The camp offers a comprehensive 8-week training plan with coached running instruction, prominent guest speakers, and clinics from physical therapists, all designed to build a strong aerobic engine and strength for the fall cross country season.
The Synergy Distance Project Summer Camp is an 8-week training program designed for student-athletes in grades 7-12 who are looking to enhance their fitness for the fall athletics season, particularly cross country. The camp focuses on four key physical training components: strength, endurance, speed, and mobility. Daily sessions incorporate a variety of activities such as hill repeats, track intervals, long runs, fartlek, short maximum velocity sprints, drill work, agility, core exercises, and time trials. The program also includes running gait analysis and physical therapy clinics, as well as prominent guest speakers who are coaches and elite athletes. Campers will also engage in active recovery days with fun games like team scavenger hunts, soccer, and capture the flag. The ultimate goal is to build healthy, physically fit, confident, and positive individuals, stressing healthy living through nutrition and positive life choices, and fostering teamwork, character, and hard work.
Each morning begins with active isolated rope stretching, activation exercises, and a dynamic warm-up, followed by varied training sessions that can include hill repeats, track intervals, long runs, or speed drills. The duration of practice typically lasts 2-2.5 hours.
This camp is ideal for any student-athlete in grades 7-12 aiming to improve their fitness, strength, endurance, speed, and mobility for the upcoming fall athletics season, especially cross country.
Lakefront Track (Cricket Hill) at Wilson Ave and Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL
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