Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.

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Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.

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Let's look back at some memorable moments and interesting insights from last year.

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I have recently started running for a xc team and I found my name as an athlete but can not access my own info/stats. Will someone lend a hand please??

With the end of the cross country season in sight for many of us, I'd like to invite you, on behalf of the mod team, to the unofficial High School XC/TF Discord server! We're a community of 350+ runners with varying levels of experience who discuss our workouts, how our races went, share tips, and anything else our members have on their minds. New to running or thinking of joining the team? Feel free to join and ask any questions you have! Experienced veteran looking for a community that shares your interest in the sport? We've got it!

Use this link to join: https://discord.gg/5ye2S2g

I've personally been a member of this server for about 2.5 years and it's a great community. There's loads of positivity and support from the members, and I've loved watching it grow over the past couple of years. Once you join, head over to the #roles channel and use the reactions to get yourself a role!

Ok, so I decided to do XC this year, without any summer running or anything, and today I got a pr for 5k - 23:48. I’m about 5’5”ish. Is that good for first year?

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I have a 2 mile race ( im in hs so im used to 5ks ) tommorow , first of the season , ny goal is 11 flat , honestly i think physically im there , but mentally idk , ik mental is a really big part of cross country, and pushing thru the pain , but for any1 who has it down, how did you conquer getting good mental game and strength

Quick disclaimer; the OP was on the other cross country thread, and it's still there, but I think this could be a better place to discuss this.

So last year December, I had this idea of starting a cross country club at my school. I worked on it for months (6) and by the time school came to an end, my coach said that HE was going to be starting the team. I didn't mind at first, but then on August 8 he said there will be tryouts and the requirement would be to run 2 mil in less than 20 minutes. And the tryouts are going to be on August 16. Now I asked him about the tryouts a few weeks ago on an email and he did not tell me the requirements. At this point, I can't even run a mile, and I injured my foot because I forced myself too hard. Now I can't even compete. Should I talk to the principal about this? Or do you guys have any advice on what I can do? Thank you in advance

Hello guys, Mel here. So last year December, I had this idea of starting a cross country club at my school. I worked on it for months (6) and by the time school came to an end, my coach said that HE was going to be starting the team. I didn't mind at first, but then on August 8 he said there will be tryouts and the requirement would be to run 2 mil in less than 20 minutes. And the tryouts are going to be on August 16. Now I asked him about the tryouts a few weeks ago on an email and he did not tell me the requirements. At this point, I can't even run a mile, and I injured my foot because I forced myself too hard. Now I can't even compete. Should I talk to the principal about this? Or do you guys have any advice on what I can do? Thank you in advance

With the beginning of the season here for many of us, I'd like to invite you on behalf of the mod team to the unofficial /r/hsxc and /r/hstrack Discord server! We're a community of 300+ runners with varying levels of experience joined to discuss our workouts, how our races went, share tips, and anything else our members have on their minds. New to running or thinking of joining the team? Feel free to join and ask any questions you have! Experienced veteran looking for a community that shares your interest in the sport? We've got it!

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Use this link to join: https://discord.gg/5ye2S2g

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I've personally been a member of this server for about 2.5 years and it's a great community. There's loads of positivity and support from the members, and I've loved watching it grow over the past couple of years.

Basically the title, I am a beginner and I want to join the track team in high school and this is the requirement. We will be running/working out for 4 days a week. My current level is 0.80 mil in 13 minutes (walking and running and this is really bad I know). What can I do to achieve this goal? Should I just give up?

Thank You in advance

I'm so sad to say this but after talking with my doctor, I can't run. I never even got a real XC season, just lots of running by myself.

Y'all should remember to enjoy it because it's terrible to lose.

xoxo

Hi! I'm about to go into 9th grade and I wanted to do XC. I haven't been able to in 7th/8th grade bc of some medical junk but I'd REALLY like to. What can I do to prepare? Will it be too much? I really think I could get into it and I'm willing to train pretty hard. I'm sort of slow right now but if I work I know I can get somewhere. I think you all are a great community and I'm so excited to join!

Advice, experience, opinions, questions, everything is welcome!

Thanks!!

Although this cross country season just ended, Im already looking forwards to next season. But, there are multiple questions I have that I can’t answer on my own. For some background, I was a sophomore this year running a PR of 17:27, so not anything exceptional, but I would like to imagine I’m pretty good. The summer coming into the 2018 season I ran pretty much everyday, but looking back on my progress only reached a high of 35 miles a week. I made vast improvements from my freshman season and am looking to break 16 next season...but of course I’m looking to trainer smarter as well. My current plan is to build up to about 80-90 miles a week in the summer (1 tempo run, 1 long run a week) and bring it down to about 70 during the season. But I have some questions about summer and regular season.

How fast should my long runs be? Conversational pace? Will going fast on long runs in the summer be beneficial?

How long should tempo runs be in preparation for 5k?

Regarding speed workouts in regular season, how fast should they be compared to my goal race pace?

How fast should long runs be during the season?

How long should a premeet be?

Some extra insight: a typical week during the season would look like Tempo/interval, distance, interval, distance, premeet, 5k, long run repeat. We do all interval work in our park which is quite hilly.

TLDR: Trying to do lots of work in winter offseason for good outdoor season. Wondering how long I should do easy runs till I start track work, and if doing track work over the winter will mess me over for outdoor season.

So I just finished up my cross country season, pretty happy with it, and I'm currently in my 2 weeks off of running before offseason training. I have an idea of what I want my winter season to look like, but I also want verification and/or correction.

My district doesn't have indoor track, and for outdoor my goals are a 4:25 mile and a 9:35 2 mile. I'm 16, male, about 5'8" and about 124 lbs rn. My bests from last season are 4:45 and 10:17.

Current plan. I'm starting to lift, planning to do strength multiple days a week (probably 2 upper body days, 1 lower body day, 1 full body HITT type day, and 1 swim day) consistently maybe even throughout outdoor depending on what we do for strength in practice. For running, once I start running again I want to do 2-4 weeks of base mileage, probably working up to 37-40 miles a week if I go for 3 or 4. But after that I want to get into track work, kinda have a winter track season.

My plan for that is 2 or 3 track workouts a week mixed into easier miles, i.e.:

Monday: 400s

Tuesday: Easy miles

Wednesday: VO2 type workout

Thursday: Easy miles

Friday: Other intervals

Saturday: long run

Sunday: rest OR swim day

About 3 weeks out from practices starting I figured I'd take another week off running, then do easy miles for the remaining 2 weeks before the season to rest back into comfort.

Not sure what's good what isn't. Training for mile-2mile. I'm hoping I can still build base while adding in speedier workouts, and I'm also wondering if i'm setting myself up to burn out and have a bad outdoor season.