How to hold a peak for 4 weeks XC season HS

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You can't hold a peak for that long at least as far as I know but you could take 2-3 days off after state meet to rest and then build up for nxn

Listen to your coach.

Recover.

That's it.

How can you give advice to someone who has already told you how they are going to train

ukathleticscoach wrote:

How can you give advice to someone who has already told you how they are going to train

My coach doesn't know how to train so I write my own plans, his speed workouts are 5 x 100m and a 400m warm up and cool down...

I'm the fastest kid by 3 minutes compared to our second guy

Sweg wrote:

ukathleticscoach wrote:

How can you give advice to someone who has already told you how they are going to train

My coach doesn't know how to train so I write my own plans, his speed workouts are 5 x 100m and a 400m warm up and cool down...

I'm the fastest kid by 3 minutes compared to our second guy

Also I always tend to think I'm doing something wrong training wise

You cannot hold a true peak for that long. However, you can run at close to peak fitness for that long. Do you need to be at absolute peak fitness for the state qualifier meet? If so, then the NXN qualifier should be viewed as fluff to your season and should not be the focus of your training.

To maintain solid fitness throughout, don't lower your mileage too much except for the 5-8 days leading up to State. Once state is over, take it easy the day after, then kick your mileage back up for a week and do workouts that you would do early-mid season, then the week of your NXN meet, drop the mileage some and do one shorter faster workout no fewer than five days out.

I could write out a theoretical training plan, but I wouldn't want to have you start doing stuff that's much different from what you're already doing. Just remember this: dropping mileage and doing hard speed workouts will kill any distance runner's fitness if mileage and threshold work is not brought back in. Mileage and threshold work is the key to maintaining decent aerobic fitness, and especially in xc, speed really is only the icing on the cake.

Good luck.

Thanks! I always can take critiscm, about my training plan, its probably not any good, if you wanted to see if its any good

Also Probably going to have to be in peak shape for the state qualifier, at least 7 guys in area under 15:30

Agreed about keeping up the mileage - when mileage drops so does fitness

Agip wrote:

Agreed about keeping up the mileage - when mileage drops so does fitness

If fitness drops then what's the point of a taper

my advice is mostly questions but here it goes:which race is most important to you?4 weeks is too long for one peak. i think, like another poster said, you could take a few days off after state and do a hard workout between then and NXN and you'll be fine.your coach should have you peaking around the state meet if you have a chance of performing well there. if you don't have a chance of performing well there or it is a huge accomplishment just to make it, you should probably try to peak around the qualifier. in that case, you don't need to be peaking at state. and above all else, you should be listening to your coach and not tweaking or doing your own workouts. you'll screw it upare you the best/only runner on your team with a chance to get to state? don't count your chickens before they hatch either, little fella. get to the state meet and run well there. anything after that won't be as fun or rewarding in my experience (unless you can compete for the top ten )if you're a good runner, you'll find a way to race well at nxn, but i'd put my eggs in the state meet basket. footlocker and similar races just aren't as fun, especially if you're emotionally drained from the seasonthe best advice i can give you is to stay away from sites like this and not to read meet results. don't question your training, just prepare for the next run. next race. next workout. the less you think about things other that school, friends, sleeping, recovering, eating well, and staying healthy as a runner, the better you'll do. i guarantee this

sweg wrote:

So XC season is underway in NY, i am currently @ 65ish miles a week w/ 1-2 meets a week, and currently starting intervals v02 max, and have been doing tempos/thresholds, state qualifier meet is nov 6, states is nov 14, and nxn is nov 28, how should i schedule my season from oct 15 to nov 28. And how would i maintain a peak this long, new to running so i'm still learning things thanks!

Thanks for the response!

I don't think I'll be "competing" for top 10, just really participating in states if you will.

I am the only one who will go, the 2nd fastest guy on the team runs 20:00, and our coach wants me to do my own workouts, because he says his won't make me faster because there so "basic" ex 5 x 100m sprints, is what he does for "speed" and by nxn I meant Nike cross northeast not nationals, sorry haha

Don't listen to many of the posters on this thread.

The best advice I could give you is to keep INTENSITY up. Mileage can be a bit lower, of course not too dramatically lower, but just make sure you maintaine everything and keep intensity up.

Context is Key wrote:

Don't listen to many of the posters on this thread.

The best advice I could give you is to keep INTENSITY up. Mileage can be a bit lower, of course not too dramatically lower, but just make sure you maintaine everything and keep intensity up.

That was the plan before posting now I'm confused haha

Sweg wrote:

Agip wrote:

Agreed about keeping up the mileage - when mileage drops so does fitness

If fitness drops then what's the point of a taper

a short one week taper doesn't cost you much fitness, and you get more back than you lose by being rested