Published December 4, 2025

Hello!

You might be wondering, “Wait - Jay emails me on Sunday and today is Thursday.”' Yes, that's true!

The reason for this blog today is I've got specific instructions and workouts for how you can keep your kids injury-free when the season starts. Tomorrow, I'll follow up with an in-depth email about 800m training. While it's more emails than usual, these strategies could save your season.

I'll dive deeper into t...

Published December 3, 2025

📌 KEY TAKEAWAYS

• High school running has gotten dramatically faster — standards keep rising
• The difference maker: Modern, sophisticated coaching approaches
• Winter training (December-February) determines spring success
• Athletes need to stay injury-free AND have fun to keep improving
• Specific training plans needed for each event and athlete type
• Coaches who invest in learning will see their athletes break th...

Published November 30, 2025

I’m fired up about what’s happening this week, and I wanted to share it with you.

But first, two things you need to know:

One: Starting Wednesday morning, I’m going to send you a series of emails about the exact training you can implement this winter so your athletes are running faster than they’ve ever run in April and May. We both know that the way they’re going to do that is by staying injury-free all winter long...

Published November 23, 2025

📌 KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Key concept: "Extend the aerobic stimulus" — keep heart rate elevated throughout entire practice
• This principle will transform your winter training and lead to PRs in April/May
• Five aerobic workout types: Long runs, Fartlek, Progression runs, Aerobic repeats, 30-90 fartlek
• Assign long runs by MINUTES rather than miles to help athletes run by feel
• Jeff Boelé's dynamic warm-up works through a...

Published November 16, 2025

Hello!

This is such an interesting time in our sport. While most states have wrapped up their championships, California coaches are heading into their final weeks, and others are deep into NXR preparation.

No matter where you are in your season right now, today’s newsletter is going to be valuable. Whether you’re planning those final championship races or already thinking about track season, understanding race pace ...

Published November 9, 2025

Hello!

I know this is a tricky time of year to send training advice. Some of you still have multiple weeks left until state (California coaches). Some just wrapped up state championships this past weekend, while others are gearing up for states this coming weekend.

With everyone at different points in their season, I wanted to share some insights that'll help you both now and as you look ahead to track. Stick around ...

Published November 2, 2025

Hello!

This is always a tricky time of year for me to write a post.

Some states, like the state I'm in, Colorado, had their state championship yesterday. Other states, like California, still have a long way to go. And state like Nebraska have been done for over a week.

But at some point, no matter what state you're in, you likely have kids who are doing one of two things:

1. They're going to run at a postseason meet...

Published October 26, 2025

Hello!

In the state of Colorado, the state meet will be happening next week. If your state doesn’t have state on November 1st, then it’s coming up soon after that.

Last year, the Niwot boys won the Nike Cross Nationals championship. I’m blessed that Kelly Christensen of Niwot is a close friend, and I’m fortunate that he’s willing to share his training approach in the new edition of Consistency Is Key, which came out ...

Published October 19, 2025

Hello!

I know this is a busy time of year, so today's blog is short and sweet. I’ve got one piece of advice for your athletes and one piece of advice for you.

Here we go...

One Piece of Advice for Your Athletes

I shared the following on Instagram and I think your kids may benefit from it...

Published October 12, 2025 

📌 KEY TAKEAWAYS

• You don’t need five perfect A+ races to have a great team score — solid B+ performances across the board, with one or two A- or A efforts, will get the job done.
• “Raise the floor” by focusing on realistic, solid performances rather than banking on every athlete having a breakthrough on the same day.
• Athletes will have breakout races at the high school level, but don’t plan your strategy around nee...

Published October 5, 2025 

First, registration for the 2026 Boulder Running Clinics is ready!

The clinic is January 16-17, 2025, in Boulder, Colorado. Click ​here​ to learn more and read about the experience your peers have when they make the trip to Boulder.

Okay, on to today’s email…

Considering Sharing This with Your Athletes

You can find a useful article - 10 Keys for a Great Race in October and November - that you can share with your at...

Published September 28, 2025

The long run is a staple workout for cross-country runners during most of the year, providing significant fitness benefits from a weekly or bi-weekly long run.

However, as we head into October, this workout should be scaled back or even eliminated. Here's why.

When to Scale Back on Long Runs

A weekly long run, a long run every 10 days, is a fantastic way for high school runners to build their aerobic engines. And ...