Say you got a typical "base" week with...
1) A Long Run
2) A bit of volume (8k) of intervals/fartlek done at 8k-10k effort
3) A speed/strenght session, either on the flat or hills
4) And then a bit of "high end" aerobic (either some short AT or a Progression Run finishing not too hard)
And the rest are either recovery or general aerobic runs.
And say that while you dont want to particularly taper before your XC race (5m), you want to be sure not have the same type of adaptation twice. So what of these sessions i am better off taking out, if at all, considering that the effort on a XC is likely to be both high end aerobic and strenght (the courses are at best generally "undulating" round here, and hilly at worse, plus they could get muddy pretty soon). And also that i am not sure i want to do on a Long run right after a XC.
So how does your schedule look like in a week where you have a XC say on Saturday?