Last month USTFCCCA announced its high school cross country coaches of the year. Coach Sean O’Day was awarded that distinction for the state of Colorado. Cheyenne Mountain High School has won back to back state titles and in 2021 they finished 2nd at nationals (RunningLane).

In this episode we talked about culture, training environment, and how Sean has come into his own after working as an assistant for 16 years. Sean’s training philosophy is centered around specificity. We talked about the funnel approach to training, the role that blended workouts play in helping to build and maintain all qualities of training throughout a season, and how he’s been influenced by Renato Canova, Mihaily Igloi, and Steve Magness among others.

It was actually Magness’ Running Scholar Program that connected me with Sean:

https://www.scienceofrunning.c...

There was a small glitch at the 16:30 minute mark..apologies for the technical difficulties..it only lasts for a few seconds.

Time Stamps:

[0:00-4:10] Intro
[4:10-41:13] Sean’s running background and personal coaching philosophy
[41:13-1:19:33]Sean’s training philosophy
[1:19:33-End] Rapid Fire Questions

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