Good?

That's very good for a girl. You may be able to make NXN if you improve as planned.

If you trained at all for the 5:28, the XC course was short.

It is always fun to see the first big jump when you start training. Just a little hint, in XC what place you finish is much more important than your time.

Did lots more training over the summer than ever before. The cross country course is known to be accurate. Went through mile mark and two mile mark in race below PRs.

ie-aVM-893 wrote:

If you trained at all for the 5:28, the XC course was short.

It is always fun to see the first big jump when you start training. Just a little hint, in XC what place you finish is much more important than your time.

There are a lot of factors involved in improving through out HS. The number one factor in my opinion is health. If you can CONSISTENTLY run and remain healthy, you can improve a great deal. If you rapidly increase your mileage and get hurt, it will hinder your improvement.

Bottom line is just go have fun and gradually rack up the miles. Set good goals for yourself, eat and sleep well and your times will steadily improve.

Your own motivation will be a huge factor in how well you become in HS.

Good luck!

Don't worry about how fast you'll be as a senior. Just try to improve and work hard and move up on your team.

You have potential. So do a lot of HS frosh.

If you want to take running seriously, know these things:

1. run year round. You can't be a D1 recruit if you run XC in the fall and play baseball in the spring.

2. college recruiting is all about jr yr outdoor track (not XC). Here's a decent link re: standards (http://www.athleticscholarships.net/trackandfieldscholarships.htm). In short, you'll want to be sub-4:20 and sub-9:30 as a jr to get a sniff from d1 schools. Faster is obviously better (and required for the top programs).

3. take control of your training. a lot of HS distance coaches suck. if you're at a hs known for distance running, congratulations. you're in the minority. i'd recommend jack daniels' book. or steve magness. read them. seek help if your coach's training is non-existent or radically different than what's outlined in these books.

3a. do supplemental work. get strong so you can run fast and stay healthy. read jay johnson's blog and workout routines. more important, do them. (listen to this to understand the connection between strength and speed:

http://www.coachjayjohnson.com/2012/03/podcast-007-patrick-mchugh-interview/

)

4. ignore the immature posters on this board. (I was surprised it took so long for them to assume you were a girl. that usually happens within 10 nanoseconds of a post like yours.)

if you do all of this and have talent (it's unclear that you do, even though you ran mid-5:00s in 8th grade), you should make it to the next level.

after that, it's in god's hands...

good luck!

If the XC course was not short, I'm still guessing it was, he has talent enough to get recruited.

Listen to "runner dad" but remember on top of his suggestions and talent you need to have been born with durability, perseverance, the right body type once you finish growing and no greater talent at something else to distract you.