I have just started to rap up my cross country regular season and was looking at doing Footlocker. I have run under 15 for 3 miles as a junior but that was at Woodbridge so I know those results are skewed. But my questions for qualifying was a. How do you advance out of regionals, I have seen either top 8 or top 10 go and b. Does only the championship qualify or do the seeded races also qualify? C. Should I run seeded or championship, with seeded being the one where I most likely go to nationals or running championship and possibly running a faster time but not qualifying? Thanks!

I just ran a PR of 17:05 in the 3 mile but I’m extremely disappointed and I don’t know what to think about my race. I felt pretty good during the race and was confident I was going to get in the 16:20-16:30 range, but when I saw the timer I felt defeated. I gave the race my all and I know my fitness is in the 16’s at least. My previous PR was 17:07 2 months ago at Woodbridge and the course I ran today was equally as flat. I’m not sure how to deal with this and stay motivated…

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If this violates Rule #3, sorry, but the Q&A Chat is pretty dead and States is in 2 days. I recently bought the Brooks Hyperion Elite LD carbon-plated spikes for Winter Track and maybe Spring Track. They are higher-quality than my current pairs of XC spikes, the Hoka Crescendo XC’s and the XC7’s.

My question is: Considering these spikes are higher-quality and carbon-plated, would it be risky for my performance to run in these LD track spikes over XC spikes for States? The course is mostly field, I believe.

We're competing at NXR next week but 1njury caused our training this season to start late so I'm looking for other races near in or near WA in late Nov or Dec, preferably faster courses. Any suggestions?

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Daughter's 5K Progression: 7th to College FR

Coaching, training, and supportive teammates makes a huge difference.

My coach tells us that our team is super deep and I haven’t really compared it to other teams, would would you say?

I hadn’t done any sports for years and this year I decided to try cross country, I love it! It inspired me to try swim and track too. So my question is, now that xc season is over for me and swim is starting soon, what can I do to prepare for track during swim season? Specifically, I’d like to participate in the 1600m. Thank you so much to everyone who takes the time to respond.

So, the season just ended for me (and the JV people) after region races yesterday. Only the top 8 runners were taken to State Championships. I was appointed as captain despite not being the fastest on the team (25:22 PR). I supported my team as best as I could. I didn’t make it to State and now feel like I failed as a captain because I feel like I didn't do my best despite the fact that I was literally dying by the end of races with no more energy to give out. I feel like a bad example for my girls. My mental health hasn't helped either. Has anyone felt like this too?

Im not sure if anyone here knows what OFSAA is, but I ran it yesterday. I did pretty well, and finished 41st in the province. In the province of Ontario, OFSAA (Ontario federation of schools athletic association) is like the Olympics of high school sports, and doing well in OFSAA is a HUGE deal. However, it just felt too easy. Don;t get me wrong, a lot of people worked hard to go to OFSAA and perform, but cross country isn't main sport. I hardly practice once a week. So, my question is: Is OFSAA as big of a deal as people make it out to be, and how do you think I would match up in state level comps in the US?

Season just ended, this was my 2 mile pr, 8th grader

I run xc in california , and compared to other states why is CA so competitive?

Milesplit sucks so I can see all of them in a row but I Rmb my prs thankfully.

26:34 23:05 22:33 21:09

I just felt like posting them as this is my first year ever doing long distance running.

Just wanted to share. Idk.

2024 times

20:30 19:51 19:50 19:30 19:12 19:08 19:01 18:10

This includes medalling at three huge meets. I'm really happy with this year and I still have districts and states

Onto track 👀

This summer, I trained with one goal in mind: To run a 6:00/mile pace 5K or a time of 18:38. I did it in my XC sectional meet yesterday!

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Had districts today and now the seasons finally over and I wanted to share my experience a little as a freshman in my first year of XC.

First 5k I ran a 19:00 and felt pretty good about where the season was going.

Then I went 3 races without a PR which didn’t feel great.

Finally I ended up PRing and getting 18:49 and felt optimistic.

Next race I ran really bad cause I had a bad leg cramp but I didn’t mind since I could still do good at our league meet.

I ran a terrible race at league but still managed to qualify for districts with one other teammate.

At districts I felt like a could get 18:20 but ended up getting 19:11 due to bad pacing.

Basically, I didn’t get many PRs but ended up with a 18:49. I need to work on pacing and motivation while I run.

Out of 193 runners and pretty decent for my 3rd year since I was sick for a decent while during season

Ran a 17:36 to secure a second place finish in state! Girl in first ran a 17:15 so a pretty big gap. Such a great season for me and the girls and I’m looking forward to track and next year for my senior szn!

He is in 8th grade. Small school so he ran for varsity. Crazy proud of him. Never got down about any race.Positive attitude. Just kept practicing. Teamwise he came in 2nd in every race to a Senior(coaches son, who is a really good athlete).

My twin girls are 16 1/2 years old and both do well at XC. However, their eating/nutrition habits are terrible, 1 worse than the other. Extremely picky eater who usually only eats 1 meal a day and only pizza or spaghetti. I make her eat a PB&J if she doesn’t like what’s for dinner. She absolutely will not eat if she doesn’t like the food. I am concerned she isn’t getting the proper vitamins and minerals to be successful. She is also very weak so I want to introduce strength training this off-season. What are recommendations for vitamins or supplements that may help them fill the void they’re not getting from diet?