How to Start a Cross Country Race

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Peter with Expert Village. Today I'm going to talk to you about competitive cross country running. In this section I'm going to talk to you about the pace you should be at in the beginning of your run for competitive cross country running. If you're going to be running 3-5 miles, your first half mile should be a nice steady jog to warm up your heart. The reason why you want to do that is like starting your car when it's cold you need to let the engine warm up. So it's the same thing with you, the body just like a vehicle you're running it, your pushing it hard. Also if you're going to be running 5-7 miles, then you want to keep that warm up speed instead of a 1/2 mile, you want to pick it up to a mile in a nice steady jog, then you can increase therefore after. That way your body gets a nice and your full muscles there is blood going to every part of the muscle from your head going down, then you prevent a lot of injuries from happening."