My daughter senior year cross country season

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6 years ago 10/19/2017 11:37am EDT

My daughter is in her final year of cross-country and it has been a crazy season damaged by a loss of three weeks of races due to Hurricane Irma but this is the first season my daughter has run into for years where she was not injured, and I expected her to get faster times this year.

she is 16th in her graduating class, and has a part-time job, and duel- enrollment, but her senior year times have been the worst she has had since she was a freshman!

I feel horrible about this and I make sure she hydrates and eats and wondered if it was complacency or senioritis or maybe she is just burnout... with one meet left to go ,it is heartbreaking to watch her not even be able to come close to break in 25 minutes ...when she has done that every other year!! What's worse is that she was elected Captain upon her hard work ethic throughout the years ,and her best time is 23:30 ...she hasn't even come close to this any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it

6 years ago 10/19/2017 11:44am EDT

re: Griff

Griff wrote:
My daughter is in her final year of cross-country and it has been a crazy season damaged by a loss of three weeks of races due to Hurricane Irma but this is the first season my daughter has run into for years where she was not injured, and I expected her to get faster times this year.
she is 16th in her graduating class, and has a part-time job, and duel- enrollment, but her senior year times have been the worst she has had since she was a freshman!
I feel horrible about this and I make sure she hydrates and eats and wondered if it was complacency or senioritis or maybe she is just burnout... with one meet left to go ,it is heartbreaking to watch her not even be able to come close to break in 25 minutes ...when she has done that every other year!! What's worse is that she was elected Captain upon her hard work ethic throughout the years ,and her best time is 23:30 ...she hasn't even come close to this any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it

There is ZERO you can do in the span of one week.

It's real simple

1) She either didn't train hard over the summer or

2) Her body is changing.

3) She could have some medical issue (anemia (get her ferritin checked) or a mile case of mono are most likely).

There are lots of women that get slower. I would think you would know if she put the work in or not this year. If she did, tell her it's a life lesson. Sometimes we work hard and don't accomplish what we want because more talented people are also in the same field.

If it's because she didn't work hard, then it's an even better life lesson.

Either way, she should learn from it.

6 years ago 10/19/2017 11:59am EDT

re: rojo

6 years ago 10/19/2017 12:04pm EDT

re: Griff

She should be posting here, not you as the busy body parent.

6 years ago 10/19/2017 12:13pm EDT

re: Griff

My suggestion is to just be accepting of reality, and be happy and supportive of her times whatever they are. The focus should be on the process, not the results here. There could be a million reasons why times would be slower, but she's not a professional runner dedicated fully to running. It's very likely these are the results you get with her natural talent level COMBINED with all of her other commitments and priorities. Nothing wrong with that at all. That's my suggestion.

Also, someone suggested on another thread that girls may or may not have the same improvement as boys during high school. Boys get the big boost of testosterone and big time muscle development that girls don't get. Girls might just get more (natural) weight as the move from "sticks" to women as the move from year one to year four of high school.

Jack Daniels in his book makes many references to runners, coaches, parents always dwelling on the positive when it comes to running. I believe that 100%.

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