Fartlek training is a perfect way to mimic the unpredictable nature of cross-country running and to bring an element of real fun into your running workouts. Fartleks can take any shape or form and are always best done over natural terrain making them perfect simulations for the cross-country running season. I’ve designed and/or stolen many…
Tag Archives: Cross-Country
Middle-distance intervals
I feared for participation in tonight’s workout with so a dire weather forecast and the slight wane of enthusiasm that late Autumn seems to bring. The marathon is completed for many, the IMRA season had its last big hooray at Powerscourt and it is mainly cross-country fanatics that are keeping the running show on the…
Cross-Country Running by Jeff Galloway
(author: Jeff Galloway) I had some hopes for this book having been disappointed with both cross-country books I had bought up to this point. So far only Lydiard’s chapter on cross-country in “Running with Lydiard” has done this great discipline justice in writing. Sadly, Galloway’s glossy high-end production contains little substance and holds far too many…
