Alan Versaw has been the head boys and girls cross country coach at The Classical Academy in Colorado Springs since 2000. In that time he has led the boys and girls cross country teams to 15 state titles. In 2016, he was named the Colorado...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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In 2016, your child can play about any sport year round. Your youngster can literally play more basketball games in a year than Steph Curry and more soccer games than Lionel Messi. Running is no different, you can run indoor track in the...
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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...
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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...
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