AAU National Cross Country Meet
Our autumn cross-country season culminates with the prestigious AAU Cross Country National Championships, held annually on the first Saturday of December. The National Championships relocate each year, offering participants a varied and exciting experience. Recent host cities have included Knoxville, Louisville, Charlotte, Tallahassee, Reno, Madison, Birmingham, and Albuquerque, ensuring a diverse and memorable event for […]
Coaching
The coaching team of the Colorado Coyotes is composed of dedicated individuals with a lifelong passion for running, including former collegiate athletes and experienced parents. We pride ourselves on maintaining excellent fitness levels, allowing us to not only keep pace with the younger athletes but also often match strides with the fastest among them! Our […]
Make Friends
We love the friendships these young runners have made over the years. Most of the children join the team not knowing anyone on Colorado Coyotes and develop positive relationships with other young runners who share their passion for running.
Prepare for High School XC
Our core mission revolves around readying young runners for the challenges of high school cross country. In our program, athletes engage in USATF races structured across two-year intervals: 8 and Under runners cover 2 kilometers, while 9-10 and 11-12-year-olds tackle 3 kilometers, and 13-14-year-olds extend to 4 kilometers. This gradual progression effectively primes them for […]
Practices
The Colorado Coyotes train across two primary seasons. Our Spring/Summer season runs from April through July, followed by a short break in August. We then transition into our Fall Cross-Country season starting in September, which leads up to the AAU Youth National Cross Country Championships on the first Saturday in December. Practices are held Monday through Thursday at various locations throughout the Denver Metro area during both seasons. While […]
The importance of proper pacing
Racing is an opportunity to compete and test yourself against your peers. When running a two mile race, is the goal to find out who the fastest runner is at the 200 meter mark? The obvious answer is no but, it seems that a lot of athletes ignore that fact. Coaches and spectators see the […]
Boys & Girls – Development Years
The time gap between elite male runners and elite women runners, generally hovers around 11% with males out performing females. What’s interesting is that the gap doesn’t take place until about the age of ten when boys start to enter puberty and gain an advantage. Up until the age of ten, boys and girls can […]
Stop Static Stretching
When I time high school cross country races or spectate high school basketball games, I still see kids sitting on the ground static stretching, getting ready for battle and I wince. Static stretching is dead and you won’t find the Colorado Coyotes performing static stretches. It reminds me of Zombieland when talking about limbering up […]
Kids running shoes
One question I frequently get asked is what shoe should I run in, or should my kid run in. If you ask 100 Colorado runners what shoes they should run in, you’re bound to get 100 different answers. First let’s talk about running shoes, what your young cross country runner will wear to practice on a […]
Test Retest – Benchmark Workouts
You Can’t Improve What You Don’t Measure. Something I’ve always loved about running is that it’s not just a battle to determine the winner. Most kids will never win a race, in a race with 100 kids, only one can be the winner. However, often the greatest wins are just knowing that you’re improving and […]