Hills Workouts where a runner runs up a hill fast and jogs down then runs up again. Negative Split Running the second half of a race faster than the first half. This is generally considered to be a good thing and most PRs involve negative splits. Taper Reducing your mileage several days to three weeks before an important race to ensure peak performance on race day.
Cool-down Slow, easy running done after a workout or race to help you recover more quickly. No good racer fails to do a cool-down after a race. Wins At an invitational or tri meet, this is the number of teams that your team beats when excluding all other teams from the scoring e. In a meet with X teams, the most number of wins available to a team is X A small Top 5 spread is taken to be a sign of team strength and cohesion.
Pack up When a group of runners often from the same team run together for a portion of the race. Starting Box At invitational meets teams are usually assigned to a specified portion of the start line given by a box number.
Finish Chute The area immediately following the finish line. Depending upon the method of timing, the chute may be narrow and be cordoned off by flagging. Some of the material above came from the following websites:. Skip to Main Content. District Home. Select a School Select a School. Sign In. Search Our Site. Cross Country, Girls. For example, Mt. Sac is always 2. This is the most challenging course of the season, so most runners are thankful to not have to run an extra. Runner -- Someone who runs faster than a jog.
We do not jog. Harrier -- The original name for a cross country runner. We use it to describe true cross country folk. Invitational -- A large race hosted by one or more schools. They provide better competition and larger fields of competitors.
PB -- Personal Best time. Used more commonly in Europe. Anaerobic -- Short, intense running that does not rely on the body's ability to process oxygen. VO2 Max -- Short work bouts lasting from minutes. Usually part of an interval workout. Your team gets the points for the actual place that you earn when crossing the finsh line.
If a school enters less than 5 runners or starts a team and does not finish with 5 runners, their places are displaced.
Meaning if a team ahead of our first runner in the case 11th was 10th, that 10 points would be awarded to us and the ENTIRE field of runners bump up into new scoring positions. Nominated by my own athletes and forever very proud of it! Picture a towel-sized increment of grass. Ah, but in cross country they do! But in an open race, the entire team must squeeze into the confines of those painted-barriers in the ground. Usually, the top-three runners stand at the front and the rest of the team stacks behind them in a gangly, nervous bunch.
I can only hope that your first race will be on the smaller side. Similar to a road race, there will be a mad dash from the starting line.
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