4:09 Miler & Colorado Commit Jack Graffeo Shares His Quest For Glory & Chase For A National Title

THE RUNNING EFFECT PODCAST

Dominic Schlueter

Running, Sports

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Jack Graffeo joins the podcast leading into his quest for glory in December.

Jack has run 4:09.8 (Mile), 8:52.67 (2-Mile), and 14:41.50 in the 5k.

He's a Footlocker All-American, NBON Runner-up in the 2-Mile, and was a part of the NBON 5th place team in the DMR.

Jack comes into the 2024 XC season looking to capture his first national title.

In today's conversation, Jack takes me through his journey in sport, his experience at FLCXC23', his ambitions for 2024 and what a win would mean to him, how he's coming back from a small setback, what his training looks like, and much more!

Through listening to this conversation, you'll have a firsthand look at the training and mindset of one of the top high school boys in the country and gain wisdom from his insights regarding his career and success.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Call Room Road to Balboa presented by Hoka.
0:06.1	A quick note for you high schoolers out there listening, give me 60 seconds of your time.
0:11.1	Over the years growing up, the Foot Locker National Cross Country Championships were always on my calendar to watch.
0:16.9	And the road to the national meets starts with the four regional meets of the West, Midwest, northeast, and south regions. The experience that comes with trying to qualify for the most
0:24.6	prestigious national championship in high school cross country is like none other. Whether you're
0:29.9	trying to compete to make the national meet or not, the foot locker regional meets have many
0:33.4	divisions, including the freshman sophomore division and open division so that you can race
0:37.8	with other high schoolers of your abilities to close out the season come late November.
0:42.4	Come and race with Hoka at your regional meet.
0:44.8	You will not regret it.
0:45.9	One of my biggest regrets in high school was actually not running my regional meet, which
0:49.9	was the Midwest region.
0:51.6	Foot Locker has so much history and aura behind it.
0:55.5	It is the 45th year this year.
0:57.9	And yeah, I just really regret not racing other kids
1:01.2	from my state of Ohio as well as the other states
1:04.5	around the Midwest.
1:05.4	And as I said, there are four regions.
1:07.2	So if you're in America listening to this,
1:08.7	there's a region close by to you that you can run in if you're in high school and close out your high school cross country season in the most memorable way or give yourself the chance to qualify for that national meet in San Diego on December 14th.
1:21.5	You guys can find more info at footlockercc.com or in the show notes.
1:25.9	Again, you will not regret running your regional meat the experience
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