The Michigan Daily - michigandaily.com September 29, 2008 - 3B NFL recap. Favre throws career-high six touchdowns against Cardinals JEREMY CHO/Daily Michigan coach Ron Warhurst is one of the most respected cross country coach- es in the country, partly beacuse of his much-emulated workout programs. Warhurst s unique training drill gives 'Michi an advantage Thirty-five years in loop around the stadium, a 6:15 split. They run back to the track to the making, run three additional sprints. The workout Warhur'stinvented workout spreads has been used in schools around the country.. across the nation The Wolverines also run timed, interval and strength training By AMY SCARANO workouts six days a week, some- For the Daily times twice a day, and run 10-12 mile endurance workouts. All the When Michigan men's cross exercises are meant to build up to country coach Ron Warhurst the Big Ten and NCAA Champion- first arrived in Ann Arbor almost ships. 35 years ago, he started his own "There is structure in the pro- Michigan tradition. One so good gram," Warhurst said. "But there that it has spread across the coun- is a lot of flexibility in the struc- try. ture." "When you have a good pro- Warhurst allows one free choice gram, people want to emulate day a week, in which the runners you," Warhurst said. choose their workout, as long as After coaching a four-time he approves it. The team gets a day Olympian, the male and female off because NCAA rules restrict winners of the Boston Marathon teams to holding organized prac- in consecutive years (1983-84), tices just six days a week. and a team that won 7 conference "They run on their own," War- titles, there's no question War- hurst said. "Very rarely does a hurst is a legendary coach. distance runner take the day off. And one of his best drills, the They are very stubborn." "Michigan" workout, is no longer On average,the team runs 90-95 being used just in Ann Arbor. The miles a week, which, translated training regiment is meant to imi- into time, is 14-18 hours of run- tate a cross-country race, in which ning. The team starts to cut down runners start fast to get their place on its mileage near the end of the in the line-up, slow to a steady season in preparation for the big- rate, sprint to get out ahead of the ger meets, including the NCAA pack, slow down again and then championships, if it advances that break for the finish line. far. "(When a race starts), they are "Mileage will definitely be less, all in a big line and everyone runs but quality will increase," War- like a bat out of hell to get a good hurst said. position," Warhurst said. The Wolverines have captured The "Michigan," the name War- seven conference titles and 13 hurst gave the drill, helps with the individual championships since timing ofraces. Itis aseven-and-a- Warhurst has been head coach at half mile run starting on the track. Michigan, so it seems his "Michi- The Wolverines run a 4:30 mile, gan" is working. then run a steady rate until they in the meantime, the Wolver- approach the football stadium, at ines will continue to cover nearly which point they start to speed up a hundred miles a week in the pur- again and begin the 2,000-meter suit of more titles to come. JETS 56, CARDINALS 35 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Brett Favre threw a career-high and Jets-record six touchdown passes, three to Laveranues Coles, and New York took advantage of mistakes by Arizona in a big second quarter of a 56-35 victory Sunday. Cardinals wide receiver Anquan Boldin was carted off the field after a scary helmet-to-helmet collision with Eric Smith in the end zone with 27 seconds remaining. Bol- din was moving all his extremities on the field and was talking to his teammates coming off the field and going into the locker room. He was beingtaken to a hospital for precau- tionary reasons. New York's defense forced three fumbles and two interceptions in the first half and the Jets (2-2) set a franchise record by scoring 34 points in the second quarter. Favre, showing no signs of a left ankle injury that hobbled him dur- ing the week, finished 24-for-34 for 289 yards. Coles had eight catches for 105yards and Jerricho Cotchery had two touchdown catches as the Jets scored the second-most points in franchise history. Warner tried to bring the Car- dinals (2-2) back in the second half as Arizona scored 35 points. War- ner, 40-of-57 for 472 yards, threw a 14-yard TD pass to Jerheme Urban with 4:49 left, but lost the ball again on a fumble with less than 3 min- utes left. Favre hit Dustin Keller for a 24-yard touchdown and a 2-point conversion with 1:54 remaining to seal it. Arizona's Larry Fitzgerald had eight catches in his 64th career game, making him the third-fastest to 350. REDSKINS 26, COWBOYS 24 IRVING, Texas (AP) - Jason Campbell threw two touchdown passes and Clinton Portis ran for 121 yards to knock the Cowboys from the ranks of the unbeaten. Washington (3-1) won for only the second time in its last13 visits to Texas Stadium.With Dallas moving to a different suburb next season, this was the Redskins' last visit to a place that rarely treated them well. Thus, unless Washington returns for a playoff game, new coach Jim Zorn will have the unique distinc- tion of being undefeated here. More importantly, the Redskins proved the two-game winning streak they brought in wasn't just a byproduct of playing bad teams. They're legit, and that means the NFC East - already the best divi- sion in the NFL - is now a four-way race. Zorn had to sweat it out, though. After Washington went up 26-17 with 3:22 left, Tony Romo marched Dallas 82 yards in eight plays, cap- ping it with an 11-yard touchdown to Miles Austin. The Cowboys went for an onside kick and the ball came up high and catchable for receiver Sam Hurd, but hewasn't able to hold it, losing the ball out of bounds. BILLS 31, RAMS 14 ST. LOUIS (AP) - For the first time in 16 years, the Bills are 4-0. Jabari Greer's 33-yard interception return on the first play of the fourth quarter was the go-ahead score in an 18-point fourth-quarter salvo. AP PHOTO Quarterback Brett Favre completed 24 of 34 passes for 289 yards in the Jets' 56-35 win over Arizona. The Bills' first defensive score of the year - also Greer's first career touchdown - came off an over- thrown pass on second-and-12. It signaled an end to the Rams' fun and games while handing St. Louis (0-4) its 17th loss in the last 20 games. Buffalo is 4-0 for the first time since 1992, in the middle of its dom- inant AFC years. The Bills have got- ten an early jump on the franchise's second winning season since 1999. But the previous two wins were nailbiters by a total of five points. After three blowout losses to open the season and amid rumors he might be fired during the team's bye week, Rams coach Scott Line- han benched quarterback Marc Bulger in favor of 38-year-old Trent Green. Linehan had six new start- ers in all, four on defense. The shakeup worked for a while, with rookie wide receiver Donnie Avery scoring on a 37-yard pitch and a defense led by revived Leon- ard Little sacking Trent Edwards four times in the first half. Steven JLckson had 110 yards on 24 carries, the first 100-yard rush- ing game the Bills have allowed any team this season, and five catches for 78 yards. CHARGERS 28, RAIDERS 18 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Another blown fourth-quarter lead for Oakland led to yet anoth- er San Diego win over the Raid- ers and the possible end of coach Lane Kiffin's tenure. Darren Sproles' long kickoff return set up Nate Kaeding's go- ahead 47-yard field goal with 1:51 to play and LaDainian Tomlinson sealed the Chargers' 10th straight win over their AFC West rivals with a 41-yard TD run. The streak by San Diego (2-2) is the longest any team has held against Al Davis' once-proud franchise that has fallen on rough times in recent years. Kiffin's job security had been in question even before the Raiders (1-3) blew a nine-point lead in the fourth quar- ter last week against Buffalo. Being unable to hold onto a 12-point lead in the fourth quarter this week sure won't help his situation. Tomlinson overcame a slow start to put together another strong per- formance against the Raiders, run- ning for 106 yards and two scores. He has 21 touchdowns in 15 career games against Oakland, the most any player has had in his first 15 games against any team in NFL history. CHIEFS 33, BRONCOS 19 KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Larry Johnson ran for 198 yards and two touchdowns and the Chiefs took advantage of four Denver turnovers. It was the first win for.Kansas City since Oct. 21, 2007, a club-record 12 straight losses that had angry fans calling for the dismissal of every- one from the general manager to the quarterbacks coach. Nick Novak kicked three field goals for the Chiefs (1-3), who did not seem to be out of danger until Tony Gonzalez snared a 10-yard touchdown pass with 12:40 to go. The Broncos came to town one of five 3-0 teams, thanks in no small part to a series of lucky breaks that included an official's premature whistle and New Orleans' kicker Martin Gramatica's sudden, unex- pected inaccuracy. Denver quarterback Jay Cutler kept misfiring and Johnson kept running, and the Chiefs, 10-point underdogs at home, finally broke their skid. TITANS 30, VIKINGS 17 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Rookie Chris Johnson scored two touchdowns and the defense forced four turnovers that the Titans turned into 21 points. The Titans improved to 4-0 for the first time in franchise history. Not even dating back to their AFL start in Houston as the Oil- ers had this team started a season so well. In their 10th season as the relocated Titans, they also have won an NFL-best seven straight regular-season games and had the crowd chanting "4-and-0" as the final seconds ticked off. Minnesota (1-3), which came in hoping to start its own winning streak, outgained Tennessee 333- 275. 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