Hey, highschool distance runners and right here’s our Winter Coaching Information (Jan-March) from RunBlogRun!
That is the fourth day in week 5 of our ten week Winter Coaching program, which matches up till the NIKE Indoor Championships (March 12-15, 2026, extra information at https://nikeindoornationals.runnerspace.com/).
The objective is to have you ever in observe form in the beginning of Out of doors season (March in many of the nation).
The NIKE Indoor Nationals can be held on March 12-15, 2025 on the NIKE Monitor & Area Armory. We encourage excessive schoolers to race indoors however at all times notice that the Huge Season is Open air!
Exercise for Saturday, February 7, 2026
Your Exercise: Hill coaching, Hills are nice for athletes from the sprints to the distances. This exercise can be focusd on 400m-5000m.
Warmup, 8 instances 100 meter hill, jog again, 8 instances 200 meter hill, jog again, 4 instances 300 meter hill, jog again, straightforward half-hour of operating, 4 x 300 meter hill, cooldown
Hydration is a frame of mind. Hydration shouldn’t be about ingesting numerous sugary drinks, it’s about getting down water, 8-12 glasses of 8-12 oz a day, carrying a water bottle, and managing caffeine consumption and carbonated sugar drinks, that are absolute crap for an actual athlete. Additionally, avoid the so referred to as sports activities vitality drinks and don’t mix them with alcohol. Why practice your butt off after which, mess it up by placing some junk in your mortal engine?
Assume earlier than you drink.
I like to recommend two pairs of coaching sneakers for this winter, equivalent to a NIKE Pegasus PLUS and a NIKE Vomero 18 or Vomero PLUS (proven under) for simple days and lengthy days. The Pegasus PLUS is effectively constructed, can deal with grime and dirt and offers you a steady, snug experience with out overdoing the cushioning. As at all times, we don’t suggest that you just purchase your operating efficiency sneakers remotely, however go into an actual reside operating retailer.
In case you want just a little extra cushioning, strive the Vomero 18. The Vomero 18 has extra cushioning that the Pegasus PLUS. In case you like NIKE, I might counsel excessive schoolers use the NIKE Pegasus PLUS for Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. I might counsel the Vomero 18 for Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I at all times counsel two pairs of coaching sneakers. Study extra on www.nikerunning.com.
Do you need to be a greater cross nation runner than you had been prior to now? Focus and comply with our coaching. It’s all in regards to the consistency.
For Winter studying! Self Made Olympian by Ron Daws, A Clear Pair of Heels by Murray Halberg, Pre! by Tom Jordan, Quicksilver, The Mercurial Emil Zatopek, by Pat Butcher, The Future of Alain Mimoun, by Pat Butcher (a monograph)
Keep in mind, in the future at a time!!!! #crosscountryrunning, #trackandfieldtraining, #winterrunning, #wintertraining,
