5K Cross-Country Run has the Potential to Devastate, Predicts Aerobic Capacity Expert Chris Hinshaw
Last week, the CrossFit Games team announced one of this year’s Games events—to be held on Saturday—will feature a 5K cross-country run.
And while running is present at the Games every year, generally in a handful of events, a cross-country run hasn’t been the norm. Further, pure long-distance running events, where running is the only component of the workout, are also less common at the Games.
Worth noting: The last time a purely long-distance run was programmed was in 2020 at the ranch in Aromas, CA during the pandemic when only five men and five women competed in-person.
- Meanwhile, 2019 featured a 6 km run, although athletes had to wear a weighted ruck, which, of course, changed the running game entirely. The only other time in the last 10 years we have seen a purely long-distance running event at the Games was in 2016, a 7-km trail run, again in Aromas, CA. All of the other significant middle to long running events have featured other modalities, as well.
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