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I am interested to know what type of communication a college coach has with an incoming freshmen. So after outdoor track, the incoming freshmen gets what plan from the coach. Does the college coach sit down with each incoming freshmen or does the coach give a general plan? I can see a general plan being difficult for two athletes when one only did 20-30 mpw VS. a 50-60 mpw guy. Can someone provide any specific examples out there? |
| XCcoach35 |
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I am a D3 coach. I have all my boys get to 50 mpw and my girls get to 40 mpw unless someone has run more than that. |
| Trueblue90 |
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I run at a DI school. My freshman year NO ONE got a summer training plan. Sophomore and Junior year was the same. No girl or guy got any sort of guidance. Now clearly my coach is not the brightest bulb in the box, and this approach is most likely not followed by other distance powerhouses. I'd say bump up your mileage by 10% so you still have room to grow through your 4-5 years in college. Do tempos and one long run each week. Don;t go over the top with mileage but definitely build a strong base. |
| XCcoach35 |
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Wow, I just shake my head when I hear about all of the D1 programs that are just plain awful. It sounds like you weren't motivated to run at all. Bad coaching. |
| dontflushwhileyousit |
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Coach should provide a plan. If he doesn't, ask for it. A good college coach will contact the high school coach and discuss training plans to make a better transition. A bad college coach will tell his freshmen just to get up to 100 miles per week by the end of the summer (I know one who did that). |
| How dumb are you |
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If you do not get a program from your coach follow this. It is easy, you will be strong and ready for whatever is to come and you will not be burned out. Run twice a day, at least a total of 10 miles a day. Do one long run per week of at least 90 minutes. A couple of runs a week, run the second half harder than the first half so that you are working hard but not so hard that it takes more than 5 min. to be recovered. Try to do runs with hills in them on occasion and push a little to build leg strength. Do some easy strides three times a week. Idea is to run for the most part aerobically. The better shape you get in the faster your runs can be but keep it high level aerobic. Have fun! |
| D1Coach |
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If you are running 10 miles a day, shouldn't your long run be at least 2 hours in time? I would say so. I would say 1-2 min pick-ups every mile for one of your runs as well. |