Ramblings on Cross Country and Teams
As a young kid, I ran summer track, mixed in with Little League baseball, tennis, basketball, and probably a bunch of other sports that I
Minnesota Distance Elite
August 14, 2026
As a young kid, I ran summer track, mixed in with Little League baseball, tennis, basketball, and probably a bunch of other sports that I
Physiologically a 5k is run very close to one’s VO2max
While the rest of America think of what comes next as Thanksgiving, I think of it as the final training week punctuated by a large meal on Thursday.
So to have a day where the simple things line up after another for twenty-four hours of God-given enjoyment feels pretty amazing.
It’s autumn, cross country season, two days since I hit my book deadline, and now the return of an old friend.
The fall season is unique for our team in that all of our athletes sync up a little bit more consistently in terms of training.
The last couple of weeks, we have had athletes racing at the half marathon and 20k (12.4 mile – very close to a half marathon!)
It’s autumn, cross country season, two days since I hit my book deadline, and now the return of an old friend.
The first year that everybody did every workout, every day.
