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#TheJourneytoCompete, Cross Country: Cross-Country Training Tips from the members of the SWOOSH Track Club (Flagstaff)!

#TheJourneytoCompete, Cross Country: Cross-Country Training Tips from the members of the SWOOSH Track Club (Flagstaff)!

#TheJourneytoCompete, Interview #9, Elise Stearns, SWOOSH Track Club, On Being a Smarter Cross-Country runner, 

Elise Stearns, SWOOSH TC, seventh place at 2025 USATF Cross-Country 10k Champs, and fifth at 2025 USATF Champs, 5000 meters, link here:

Elise Stearns, SWOOSH TC, November 22, 2025, photo by Larry Eder @runblogrun

#TheJourneytoCompete, Interview #8, Parker Wolfe, SWOOSH TC, Keys to Success in High School Cross-Country

Parker Wolfe, winner of USATF Men’s 10k cross-country, speaks about the key to success for high school runners in cross country,

#TheJourneytoCompete, Cross Country: Cross-Country Training Tips from the members of the SWOOSH Track Club (Flagstaff)!
Parker Wolfe wins US 10,000m XC title, photo by @usatf

 

#TheJourneytoCompete, Interview #7, Erin Strand, SWOOSH TC, Speaks to high school cross-country runners on success

Ethan Strand, winner of the USATF 2k cross-country, speaks to high school runners on cross-country success:

Ethan Strand takes USA 2,000m XC title, December 6, 2025, photo by @USATF

#TheJourneytoCompete, Interview #6: Woody Kincaid, SWOOSH TC, How to be a better high school XC runner! 

Woody Kincaid, Swoosh Track Club, 5,000 meter-10,000 meter, explains how to be better at cross-country and our sport!

Woody Kincaid,
Sound Running The TEN
JSerra High School, San Juan Capistrano, CA
March 4, 2023, by Kevin Morris

 

#TheJourneytoCompete, Interview #5: Liam Murphy, SWOOSH TC,Tips from Cross-Country! 

Liam Murphy, Swoosh Track Club, from miler to loving cross-country: Liam provides cross-country tips,

Liam Murphy, Swooth TC, November 22, 2025, photo by Larry Eder

#TheJourneytoCompete, Interview #4: Drew Bosley, SWOOSH TC,  Explains it all, well on cross-country, that is! 

Drew Bosley, Swoosh Track Club, explains it all, racing indoors, racing cross-country, Drew Bosley, former NAU star, talks cross-country!

Drew Bosley, SWOOSH Track Club, November 22, 2025, photo by Larry Eder

#TheJourneytoCompete, Interview #3: Moh Ahmed Talks Cross-Country! 

Moh Ahmed, Olympic silver medalist, World Champs bronze medalist, Canadian Cross-Country champion, provides tips on how to race cross-country better! https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/11/the-journey-to-compete-cross-country-mo-ahmed.html?swcfpc=1

Mo Ahmed, M 5000m,
The Prefontaine Classic
Wanda Diamond League track & field meet
Eugene, Oregon, USA, photo by Kevin Morris

#TheJourneytoCompete, Interview #2: The Stars Align for Maggi Congdon, Swoosh Track Club !

Maggi Congdon just graduated from Northern Arizona University, taking two bronze medals in the mile (indoors) and 1,500 meters (outdoors) in the NCAA. On July 12, 2025, Maggi broke two minutes for the first time, and in August, made the US team at 800 meters for the Tokyo World Champs! Check out Maggi’s story and read her tip for high school cross-country runners! Link here: https://www.runblogrun.com/2025/11/thejourneytocompete-interview-2-the-stars-align-for-maggi-congdon.html?swcfpc=1

Maggi Congdon, photo courtesy of Maggi Congdon/Steamboat Springs pilot & today

#TheJourneytoCompete, Cross-Country, Abdi Nur, A Tip for Cross-Country Success!

#TheJourneytoCompete, Cross-Country, Interview #1: Abdi Nur, SWOOSH TC, A Tip for Cross-Country Success!

 

  • Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America’s first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: “I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself.” Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

    Theme song: Greg Allman, ” I’m no Angel.”

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