Article: Show up early to the race and try to do a lap around the course. That way, you’ll be familiar with all of the turns, hills, and terrain and can better prepare. Familiarizing yourself with the course will also make it easier to plan how you’re going to pace yourself. A proper warm-up is crucial for getting your body ready for the race and preventing injuries. Before the race starts, go for a slow 10-15 minute jog to warm up your muscles. Then, do some dynamic stretches. Dynamic stretches are stretches that bring your joints and muscles through their full range of motion, and they’re better at getting your body warmed up than static stretches. Some dynamic stretches you can try are:  Walking lunges: step forward and bend your knee until your thigh is parallel with the ground and your opposite knee is just above the ground. Then, stand back up and repeat with your opposite leg. Repeat 10 times. Leg swings: hold onto something sturdy and swing one of your legs back and forth 20 times. Have each swing get bigger as you go until you’re using your full range of motion. Then, repeat with your other leg. Settle into the pace you’ve been training for and stick with it throughout the beginning and middle of the race. If you start out too fast, you’re more likely to lose steam and burn out later on in the race. You can always increase your pace as needed to pass people. By maintaining a steady pace, you’ll have more energy for the moments when you need to push yourself to run a little faster. Hills can slow runners down in a race, and if you know how to run up and down them to maximize your speed, it can give you a competitive edge. When you’re approaching a hill, increase your speed so you have more momentum going up it and don’t get slowed down. When you’re going down a hill, don’t slow yourself down. Lean into the downward momentum to take advantage of it and come off the hill at a faster speed. Hills are a good opportunity to pass people during a race. During the last 1 mile (1.6 km) of the race, increase your speed as much as you can. This is your last opportunity to pass people or maintain your position in the front. New cross country runners tend to start out fast and then lose steam by the end of the race. By maintaining a steady, manageable pace at the beginning of the race, you’ll have more energy to push yourself in the final stretch and pass your competitors.
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Walk the course beforehand if you’re able to. Warm up before the race. Run at an even pace throughout most of the race. Use hills on the course to your advantage. Push yourself during the final stretch.

If possible, it can be helpful to dedicate a whole room to homeschooling, as it keeps the mess out of sight and helps keep your kids on task. You can use a family room, den, basement, office, or even an extra bedroom. You may even be able to convert a shed with electricity into a homeschooling room. It's entirely possible you don't have the space to devote a whole room to homeschooling. If that's the case, try picking a central area, such as the living room or dining area. Choose an area where you can add some storage, so that you can hide school stuff away when your kids aren't working on it.  Your dining area is a good choice since you already have a table in place for your kids to use. Even if your kids tend to spread out around the house to work, you should still have a designated area for keeping your school supplies. Pick an area that doesn't have distractions like a television, video game console, or the like. You want your kids to stay on task as much as possible, and distractions won't help with that!  Try to pick a quiet area in the house that doesn't have a lot of extraneous noise. For instance, you may not want to put the room too close to the laundry room. Similarly, while you wouldn't want to cover up the windows, you may want to face the classroom away from the windows. Let any other household members know school is in session by hanging a sign on the door. That way, they won't barge in! Homeschooling can get messy, especially if you're crafting or cutting up paper at all. By choosing a room without carpet, you can sweep up most debris, and if something like paint spills, it's much easier to clean up.  If the room you want to use has carpet, consider pulling it up. You may find hardwood or tile underneath. If it's concrete, you can even just paint the concrete. If you find subfloor, you can put in laminate or another cheap and durable flooring solution. Alternatively, try adding plastic office floor mats. These have spikes that go into carpet to hold them in place and provide a hard plastic surface on top. one or more walls with bright, happy colors if you can. You and your kids are going to spend a lot of time in your homeschooling room, so you might as well make it cheerful. If you're allowed to paint the walls in your home, try choosing a bright accent color for one or two walls, then paint the other walls a more neutral color. You could pick a creamy yellow for sunshine effect or a bright purple if it's your kids' favorite color. Stick up wall decals of animals, flowers, the alphabet, or any fun theme your kids will like. Wall decals make it easy to change out the theme, as you can just peel them off and stick up a new set when you're tired of the old ones.  You can find wall decals at craft stores or online. If you want something a little more permanent, try stenciling the alphabet and numbers on the walls, or having your kids paint a mural together.
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Set aside a whole room if you have space. Add your classroom to an existing room if you don't have extra space. Choose an area without distractions. Pick a room without carpet or install floor mats. Paint Add fun decals to the walls if you don't want to paint.