So I'm in 8th grade. Pr's of 5:10 and 2:16. Have had low competition this season and Saturday will be facing very tough competition. The problem is this, there are middle school rankings to qualify for the state meet. Top 16 times at FAT meets. And I'm really eager to find out if I can crack 2:15 with some competition and qualify for state but what if I don't? I'm worried I'll just be disappointed and this also might be my last of two qualifying meets. Any advice?
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. Rather than asking 'what if I fail?' Put in the work and ask 'what if I succeed?'
This is a very important life lesson
The right thing to do is log your training. How much you sleep, how much you run, how you feel. Ask for help preparing the best you can.
Don't judge the results, good or bad. Because we all have good and bad results.
What you want is to know you prepared well and leave it all on the track. If you know that, the results themselves don't matter much.
I can relate. I'm in seventh grade and run 4:5x for the 1600m. Just don't think of yourself as a middle schooler, you are just as much a part of the race as anyone else.
I'm only seven years old and I'm really stressing about this 5K fun run I have coming up this weekend. I sure hope I top my age group.
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