Making Cross Country Running Fun

Cross Country Running is an activity that carries a stigma in Physical Education... taught badly it does the children and the subject a disservice, and it is frequently the one thing that grown-ups look back with less than positive feelings when discussing their school days.

This is the draft of a resource written by Ian Roberts, an expert in athletics in schools, with the principal aim of giving PE teachers ideas to make sustained running more engaging and enjoyable for young people in primary and secondary school settings.