What do elite HS teams do for training over the summer?

u so smart 777 :D

My highschool has had a ton of success with just steady runs until August. The top 7 or so will average about 60 mpw, with the highest guy at about 80. They also do drills after most practices. There aren't any workouts for most of the summer, but most runs are pretty fast.

Once workouts start they'll usually do 5 mile tempos or 5x mile w/60s rest.

The most important part is really just getting a group of guys to come together and run. Don't worry about the specifics during the summer.

The program that suprises me the most is West Plains high School in Missouri. It's a small rural school(about 200 students per grade) away from anything that produces either a national level girls team or guys team year in and year out, despite the number. Coach Dixon has farmed both a national ranked #2 guys and girls team, along with perfect scoring at the state meet competing against all the athletic powerhouses in the state of Missouri.

Looks great. My big question is always how you get your kids to run on Sundays?

If they are doing 400-600 miles and doubling, they can take a day off every week. Some will run Sunday's and some won't.

My high school has produced an elite girls team with a couple sub 5 milers and sub 18 XC runners each year for the better part of the last decade.

Top girls run maybe 40 - 50 MPW over the summer, usually with one ~3 mile medium tempo effort (around 6 minute pace/mile for the 5 minute milers), one longer track workout (16x400 at 90s with 100m jog recovery, 8, 12, and 16 repeats off 2 minute recovery, etc), and a long run of 8 - 10 miles each week.

Long hills, threshold sessions, and a long run once per week. Relaxed mileage all other days.