Since I never had the opportunity this is an important question for me.
In some cases high school runners run races every month all year long. This has got to be an excess. Heck the first track meet is in December while they are still running foot lockers/NXN races!!!
Despite living in a northern state, my high school only had one indoor meet scheduled each season, in March, I would assume high school kids do it to help their teams win a conference title, much the same as in college. Qualifying for a state or national indoor meet seems to be a bit easier, so that's an opportunity for the not quite top level guys.
Running a race every week doesn't seem excessive to me. If you can't handle 1 hard effort per week, something is wrong.
A very small percentage of high school runners continue competitive running at the NCAA college level. Then a small percentage of those at the NCAA college level continue to compete post-collegiately and continue to set lifetime bests after education is completed at age 22-23. It's absolutely ridiculous because distance runners often peak somewhere from 26-35+, but that's just the way it is. You burn them out early - it's the 🇺🇸 American way - no pain, no gain
Sage Canaday's interview of Nate Jenkins here is great: Nate says if 20 somethings would even just run 70mpw around a job, they would be super surprised at what they'd be able to do by the time they're 27. -
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Since I never had the opportunity this is an important question for me.
In some cases high school runners run races every month all year long. This has got to be an excess. Heck the first track meet is in December while they are still running foot lockers/NXN races!!!
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Good Question wrote:Since I never had the opportunity this is an important question for me.
In some cases high school runners run races every month all year long. This has got to be an excess. Heck the first track meet is in December while they are still running foot lockers/NXN races!!!
Answer the question!!!
Same purpose as racing outdoors except it's too cold to race outdoors
Indoor is fun, but I've never really liked the idea of peaking for the winter season. Use winter to build a killer base, and race a few times just to check your fitness, get a break from the monotony of training, and have some fun. Unless you're getting paid to run, don't worry about indoor championships when your goal is to crush it in May.