Difference in workouts between cross country and track?

This year I did cross country for the first time and I want to do distance track in the spring. I was just wondering, what are the differences between the workouts in cross country and track? Since the track races are shorter, is the mileage shorter? Just some examples of a typical week of workouts in track would be awesome! Thanks!

emma2011-01-02T19:12:49Z

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it depends. at my school, distance in track is harder than cross country. that's because the coaches are different. my indoor coach is really into track.

in track we do:
monday- 45 minutes and 6x200s
tuesday- 20 minutes easy and 3x200s
wednesday- meet
thursday- LSD like 1 hour
friday- speed day. for example, 2x400,2x600,2x800,and a 1600

Anonymous2011-01-02T15:51:42Z

Day1 half a mile
day2 1 mile
day3 2 miles
day4 1 mile
day 5 3 1/2 miles