If you are coaching high school kids what route would you take
If you are coaching high school kids what route would you take
I'd take the route that doesn't treat this as an either/or question.
moderate mileage / moderate intensity
Yes.
Moderately high mileage, varying intensity.
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Runnerrr wrote:
Moderately high mileage, varying intensity.
+1
Low mileage, low to moderate intensity for freshmen working up to moderate mileage, varying intensity for seniors. Depends on their fitness level coming into the season of course. Some of my seniors who don't run in the off-season never get beyond the low, low stage. I've never had HS kids run high mileage. Not that it's wrong. I just haven'y used high mileage. I coach at a small school where kids have jobs, farm work, other extracurriculars, etc and I want them to enjoy all that HS has to offer and not have their life dominated by running. Those who have the talent to run at the next level will get their high mileage in college. Part of my job is to get them to a college program healthy and not burned out yet prepared for tougher training.
Man, nobody has ever taken up this topic. So fresh and new.
dsrunner wrote:
moderate mileage / moderate intensity
moderate results too!
Neither.
As high as they can handle, but 10 miles per week less. Might be 30 for some, 70 for others. Teach them early to run off of feel. Push when need to, recover when need to. Body isn't an odometer or a clock. If having trouble, tell them runs should be light conversational. For recovery, highly conversational but not jogging.
Most people will never get this. Teach them well high school coach.