Tag: track and field

• From Shutdown to Showdown: Did COVID Spark a U.S. Men’s Distance Running Renaissance?

  

  On the eve of the World Championships, the story of American men’s distance running feels like one of the most remarkable turnarounds in global sport. Just a few years ago, the idea of U.S. athletes consistently battling the East Africans on equal footing seemed ambitious at best. Yet by 2024 and into 2025, names like…

  Joe Carei

  September 10, 2025

  5K, Fitness, High School, running, Running Potential, Training

  Brad Hudson, Coach, Cole Hocker, Covid 19, Covid Athletics, Grant fisher, Nico Young, running, track and field, United States Track and Field., USATF, World Championshiips Tokyo

• Rest, Recharge, and Refocus: Handing off Track Season to Cross Country Summer Training

  

  By Coach Joe Carei (a guy who still carb-loads for 5Ks like they’re marathons) Now that States(for most track athletes) is over and the final baton has been passed,  the last spike has been unlaced, and the echoes of the starter’s pistol fade into memory, high school track athletes find themselves in a strange land…

  Joe Carei

  May 26, 2025

  5K, High School, Hot weather running, Injury, Marathon, Performance, Performance, Recovery, running, Running Economy, Running Potential, Sport Psychology, summer running, Youth Exercise, Youth Running, Youth Sports

  Coach, cross country, cross training, Fitness, goals, health, Marathon, motivation, planning, Recovery, run coach, running, summer running, track and field, Training