Well freshman year of Hs has come and went and I have a kid who is hard core lacrosse but runs xc in the fall, and is good at it. In fact he is a better runner than lacrosse player, but he loves the game.
He runs a handful of times in the summer, 1-3 at most as he is on a club team. To be honest I'm lucky if he runs even that. But when the season starts he is there every day and works hard. Last year as a frosh he ran 16:32 for our xc state meet in CA at Woodward Park.
Anyways, maybe he'll be won over, maybe not. He plays on Varsity and they are winning so I can only imagine it will be even harder now. But my question is, how do I train this kid? Doing the usual aerobic development and tempos is key in our program but because I only get him 3 months so long term development means nothing. Should we keep him focused on just doing the miles, more on intervals because there is no long term development anyways?
Any thoughts?