Brandon McGorty of Chantilly High School in Va. is the top-ranked 800m runner in the nation with his PR of 1:48.58. FloTrack visited his school to check out a cross country workout.
The Workout:
12x400 w/ 60-90 sec rest
1 lap jog after every 4th 400
The Splits:
70/70/68/69
68/66/66/66
65/65/66/62
Presented by: Saucony
12x400 w/ 60-90 sec rest
1 lap jog after every 4th 400
The Splits:
70/70/68/69
68/66/66/66
65/65/66/62
Presented by: Saucony
You may recognize Brandon's name from his infamous Dogwood Classic win over national high school record holder Drew Hunter. Watch that race below:
Brandon is just one in a family of runners: his older brother, Sean, is the top runner for No. 3-ranked Stanford and you can watch his Workout Wednesday video here. Ryan is a sophomore at William & Mary.
In the video below, Chantilly head coach Matt Gilchrist talks about working with all three McGorty brothers: