Trying to walk on as a sophomore?

Just run baby. 20 mpw is nothing. Why haven't you started running more?

wether they let you walk on or not, it's going to take a solid year of work before you'll be entering in collegiate races, so just start putting the work in NOW and see where you can get in a year. Worth asking about walking on, but don't let it be big deal if they say no. work your way up to 45-50 mpw and just have fun getting faster, enter some road races or all-comers meets and try to make team next year. if they let you on this year it's a bonus.

wiz khalifa wrote:

Just run baby. 20 mpw is nothing. Why haven't you started running more?

My legs are always messed up...got a stress fracture on like 20 mpw before. Tough to run just a mile when they’re really bad. Doctors pretty much just told me to go to physical therapy and run less (at like 15 mpw lol).

Originally they said compartment syndrome but the last doctor I saw said tibial nerve compression. Sort of gave up on the doctors and figured out how to get it under control just by modifying my training a lot.

derp wrote:

wether they let you walk on or not, it's going to take a solid year of work before you'll be entering in collegiate races, so just start putting the work in NOW and see where you can get in a year. Worth asking about walking on, but don't let it be big deal if they say no. work your way up to 45-50 mpw and just have fun getting faster, enter some road races or all-comers meets and try to make team next year. if they let you on this year it's a bonus.

I found a bunch of all comers meets to run, I can have an alright indoor track season. Ideally I’ll run a lot faster then and talk to the coach after that. So like 6 months from now is when I want to peak.

Worth a shot I guess wrote:

So I was a bad HS runner who got less bad but still not good. Took me until senior year to figure out how to train without getting injured.

I’m going to a D3 school that’s pretty good for D3 I think.

Aiming for about mid 2:20s/5:30s this winter. Any thoughts on what times I could probably see on higher mileage?

Any help is appreciated.

Holy hell. I thought teenage girls running these times couldn’t even be able to run on a college team. There’s no way a D3 school would let a 2:20/5:30 guy walk on, no?

Are you kidding me wrote:

Worth a shot I guess wrote:

So I was a bad HS runner who got less bad but still not good. Took me until senior year to figure out how to train without getting injured.

I’m going to a D3 school that’s pretty good for D3 I think.

Aiming for about mid 2:20s/5:30s this winter. Any thoughts on what times I could probably see on higher mileage?

Any help is appreciated.

Holy hell. I thought teenage girls running these times couldn’t even be able to run on a college team. There’s no way a D3 school would let a 2:20/5:30 guy walk on, no?

hey look.....an a$$hole.

obviously a 2:20 girl could walk on a d3 school.

a 2:20/5:30 guy isn't that far off from being able to walk-on at a lot of schools...if he gets to those times he's close enough to have a conversation with the coach.

don't be a dlck. what's the point of you're post?

Are you kidding me wrote:

Worth a shot I guess wrote:

So I was a bad HS runner who got less bad but still not good. Took me until senior year to figure out how to train without getting injured.

I’m going to a D3 school that’s pretty good for D3 I think.

Aiming for about mid 2:20s/5:30s this winter. Any thoughts on what times I could probably see on higher mileage?

Any help is appreciated.

Holy hell. I thought teenage girls running these times couldn’t even be able to run on a college team. There’s no way a D3 school would let a 2:20/5:30 guy walk on, no?

These are D3 women’s times lol, obviously most schools don’t want guys who can barely make D3 women’s times. Teenage girls running 2:20/5:30 could definitely run in college but just not at the very best programs. A 2:20 women’s is about a 2:00-2:05 men’s 800, and probably closer to a 5:15 women’s 1600 in competitiveness. So I’d say that’s like a 4:25-4:40 men’s 1600. I’m sure there are D3 schools that take 2:00-2:05/4:25-4:40 guys

there were definitely plenty of 2:00-2:05 guys walking on at the fairly competitive d2 school i went to.

I can't imagine a 2:20 girl would have much trouble walking on except at maybe the top d3 schools

Specifically, my school is looking for a mid 2:20s 800 or mid 5:20s 1600.

It'll depend on the size and competitiveness of your school. If your school is top 3 in the conference or knocking on the door of nationals, there isnt a good chance you'll be able to run. Because Title IX, a lot of men's teams have a cap and so you would have to actually beat one of the current runners to earn a spot. If your team really is a top d3 program, your looking at like a 4:35 mile at least and probably even better 3k-10k times. If you want to be a mid-D guy, you'll need like 1:5x and 4:2x.

The measure for men who can predict success in the 800 has long been sub 2:00. The 800m standard for [D3] championships was/is generally sub 2:05 for men, and, interestingly (and with reference to other threads) just about where the women are for D1.

I tried walking on as a senior! But then I realized that our school would remain middle in the pack no matter what I did.