When I woke up last Monday morning, I had never heard of Kelsey Bruce or Matt Crowe. Five days later, I was cheering them on at the World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus, Denmark.

It's also the toughest course that Shalane Flanagan or Tim Hutchings has seen as well.

The last time both the US mean and women's team medalled at World XC was 1985 when not a single woman from Africa even competed in the meet. This year, does Team USA have a shot at doing it? We break it down for you.

The world's best steeplechaser and 5,000 meter runners will clash at World XC and our money is on 5ker Hellen Obiri who is making her world xc debut.

This week, we're doing something that the athletics federations of Belgium, Finland, and the Netherlands couldn't manage. We're sending an athlete to the World Cross Country Championships. Meet Kelsey Bruce, the former DII runner has chopped her marathon PR from 2:48 to 2:31 in less than three years, and is pumped to race the world's best. *MB: Meet Kelsey Bruce: We're sending the former DII runner, who has improved from 2:48 to 2:31 in the marathon, to 2019 World XC

What a race. If you call yourself a distance fan, you need to be up at 9 am ET on Saturday morning to watch this one - the greatest race on turf. Will Geoffrey Kamworor join John Ngugi, Paul Tergat, and Kenenisa Bekele as a world xc legend?

Organizers are planning one hell of a party for next week's World XC Champs. The course features mud, water, and and pits, a beer tent, a portion that runs over the roof of a museum, and a Viking Zone. And it's all inspired by Chuck Norris.