After Hours: Winter Base Program
Winter training for high school athletes. Then back to your team.
Winter Base is a Training intensive for the months between cross country and track. Every Training plan is individualized to your athlete's needs and built for long-term, sustainable development. Additional programming to equip athletes with skills they’ll take with them included.
Led by Olympians Joe Klecker and Matt Wilkinson, alongside coach Owen Hoeft. Dec 7th-March 7th.
Winter training for high school runners. Then back to your team.
Winter training for high school runners. Then back to your team.
Winter Base: Program Details
Joe Klecker lives in Boulder, CO. He's a 2021 Olympian in the 10,000m and a CU Boulder alum.
Matt Wilkinson lives in Flagstaff, AZ. He's a 2024 Olympian in the 3,000m steeplechase and a Carleton College and University of Minnesota alum.
Owen Hoeft is the founder of After Hours Athletics and coaches runners alongside Joe and Matt. He ran, and coached, at the University of Minnesota, where he was an All-American and a Big Ten champion in the mile.
Our coaches have a wide range of experiences with the sport, and can serve as great resources for young athletes hoping to make a long push in competitive running.
What you get ($215/month)
We provide recruiting guidance and advice from two athletes who've been through it from different angles. Joe was a top-of-his-class D1 athlete, and Matt developed from D3 to D1. Additionally, Owen Was recruited and coached at the D1 level, so understands the recruiting process from both sides.
Recruiting
Individualized coaching built around your athlete's needs and long-term, sustainable development. The plan is written for them and where they are right now, tailored to their goals, injury history, and any other factors. It's the same coaching our regular members get.
group video calls every other week with Joe and Matt to answer your questions, discuss training, racing, etc.
Mental performance coach Kristina Centenari will be included in some of the virtual sessions.
Running Mechanics Review + Coaching.
24/7 communication with other athletes in the program + Coaches.
Olympians Joe Klecker and Matt Wilkinson as mentors. Use them for questions about training, racing, balancing school and running, and recruiting guidance and anything else.
Strength and mobility through Kinesis Integrated ($50/mo add on)
Coaches
Winter Base 101
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Winter Base gives each athlete individualized coaching built around their needs and long-term, sustainable development. We grew up training through Minnesota winters and know how to make the most of the winter season, no matter the conditions.
What we care about most is that your athlete picks up good practices they can carry with them, like how to structure a training week, how to mentally approach training, and how to read their own body. Over time that makes them a self-sufficient athlete who doesn't need a coach to tell them what to do.
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Once your athlete's school season begins, we stop coaching them. We think high schoolers gets more out of learning to be on a team and learning from their school coach than out of a perfectly designed training plan. It also gives them room to take ownership of their training, a key pillar in athlete development at After Hours. When the program ends, each athlete gets a short summary of what we did over the winter that they can pass along to their coach.
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High school runners in grades at any level. If your school sponsors indoor track, this likely isn’t a fit, since you will be “In season.”
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$215 per month for three months. The strength and mobility add-on is $50 per month. We're keeping this cohort small so every athlete gets the attention they deserve.
Apply to Winter Base
Applications close: 11/29.
Program Dates: 12/7-3/7.