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Mark Wetmore (born June 29, 1953) is an American cross country and track coach who specializes in middle-distance and long-distance running.He began his collegiate coaching career when he was accepted as a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Colorado in 1992. [1]
Cordera Eason (born September 7, 1987) is an American football running back, athletic trainer and coach. He played college football at Ole Miss from 2006-2009. He was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals in 2010 but his career was cut short due to an injury. In 2015, Eason returned to Ole Miss to finish his Bachelor's in Social Work and serve as a ...
Fartlek is a middle and long-distance runner's training approach developed in the late 1930s by Swedish Olympian Gösta Holmér. [1] It has been described as a relatively unscientific blending of continuous training (e.g., long slow distance training), with its steady pace of moderate-high intensity aerobic intensity, [2] and interval training, with its “spacing of more intense exercise and ...
Fleming was born in Long Branch, New Jersey.He grew up in Bloomfield, New Jersey and began his life-long interest in running as a student at Bloomfield High School. [3]A longtime resident of Bloomfield, [4] he was the coach and founder of the three-time USA National Cross Country Champions Nike Running Room in Bloomfield (1990, 1991, 1992).
Optimal strategies exist and have been studied for the different events of track and field. These optimal strategies differ for runners in sprint events, such as the 100 meters, runners in middle-distance events, such as the 800 meters or the mile run, [3] and runners in long-distance events, such as the 5000m [4] or marathon. [5]
The most common middle-distance track events are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. [38] The 880 yard run , or half mile, was the forebear of the 800 m distance and it has its roots in competitions in the United Kingdom in the 1830s. [ 39 ]
Above the youth or middle school level, every state offers cross country as a high school sport for boys and girls. Over 440,000 high school students compete in cross country each year, making it the sixth-most popular sport for girls, and seventh most popular for boys. [ 45 ]