Coach McChesney’s running tip

Coach McChesney’s running tip:

Vary things. If you are a recreational runner, you can keep things fresh by running different runs at slightly different speeds. If you are a competitive racer, variation is a keystone to success. I learned this while running for the maybe the greatest high school program in history, at South Eugene, and also while running at the University of Oregon.
If you keep repeating the same things in training you will get good at a few things while your competition mixes it up to be able to adjust to anything. Real racing has so many variables and you should ready for anything. Doing the same training over and over again can also make you stale and lessen the enjoyment of the sport.
Our workouts have more than one focus in any given workout. To be ready for anything in a race means that we run our kids through a very wide range of distances and paces in any given workout. We will also switch gears within any given single interval and prepare for a wide range of possibilities.