I'm a graduating hs senior, and I have a brother who just completed freshman year of high school. He says he hates running but he is much more talented than I am, and he doesn't play any sport in the fall. I say he is more talented because he ran middle school xc and ran pretty well (mid 11s I think) in their 2 mile races off of very little training from a coach who had no idea what he was doing, based on what I've heard. At that age I was not nearly that fast.
He hasn't run a step in two years. If I can get him to run a road 5k with me this summer, what kind of time would indicate that he's actually a talented runner? My pr is 17:40 but I think he may have potential to run faster than that.