cross country practice

Chloe wrote:

I am a freshman doing xc. We have practices weekly, doing the course. I am placed in the freshman course (2 miles), doing it in 15, 16 tops. The other freshman girls are far behind me or in front of me, walking. I am still jogging either way. I did a 15 minute mile. Is that good?It's only preseason in July. Daily practices starts in mid August. I am assuming I will get better times before the first meet. Am I a "decent freshman"?

Your grammar needs work. And no, you are not a "decent freshman."

Thanks for the motivation and ruining my self-esteem.

Chloe wrote:

Thanks for the motivation and ruining my self-esteem.

No problem. Welcome to LetsRun.

Did you mean 15-16 min for the 2 mile course? Or as you wrote "a 15 minute mile" ?

The former isn't bad, especially for a newcomer. The latter is not good as its about the speed of a quick walk

pics?

15-16 for two miles

15-16 for a two mile training run(?) is solid.

Its a bummer that an honest assessment ruins your self esteem. Perhaps you should rework your world view. In the old days, instead of coaches blowing smoke up everyones posterior, you ran JV meets until you were a junior, and used the not being good enough as motivation to get better. Now everyone deserves to be varsity as a freshman and you better not tell me I suck! Here's a side not for you, nobody really cares about your self esteem except for maybe you and your parents. Facts don't care about your feelings.

Is doing a 15-16 minute 2 mile good, before the real pratices start?

yes, as a freshman girl a 15 minute 2 mile is pretty good, especially before the season starts.

As a sophomore boy when I started running I ran our 2 mile time trial at the end of the summer in 15:30, now I run in low 18's for 5k. (Not saying you will improve that much though)

Thank you!

first, don't let the morons of the world get you down...there are world class runners who post on here (anonymously) and get disrespected by idiots who think they know better.

second, your times are fine...especially for summer. Almost everyone who does this sport starts in the middle or back and has to work their way up. In fact, some of the very best runners were once right where you are. the great thing about our sport is if you work hard - you get better. and there is no one sitting on the bench in cross country.

so keep doing what you are doing. seeing yourself improve is the best part of this sport - the other best part is being on a team where you get to see and be a part of other people working hard and improving.

Thank you! I have improved so much since doing middle school track and field for 2 years. The first year I could barely do a lap warmup. The second I was able to do the four lap warmup without any problems.

Chloe wrote:

Thank you! I have improved so much since doing middle school track and field for 2 years. The first year I could barely do a lap warmup. The second I was able to do the four lap warmup without any problems.

Well it depends if you're huffing and puffing during the 2 mile run, then no your fitness is bad, but if you're only huffing then you might have above average fitness.If the other girls in your team are huffing huffing then puffing puffing then they should give up on the sport.