Will Jackson (WHS Class of 2025), NCAC Men's Cross Country Athlete of the Week
This week the first of three dual meets will be held, with Wayland hosting the Boston Latin School on Wednesday. The long run will be done on Monday and the other major workout of the week will be either Friday (for those who can't make it to the practice Saturday morning) or Saturday (for those who can). The Saturday practice will meet at the Lincoln Station parking lot.
Mon 9/14 - Practice 3:30. Warmup including BURPEES followed by progressive long run, broken down as follows:
Level 1: 36 minutes (12 minutes easy - 9 minutes fresh - 9 minutes good - 6 minutes easy)
Level 2: 48 minutes (16 minutes easy - 12 minutes fresh - 12 minutes good - 8 minutes easy)
Level 3: 60 minutes (20 minutes easy - 15 minutes fresh - 15 minutes good - 10 minutes easy)
Level 4: 72 minutes (24 minutes easy - 18 minutes fresh - 18 minutes good - 12 minutes easy)
The route for today's run will be along the Weston Aqueduct heading west towards Framingham to start. For some the run will be an out and back along the aqueduct while others will make a loop and return via the Hultman Aqueduct and Carol Getchell Trail.
Tue 9/15 - Practice at 3:30. Warmup including CURTSIES followed by a short length run at an easy to moderate effort level. Upon your return to the school we'll be doing high stepping run throughs (high knees) and bounding over cones on the softball field and a few runouts next to the softball field incorporating turns.
Level 1: 22-26 minutes
Level 2: 26-30 minutes
Level 3: 32-36 minutes
Level 4: 42-46 minutes
Wed 9/16 - Dual Meet #1 vs. Boston Latin. More information on this meet will be forthcoming in a subsequent post. Today is a medium length day in terms of how much running you should be doing overall:
Level 1: 28-32 minutes
Level 2: 36-40 minutes
Level 3: 43-47 minutes
Level 4: 52-56 minutes
Depending on what level you're training at, this may mean either a very short or rather long cooldown jog after your race.
Thu 9/17 - Practice at 3:30. Warmup including BURPEES, followed by a short length run at an easy to moderate intensity. In addition we'll be doing hill drills on the Hultman Aqueduct between Cedar Crest and Pine Ridge road.
Level 1: 22-26 minutes
Level 2: 26-30 minutes
Level 3: 32-36 minutes
Level 4: 42-46 minutes
Fri 9/18 - Practice at 3:30. Warmup including CURTSIES followed by timed progression repeats of 3 minutes in length, followed by a separate set of 200 meter repeats with a 200 meter jog recovery. Each 3 minute repeat should follow this pattern: first minute 70% effort, next minute 80% effort, last minute 90% effort. The recovery after each repeat is 2.5 minutes of very easy jogging/fast walking. After finishing the last 3 minute repeat, take about 5 minutes break for water and then a series of 200 meter repeats at race pace effort. Number of reps as follows:
Level 1: 3x3 minutes, 3x200 (warmup and cooldown of 5-6 minutes apiece)
Level 2: 4x3 minutes, 4x200 (warmup and cooldown of 5-6 minutes apiece)
Level 3: 5x3 minutes, 5x200 (warmup and cooldown of 6-8 minutes apiece)
Level 4: 6x3 minutes, 5x200 (warmup and cooldown of 8-10 minutes apiece)
OR
Warmup followed by a short
run at an easy to moderate pace for those doing the workout at Lincoln Station tomorrow.
Level 1: 22-26 minutes
Level 2: 26-30 minutes
Level 3: 32-36 minutes
Level 4: 42-46 minutes
Sat 9/19 - Optional practice 9:00 AM at Lincoln Station- Timed progression repeats of 3 minutes in length, followed by a separate set of 200 meter repeats with a 200 meter jog recovery. Each 3 minute repeat should follow this pattern: first minute 70% effort, next minute 80% effort, last minute 90% effort. The recovery after each repeat is 2.5 minutes of very easy jogging/fast walking. After finishing the last 3 minute repeat, take about 5 minutes break for water and then a series of 200 meter repeats at an intense (faster than race pace) effort. Number of reps as follows:
Level 1: 3x3 minutes, 3x200 (warmup and cooldown of 5-6 minutes apiece)
Level 2: 4x3 minutes, 4x200 (warmup and cooldown of 5-6 minutes apiece)
Level 3: 5x3 minutes, 5x200 (warmup and cooldown of 6-8 minutes apiece)
Level 4: 6x3 minutes, 5x200 (warmup and cooldown of 8-10 minutes apiece)
OR
Warmup followed by a short
run at an easy to moderate pace for those who did the timed repeat workout yesterday.
Level 1: 22-26 minutes
Level 2: 26-30 minutes
Level 3: 32-36 minutes
Level 4: 42-46 minutes
Sun 9/20 - Off.


