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Coaches Toolbox
Coaches, Here’s a collection of training tools I’ve successfully used with my high school distance runners. Each comes with a brief...

What the Flux?
Sean O'Day was dropping knowledge bombs on last night's D-Crew Webinar. O'Day, the Head Cross Country and Track and Field coach of the...

When the Main Thing is the Main Thing, the Results Will Follow
If you didn't get a chance to hop on the live webinar with Sioux Falls Christian Coach Luke Vander Leest , it's now posted in "The Lab". ...


Maximizing Cross Country Championship Racing
Stick to What Works As the cross country season begins to wind down, many coaches find themselves itching to tweak training in hopes of...

The Doug Soles Clinic
When someone wins state titles at two different schools, they probably have a good ideas of how to coach Cross Country. Well, Doug Soles...

2024 Cross Country Team Training Log: Digital and Print Versions.
2024 Cross Country Team Training Log.

Wottle & Lyles: The Comeback Kids
Noah Lyles pulled a "Dave Wottle" to win the Olympic 100m Gold Medal. This is a mash-up of their races.

Team Training Logs
2024 Cross Country Team Training Log.

2024 In-Season Cross Country Training Plan
It's a 53-page beauty and it's here. And as always, FREE for D-Crew Members. The Coaching Distance 12- Week In-Season Cross Country...

The Secrets Behind Two NXN-Qualifying Programs
Cross Country coaches are simply the best. Last night we had coaches from two of the most elite distance running schools in the country...


2024 Updated Training Intensity & Race Pace Charts
Updated 2024 Coaching Distance Training Intensity and Race Pace Charts were designed for distance coaches looking to provide specialized tra

Inside NXN: What it Takes to Build Elite-Level Teams
Coaches of two NXN-qualifying teams share how they develop culture and train their squads.

Soldiers and Dreamers
Jarvis Jelen, the Director of Cross Country and Track and Field at the University of Jamestown presented on building culture and...


12 Week Off-Season Cross Country 5k Training Plan for High School Runners
I love researching training, tinkering with training and writing training plans. The 2024 Off-Season Cross Country Training Plan is the...


Stuck in a Rut? Use a Cut-Down Approach to Your Next Workout
Rather than increasing the pace of the entire workout, I plan to incrementally speed up each repetition until we hit the next training inten

Sean McCafferty: Building Aerobic Monsters- Threshold Training for High School Runners
if you want to see how one of the best coaches in the country uses threshold training, then this is for you. I loved Coach McCafferty's...

What Zach Panning and Dakotah Lindwurm Taught us About Potential
What Zach Panning and Dakotah Lindwurm Taught us About Potential

5 takeaways from coaching high school distance runners in 2023
Year-End Reflection 2023 was a memorable year for my high school team. We had an out-of-this-world talent (Simeon Birnbaum), kids...

Lydiard Training for High School and College Distance Runners
December's D-Crew Clinic was a knockout. Nobby Hashizume, who lived and learned from Lydiard provided 90 minutes of stories and...

A Training Tool for Distance Runners: Diagonals
Diagonals. One of the workouts in the 2024 Off-Season 800-3200m Training Plan includes a training item called, "diagonals". I'll...

12-Week Off-Season High School Track and Field 800m, 1600m & 3200m Training Plan
The Spring 2024 Track & Field In-Season 800m-3200m Training Plan is now available and, as with all training plans, is FREE for D-Crew...

The Lab + 1 month of D-Crew Free
There's a brand-new feature for D-Crew Members that is designed to help coaches connect, share and learn. It's called "The Lab". ...

Speed for Distance Runners
Boo Schexnayder: Speed for Distance Runners

New Training Intensity + Race Pace Chart
50% off for everyone; always FREE for D-Crew Members using the 100% off shop code
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