Heartland Distance Summit

Home of the @GarminClipboard June 27-28, 2025.

[Greg Coplen @gregcoplen]

What a gift. Thank you @SummitDistance for the honor. Incredible lineup of speakers to share alongside and an awesome freaking group of coaches to hang with for two days.

[Heartland Distance Summit @SummitDistance]

That’s a wrap on the 7th Garmin Clipboard Heartland Distance Summit!! Thank you to our incredible speakers, generous sponsors and awesome guests!!

[Heartland Distance Summit @SummitDistance]

Tomorrow is the start of another great clinic! Safe travels to everyone traveling to KC!

If you’re staying at the clinic hotel or nearby, we’ll be hanging out at the lobby bar & grill this evening for dinner and happy hour. There are some great places nearby too.

[Heartland Distance Summit @SummitDistance]

For everyone attending the summit this weekend, we will send out an email tomorrow with last minute details. The schedule is on our website. Doors open Friday at 12:30 and the introduction is at 2:00 PM. GET EXCITED!!! We’re expecting around 100 coaches from across the country!

[RunnerSpace @runnerspace]

Tostenson Anchors Oregon Distance Project In 4:01 To Get Past Herriman, American Fork In 4xMile At #NBationals Outdoor

@dyestat 📰 https://t.co/Mz8Q63trmO

[Heartland Distance Summit @SummitDistance]

One week from tomorrow, you can learn from their coach, Justin Loftus, here in KC! Registration still open and walk ups are welcome. Link in bio.

[DyeStat @DyeStat]

Running Into The Record Books Side By Side, Crater's Josiah Tostenson And Tayvon Kitchen Near The Finish Line

@doug_binder 📰 https://t.co/tH6InLArxq

[Missouri Track Fanatic & Running Junkie @MOTrackFanatic]

Cross Country & Distance Coaches, the Heartland Distance Summit @SummitDistance is a great annual clinic in Kansas City & this year's lineup is phenomenal!
Check it out & make plans tp be there in 2 weeks!!

[Heartland Distance Summit @SummitDistance]

@festusgirlsxc The time schedule is posted on the website and we'll be adding topics very soon.

[Heartland Distance Summit @SummitDistance]

We are just about two weeks away from another incredible experience for coaches of all levels! Join us in learning from some of the brightest minds in our sport with unparalleled hospitality and pricing!
https://t.co/5SkA9rqfeZ

[Heartland Distance Summit @SummitDistance]

We are very excited to announce John O'Malley of Sandburg High in Illinois as our fourth speaker for the Garmin Clipboard Heartland Distance Summit this summer! The accomplishment's of Sandburg runners are 2nd to none with 15+ sub 7:50 4x800 groups and TWO Footlocker XC Champs!

[Heartland Distance Summit @SummitDistance]

https://t.co/Ucyre4wG7A

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

Drop the Ego. Find People Who Know More.

The best coaches seek out wisdom from others.

Fiercely guarding your "secrets" backfires. Coaching comes from conversation. The more smart thinkers you're talking to, the clearer your thinking will be.

[Jay Johnson @coachjayjohnson]

I'm excited to speak this summer in Kansas City @SummitDistance It's a great line-up. Hope to see you there!

[Coach Kedge @AdamKedge]

If you've never been, the Heartland Distance Summit is the best, b-e-s-t, best way to prep for your upcoming xc season. Always great sessions, & amazing professional connections to be made!
#GottaGo

[Greg Coplen @gregcoplen]

So freaking pumped to be part of the Heartland Distance Summit this summer. So many friends and coaching mentors to learn from and eat some KC BBQ with. It's a huge honor to be asked to present here. Can't wait.

[Heartland Distance Summit @SummitDistance]

Speakers are announced and registration is open for the 2025 Garmin Clipboard Heartland Distance Summit June 27-28!!
FEATURING:
Jay Johnson - Coach, Author, Host @BldrRunClinics
Dr. Morgan Smith, PhD CSCS - Stanford
Greg Coplen - Chaparral High
https://t.co/EULaruOgvl

[Steve Magness @stevemagness]

Distance running performances are insane!

What’s the biggest change in training recently? Blended workouts instead of straight repeats.

You used to see more 8x1k or 5x 1 mile. Focused on one stimulus or zone at a time. No or limited mixing.

Now you see more blended: Where we are mixing the stimulus/zone.

Consider Yared Nuguse's workout before his world record mile:

2k threshold- 6:00
2k- hard: 4:59
5x1k at 3:00-3:05 (threshold)
4x 200s in 26-27

He's bouncing back and forth between threshold work and very specific/speed endurance.

You see way more of these types of workouts now than during the 2000-2010s.

Back then, largely influenced by the Daniels/Vigil model, workouts were aimed at one purpose. Want to improve threshold? Go do 5 mile tempo. Vo2max? 6x800 at 3k pace.

But in the 2010s, something changed. Renato Canova became popular and introduced more blended , alternations, and mixed workouts.

You 'played' up and down the intensity ladder.
Workouts like:
-5 sets of (1200 @ 5k, 500 @ mile pace)
-4x1k threshold, 8x400 @ mile, 4x1k @ threshold

And so on become more accepted.

We realized that we don't need to target one specific energy system, zone, or whatever. And that 'mixing' signals doesn't take away from the workout.

This isn't new. Igloi was doing this in the 1940s. Even Bowerman and crew did a lot of mixed/blended work back in the day.

But with the rise of physiological markers and zones we became convinced that we need to target one specific zone at a time.

Modern training has recognized that's not true.

Now, we still do straight repeats and workouts where we target one system. Those aren't going away!

But what we realized is that we don't have to be stuck doing that. We can be more creative. We can target (and thus maintain) different adaptations in the same workout.

[Coaching Distance @CoachDistance]

Coach Justin Wrigley @CoachWrigley knocked it out of the park with his presentation: Adjusting to the Rapidly Improving World of High School Distance Running 🔥

📽️The recording is posted in the archive for D-Crew Members. This one is a must-watch!
https://t.co/U7lTlZdDPm

[Justin Wrigley @CoachWrigley]

Huge thank you to @CoachJCoy for the opportunity today to speak about coaching on the @CoachDistance platform! I had a great time discussing the rapidly changing landscape of US high school distance running! Thanks to everyone that tuned in! Please support his incredible platform

[Jay Johnson @coachjayjohnson]

This is an amazing group of coaches and the @BldrRunClinics is lucky to have them attend.

Justin and Chris put on the @SummitDistance in June in Kansas City. That’s the place to be this summer for an exceptional educational experience.

[Heartland Distance Summit @SummitDistance]

Our 2025 dates are set, June 27-28. Same location. Same great experience! Save the dates! We are locking down speakers now and hope to have some announcements in the near future!