By Matt Browning
The Buhler cross country program is one of the best in the state and senior runner Henry Trumpp is hoping to continue the legacy this season.
“The thing I was most excited about this season would have to be the opportunity to take home another state trophy for Buhler,” Trumpp said. “Being a part of such a great team and great legacy of Buhler cross country teams has really been an honor and is the reason I love the sport of cross country as much as I do.”
Trumpp grinded all summer long so that his body was in pristine condition.
“This summer to prepare for the season I ran up to 40 miles a week with two faster workouts a week that would typically be either a tempo or threshold based effort,” Trumpp said. “And then a 10-mile long run to end the week.”
Much of those workouts were geared towards the latter portion of races, which was an area Trumpp wanted to improve on this year.
“Typically during my race I would positive split each mile, which means I would slow down each mile and that is not the most efficient way to run a 5k,” Trumpp said. “So to combat this I did a lot more strength based runs this summer like tempo runs and long runs so I would have the strength to run a more even race.”
