I'm a sophomore at a very competitive high school where we have 4+ hours of homework every night. I usually fall asleep around 12am and wake up at 6:30 in the morning. I felt sluggish everyday and am wondering how much a lack of sleep will affects running performance.
It depends on the person. Some people may have only minimal impact. Others will have a fairly significant impact.
Everybody will have at least some negative impact on their running from lack of sleep.
It is hard to put a number on it though. The real impact will be on your training. One or two nights of poor sleep before a race won't be very significant on that race. Week after week of lost sleep will hurt your training quite a bit.
It isnt good for anything else in your life either. Lack of sleep if hurting your ability to learn, your emotional development, your social development, etc.
This school is doing you no favors if it is really assigning homework that is expected to take 4 hours a night.
Everyone is different. I need 9 hours to function properly, others get by on 7. As for the homework, try to do it at lunch(if you already aren't.) It cuts so much time off your afternoon schedule that it will amaze you.
If sleep deficiency is a chronic problem, you may need make some adjustments to your class load, your training load or other extra-curricular activities that you are doing so that you do get a regular amount of sleep at night. Everyone is different on their sleep needs and how they are impacted by lack of sleep, but it will affect the quality of your training (and recovery), and that will affect the quality of your racing. Talk to your coach, teachers, counselor, parents about making adjustments to your schedule to get enough sleep at night.
I want to be able to take easier classes but our high school is so competitive that I need to take the hardest classes so I can get into a good college.
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RejectRunner wrote:
Everyone is different. I need 9 hours to function properly, others get by on 7. As for the homework, try to do it at lunch(if you already aren't.) It cuts so much time off your afternoon schedule that it will amaze you.
therealjbird17 wrote:
I'm a sophomore at a very competitive high school where we have 4+ hours of homework every night. I usually fall asleep around 12am and wake up at 6:30 in the morning. I felt sluggish everyday and am wondering how much a lack of sleep will affects running performance.
Sounds like you just need to manage your time better. What time does school start? What time does it end in the afternoon? How long is your lunch period? Are you spending too much time on the TV/computer after school?
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