#TheJourneytoCompete, Interview #6: Woody Kincaid, Swoosh Observe Membership, explains tips on how to be higher at cross-country !

Woody Kincaid has made two Olympic groups (2021 Tokyo and 2024 Paris), two World Championship groups (in Eugene 2022 and Budapest 2023).

Indoors, outdoor and cross nation, you higher had a whole lot of distance on Woody Kincaid if you will keep out of the websites of his withering kick!

In 2021, Woody Kincaid used that kick to win the USA title at 10,000 meters on the observe.

A cross-country state champion at Columbine Excessive College in Colorado, Woody then went to the famed College of Portland, the place he received a number of All American titles. Below Jerry Schumacher on the Bowerman Observe Membership, Woody started to blossom as a troublesome athlete over the 5,00 meters and 10,000 meters. Woody has had some high-quality coaches: Rob Connor on the College of Portland, Jerry Schumacher at Bowerman Observe Membership (2016-2022) and since 2023, with Mike Smith in Flagstaff.

Woody Kincaid is a part of the brand new NIKE Membership, Swoosh TC, which is predicated in Flagstaff and is coached by Mike Smith and Rachel Smith.

Woody has some severe pace, as his PBs can attest: 3000m in 7:38.31, 5,000m in 12:54.40 outdoor and a 12:51.61 for the 5,000 meters indoors (then, the North American document).

Woody has received the Sound Operating 10,000m as properly. Woody likes to compete. His 10,000m PB is 26:57.57 on the famed Sound Operating The TEN race from 2024.

Woody advised RunBlogRun that he’s seeking to the roads a bit, maybe transferring to the marathon. We perceive the need to make a spot on the roads, however positive hopes that he races cross nation and observe nonetheless, he’s so enjoyable to observe race!

We requested Woody for a tip on cross-country racing for top schoolers, that is what he needed to say:

#inthemixedzone, Woody Kincaid, Olympian, 5,000m and 10,000m racer extraordinaire, member of #nikeswooshtrackclub, gives the viewers of #runblogrun a tip on how to achieve highschool cross nation! @NikeXCNationals@nikerunning @runningnetwork #thejourneytocompete,… pic.twitter.com/z1OgOauJxx

— RunBlogRun (@RunBlogRun) November 23, 2025

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement within the sport of athletics. Larry has skilled the game as an athlete, coach, journal writer, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America’s first sub-4 minute miler, was revealed in RW in 1983. Larry has revealed a number of magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. model of Spikes journal. He presently manages the content material and advertising growth of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his every day pilgrimage with the game, Larry says: “I’ve to confess, I really like touring to far-off meets, writing concerning the sport I really like, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, probably the most of something I’ve ever executed, besides, perhaps working itself.” Additionally does some updates for BBC Sports activities at key occasions, which he actually enjoys.

Theme music: Greg Allman, ” I am no Angel.”

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