good 400M time for 7 year-old girl

I would not judge anything on a 7 year old, a girl especially. This is because when girls hit puberty they change so much and it will affect their running. That is why it is very common for younger high school girls to win the major races and be very fast but by the time they get to be a senior they have not improved or even slowed down.

I was also wondering about my daughter. She is 16 months old, and I've started her marathon training. How fast do you think she will run the half-marathon by age 12 if she can run a 100 meters in 39 seconds?

LilKidLover11 wrote:

I was also wondering about my daughter. She is 16 months old, and I've started her marathon training. How fast do you think she will run the half-marathon by age 12 if she can run a 100 meters in 39 seconds?

You are thinking too small here. By age 12 she should be doing ultra's.

I wasn't aware that elemtary schools had "records" for track events. Most elemtary schools don't even have regulation tracks.

That seems like a really good time for a 7-year old, but it's quite difficult to predict future running success based on the times of an elemtary school kid. She may become a stellar athlete or she could just as easily end up average. She's too young to worry about such things anyways.

Western Guy wrote:

I would not judge anything on a 7 year old, a girl especially. This is because when girls hit puberty they change so much and it will affect their running. That is why it is very common for younger high school girls to win the major races and be very fast but by the time they get to be a senior they have not improved or even slowed down.

Yes, I know, I was a girl so I know what it's like when you hit puberty. Fortunately for me I never hit that "Q-angle" barrier and improved into my 20s.

i kinda like running wrote:

I wasn't aware that elemtary schools had "records" for track events. Most elemtary schools don't even have regulation tracks.

That seems like a really good time for a 7-year old, but it's quite difficult to predict future running success based on the times of an elemtary school kid. She may become a stellar athlete or she could just as easily end up average. She's too young to worry about such things anyways.

I know, right? I don't how real the track is, but it is the track that the HS uses as well. Anyway the gym teacher is keeping records and that one was 10 years old. I wasn't worried about anything just curious is all. She has won lots of other awards in other areas has other interests, so she may not even make it to the point of becoming an athlete anyway.

which is better, this girl's elementary school or Big East?

Are you kidding me?!?! 96 seconds is ridiculously slow, I run like a 52, and I know that I'm slow.

I wouldn't start buying stock in her racing spikes yet. Maybe tell her to take about 40 seconds off that time, then she can have dinner.

lucky dog! wrote:

I know, right?

I wasn't worried about anything just curious is all. She has won lots of other awards in other areas [and] has other interests, so she may not even make it to the point of becoming an athlete anyway.

Lucky dog, you are a swollen buffoon with grotesque self-importance and tacky delusion.

Leave your niece alone.

I know a 4 just turned 5 yr old girl who ran 400 meter at 1:38 and this is a girl who actually trains with a team for the first time. Assuming that by the age of 7 she will be closer to the 1minute-1:15 second line if she continues. This is considered everage for a training athlete. Anything below that will enter you to the junior Olympics. As far as your 18 months training at such a young age, I would not over work your child's joints or muscles because by the time they reach highschool they become at high risk injuries. Let your child be a child. They will grow up and be able to choose and live. Don't force them into something they have no control of. Let kids play and be kids, it won't benefit them in the future when they are filled with weak joints and injuries. :) hope this helps!

You must be new here.

palmtree wrote:

You must be new here.

LOL.

out of curiosity I timed some kids in the local kids on the run running program last summer as they did their lap. kids between 4 and 7 had quite a range based mostly on attention span, i think all of them could have run faster if chased by a lion, a few of them could not move slower if they tried.

I had 1:25 as the fastest and 2:40 as the slowest. No offense but I do not think 1:38 is fast nor a predictor of anything in the future.

i see fast people wrote:

out of curiosity I timed some kids in the local kids on the run running program last summer as they did their lap. kids between 4 and 7 had quite a range based mostly on attention span, i think all of them could have run faster if chased by a lion, a few of them could not move slower if they tried.

I had 1:25 as the fastest and 2:40 as the slowest. No offense but I do not think 1:38 is fast nor a predictor of anything in the future.

I happen to have access to a lion. How early do you think I can start to use this in a training program? My daughter is two now, so I'd like to start planning ahead.

Despite the fact that half of her genes come from me, you'd swear by looking at her that she is half Gazelle, with her long slender legs, so I think she'll be a pretty good runner, but I don't want to rush her.

My sister is a pretty good artist, here is a picture she drew of my daughter, so you can get an idea of how she just looks like she was born to run:

Sincerely,

Phil I. A.

ZooPhiliA wrote:My sister is a pretty good artist, here is a picture she drew of my daughter, so you can get an idea of how she just looks like she was born to run:

http://orig10.deviantart.net/a8d6/f/2014/102/4/d/04_by_kisamu-d7e4ys7.jpg

I don't think that is a picture drawn of your daughter. I think that picture is your daughter. I'm not sure if a drawing can escape a lion. Or am I to assume the lion is a drawing also?

49 would be an excellent time for a 7-year-old girl.

Well, you're not wrong.

Hi. Just saw your post in 2021.

How did your daughter turn out with running? Did she continue training?

My daughter is 7.

Best wishes,

Geraldine.

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