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Competition Season Workout Schedule for Distance Runners

June 13, 2022 by

In the video below, Coach Marisa Tuzzi of Dripping Springs High School (TX), a former Cross Country runner for Texas A&M, explains a typical competition season workout schedule for distance runners.

In this video, she breaks down what a week would look like for her team in February.

Here is a brief overview

 

Sunday
Long run of 8-10 miles for the varsity runners.

Monday
6x 200 meters fast
Recovery 5-6 miles

Tuesday
20×400 meters with one-minute rest. Boys 72 sec and Girls 82 sec
Stop if the quality drops. Not all runners will be able to finish

Wednesday
8×100 meters fast
Recovery 6- 7miles

Thursday
3 Broken 600’s: Run 400 meters – Short pause and sprint 200

Friday
Rest – off

Saturday
Race + an additional 5 miles

In the video below she also offers her warm-up and cool-down suggestions

The following clip was taken from Coach Marisa Tuzzi’s full course in which she details multiple workouts, and practice plans for long-distance training. She even reveals some of her own drills and sample weeks you need to know in order to make your athletes faster. If you are a coach who needs help planning practice or need some new drills to throw into the mix, then this is the course for you!

To learn more about that course click the link: Distance Training for Track

The video has audio so please make sure that your speakers are turned on.


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