Really depressed and frustrated about my senior year

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6 years ago 05/22/2017 5:41pm EDT

Last year was my first year and I thought I did okay for my first season, I ran 18:44(xc), 4:51 1600m, and 10:40 3200m. I was really motivated to train and ran 45-50mpw over the summer. I barely improved in xc and only improved 2 seconds in the mile and 7seconds in the 3200. I am really upset with my season and I have no idea what I did wrong. I went from having no base to running 45+ miles per week(quality miles) and saw almost no improvement. It is starting to really bother me and making it hard to focus in school. People have noticed that I seem upset and disappointed. This is nowhere near where I imagined myself being right now last year. I am already regretting that I did not start until junior year. I am going to a d2 school but currently I dont have the times needed to walk on. I want to keep running for a team but it is frustrating me beyond belief. I need to be at 17:00 to make it at least for xc. Im not trying to sound like a baby but what should I do? Or what would you do if you were me? Thanks

6 years ago 05/22/2017 6:00pm EDT

re: Very frustrated

45 mpw is not a lot, if you want to get faster with your talent you need to be running at least 70 to 80 mpw. You don't even need to run that hard, just do a lot of stuff close to your aerobic threshold. Stay away from intervals. Stick with a lot of marathon paced runs and throw in some fartleks.

6 years ago 05/22/2017 6:01pm EDT

re: Very frustrated

Very frustrated wrote:
Last year was my first year and I thought I did okay for my first season, I ran 18:44(xc), 4:51 1600m, and 10:40 3200m. I was really motivated to train and ran 45-50mpw over the summer. I barely improved in xc and only improved 2 seconds in the mile and 7seconds in the 3200. I am really upset with my season and I have no idea what I did wrong. I went from having no base to running 45+ miles per week(quality miles) and saw almost no improvement. It is starting to really bother me and making it hard to focus in school. People have noticed that I seem upset and disappointed. This is nowhere near where I imagined myself being right now last year. I am already regretting that I did not start until junior year. I am going to a d2 school but currently I dont have the times needed to walk on. I want to keep running for a team but it is frustrating me beyond belief. I need to be at 17:00 to make it at least for xc. Im not trying to sound like a baby but what should I do? Or what would you do if you were me? Thanks

I kind of have the same situation as you. I want to run for a D2 school as well but don't have quite fast enough times to walk on. I barely improved from my sophomore to junior seasons, and as a result, I'm going into my senior season with more pressure than I expected. My advice would be to talk with the college coach, and have him help you create a program to meet your needs. I'm sure you will develop as you progress through college and continue to improve. If it affects your school life excessively (like me), just buy a fidget spinner. (That's what I did--lol).

6 years ago 05/22/2017 6:06pm EDT

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There's more to life than this sport. Go out with friends and travel. Go climb some mountains. When you get to 30, if you're like the 90% of people who give up serious running, most likely you'll look back at these times and you'll think that they were actually pretty good and you'll wish that you were able to run them again.

6 years ago 05/22/2017 6:14pm EDT

re: Very frustrated

So you won't be able to walk on your freshman year. That's ok. Just keep running and chipping away at your times and make it a goal to reach the required times by your sophomore year. Like the other poster said, 45mpw just isn't that much so you have lots of room to improve.

Start by working on your mileage base and get that up to 70+ by the end of summer. Just run easy then start jumping into local 5ks. When you get to campus, find other guys to run with that may or may not be on the team.

6 years ago 05/22/2017 7:47pm EDT

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Keep training and establish a relationship with the coach as soon as possible and keep it going. Maybe you don't make it frosh yr but who knows what happens in the years after that. By reaching out to the coach periodically you will be on his radar. Maybe the coach gives you a training plan or a path. Only good things can happen with this strategy.

D2 XC is not exactly the University of Alabama football program. If you are getting close then I'll bet the coach will let you run with the team.

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