Wrestling and running for a HS athlete

Sorry Rambo, you might be the next coming.

I ran 20 miles a week, wrestled 135, almost qualified for state in WI.

Ran 4:13 the next spring.

hope that helps. I would have run faster if I had a real coach.

i wrestled at oklahoma state and then transferred to cal state bakersield from 1981-1985, at ok state the cross country team worked out at 5 a.m. and the wrestling team worked out at 3p.m. i did this for 7 weeks thinking the hard running with the cross country team would give me a huge conditioning advantage over the kids on the wrestling team, we did things like 10 mile time trials for me in 52-53 minutes, which i would have run 10 miles in 70 minutes if by myself, 15 x 400 on cross country course in 5 sets of 3 in 70, 65, 60, instead of getting in better shape i got more worn out week after week, like the cross country coach at the time dick weiss said i could not burn the candle at both ends, he was right, he knew. and i was very stubborn if someone told me i cant do something, i would try to prove him wrong, but he was right.

the coaches in wrestling told us to run 6 miles 5-6 times a week, i ran 7-12 miles easy every morning running occasional 10k's, half marathons etc. in 32-34 for 10k and 70-75 minutes for half marathons which is faster than when i was trying to run with the cross country team in the morning and workout with the wresting team in the afternoon where i would lose 8-12 pounds per workout.

i would say 6-7 miles a day is good, with 2 workkouts of maybe 8 x400 with 100 jog then 8 x100 with 100 jog, or 16 -20 x about a 200 meter hill with 2-3 miles of warmup and warmdown.

the only person i know who was good in both distance running and wrestling at the same time was a kid from east stroudsburgh named jack cuvo who won 2 ncaa division 1 wrestling titles and was a division 2 cross country all american.

mark nenow former usa 10k record holder at 27:20 started out as a wrestler

doug burke wrote:

i wrestled at oklahoma state and then transferred to cal state bakersield from 1981-1985, at ok state the cross country team worked out

the only person i know who was good in both distance running and wrestling at the same time was a kid from east stroudsburgh named jack cuvo who won 2 ncaa division 1 wrestling titles and was a division 2 cross country all american.

mark nenow former usa 10k record holder at 27:20 started out as a wrestler

Crap - could you have picked a tougher school at which to Wrestle?

Those were the Clar Anderson years.

I could outrun Cuvo...couldn't beat he nor Anderson in wrestling,obviously.

Running and Wrestling at a high level, IMPOSSIBLE.

I think 5-6 miles per day with a longer run of 8-10miles on the weekend should work out just fine. You might need a day off now and then. Aternate between easy and moderate efforts on your runs. The only fast running I would do would be some striders towards the end of your runs a couple of times per week.

Wrestling is an extremely intense sport. You don't want to be adding any hard track workouts. And obviously, cut way back when the year-end tournaments roll around.

The fact that you say that you will win state very easily makes me concerned. Either you are not serious in your question or you need to adjust your attitude.

Good luck!!

PTF wrote:

I think 5-6 miles per day with a longer run of 8-10miles on the weekend should work out just fine. You might need a day off now and then. Aternate between easy and moderate efforts on your runs. The only fast running I would do would be some striders towards the end of your runs a couple of times per week.

Wrestling is an extremely intense sport. You don't want to be adding any hard track workouts. And obviously, cut way back when the year-end tournaments roll around.

The fact that you say that you will win state very easily makes me concerned. Either you are not serious in your question or you need to adjust your attitude.

Good luck!!

He could just wrestle in a crappy state. How many kids wrestle at 112 anyways?

He could just wrestle in a crappy state. How many kids wrestle at 112 anyways?[/quote]

Thinking you can easily win a state championship at any weight class in any state is the attitude of a fool. It shows a lack experience and an understanding of the sport. It also suggests one may simply be bullsh..ting.

And by the way....112 can be a really tough weight class. It's often loaded with very tough kids who come down from 120-130lbs.

Did you build up to 5 to 6 miles a day or where you able to jump straight into that type of mileage? If you were able to jump into it, I'm just curious how you went about building your mileage?

Perhaps he easily wins 112 because there is no such weight class. 106, 113, 120...

But hey, a state champ can't be expected to know the weight class in which he competes.

not kilgore wrote:Running and Wrestling at a high level, IMPOSSIBLE.

Per other posts, "burning the candle at both ends" doesn't work for very long. There's also no doubt that in college, you'd have to pick one or the other at a competitive school.

It reads like OP runs one part of the year, then wrestles another part of the year. I don't see a problem with that as long as there are reasonable expectations set for both.

OP, the key to running during your wrestling season will be to keep a middle tempo when running. It's aerobic exercise with the intention of burning calories, not set PRs.

Since you didn't post any of your current workouts, PRs, and training volume, it's impossible to know how much time you should spend running during wrestling. Maybe when you are done feeling so confident about yourself, you can post something.

I would say focus on wrestling in wrestling season. You will be fine.