Makin’ hay

As we enter our championship season for cross country in the month of November, the tone of our training shifts to sharpening. Workouts and mileage start to get shorter – much like the daylight hours. It is by far our briefest phase of training.

The team is split into two distinct training patterns right now: Those racing NCAA Regionals in Buffalo are starting their descent. After a few quality workouts this week, it’s cruising time till race time. Those racing IC4A/ECAC at Van Cortlandt the week after have a pretty normal week in terms of volume and intensity, before ramping it down to the final finish line of the season.

This week has and will feature some final quality workouts in which the intensity and teamwork is really fun and cool to see. We are still “makin’ hay.” But in general, as the saying goes, “the hay is in the barn;” the major work is done, as we are getting ready to approach our final championships in the next few weeks.