to be eligible for Summer Camp. You will also be required to log each your in-season runs through Strava.
Request to join our Strava Club here: https://www.strava.com/clubs/grossmontxc
If you do not have a GPS/Smartwatch (Strava is compatible with most Smartwatches), you can download the Strava App on your phone. The best option to carry your phone on a run is using one of these belts from Nathan Sports: https://www.nathansports.com/products/the-zipster-lite-waist-belt-black
I highly recommend purchasing a Garmin GPS watch if possible. Here is a link to the basic Garmin Forerunner Watch, which has everything you need: https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/741137
Training Tools
Training Tools
Pace Charts for Critical Velocity Workouts in the Lower Bowl
Pace Charts for Critical Velocity Workouts in the Lower Bowl
Instructions: Using the chart below on the left, find the approximate mile pace that you think or know you could currently run for a 3200m(2 mile race) under the "Time or Pace" column. Once you have identified that pace, look under the "92" column to find the corresponding time. That is your CV mile pace. Once you have that time, go to the chart on the right and match your CV mile pace with the closest time under the "Pace" column. Now look at the corresponding target split time under the "535m" column(if your doing one loop repetitions) or under the 1070m column(if you are doing two loop repetitions). You should be running within 5 seconds of that target split for each of your CV repetitions.
PacePercents.pdfCV Workout Pacing Chart.pdfGoogle Sites
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