Welcome back Sham you kinky biitch.
Welcome back Sham you kinky biitch.
letsrunaccount#3 wrote:
I'm a current junior in college. I had modest PRs in HS (4:40 1600, 10:00 3200, 17:00 5k), and I know I had the potential to get to the State XC/Track meets, but just wasn't able to because of a couple things (mono, depression, injury). Now, whenever I see runners from my old HS run, I can't help but wish I was in their place again, so I could have the chance to make it. Not making it to the State meet was probably my biggest regret during HS. Anyone have any advice to get over this? Or to build up from not running much over the past couple years? I think if I were to PR in the 1600 or 5k, some of the regret would be gone.
Go to your college counseling center. People there can help you.
You will never really get over it, you just bury it. I went to a class reunion and guys were going on about some HS football games from 30 years ago.
"If X wouldn't have been hurt we woulda beat Y team." You can tell that when they were are all really thinking it about it, it still bothered them. We're not talking about winning the state championship, just a game vs a cross town rival.
You can't change the past, but you can change the future. You are lucky that you can still do something about your running career.
As a teenager I gave everything I could for performance. But I was so poor that I barely had food to eat, while I finished some races with my feet bleeding because of the cheap shoes. This happened to thousands of runners, probably.
Now, +20 years later, I have the time, money and knowledge to train for performance.
But I don't have the time and age anymore.
So getting back to you, forget about the past, be thankful that you have time ahead of you and be happy about it.
Thanks for all the responses everyone, they definitely help with regards to outlook and getting back into running
Just to address a couple things, I'm having a great time at college going to parties, playing intramural sports and whatnot, but watching this NCAA XC season and my old HS team run at league champs made me realize how much I miss it.
It is college running I regret. Most of my team were great guys, but athletes first and students second. I missed a lot of the academic stuff due to running. I got into top Ph.D. programs, but I realized that other students in my program had studied much. more than me and had already gone deep into the subject. I just had a lot of math and a lot of catching up to do.
Sounds like my story. I have learned that things happen the way they do, and you are better off for what happened. It is what makes you who you are. Embrace it!
Search Letsrun for David45. It's a very entertaining satire that continued later under the name Sham69. It's all hilarious and will make you forget about what you're being so sorry about right now.
kirkandorules wrote:
You have plenty of time to smash your PRs, most pros don't peak until after they get to your age. I'm almost 40 and I'm close to my high school PRs. Just get back to work, become an elite hobbyjogger, win your local turkey trot, take the local strava crowns, beat Nick Symmonds on his youtube in a backwards pogo stick steeplechase, enter a major marathon and stick on Shalane Flanagan's shoulder, etc. Lots of cool stuff to do.
I second this. I got back into running when I was 35, and after training for about a year — inadequately, I might add — I nearly PR’d. If my training had been smarter, I would have. Dude, you’re basically still a kid. If you want it, it’s all in front of you.
Btw, the majority of you who replied — at least the earlier ones I read — are insensitive, and frankly stupid, pricks. Before the OP replied and said he is enjoying himself — which he only may have said because of your cruel responses — I thought he may be depressed. In case you don’t have experience with depression, know that is feels as natural to him as it does for you being a prick. It’s take quite a bit of work to change.
Forget about H.S it’s way behind you now.
Start running with a club or friends.
Try some new stuff hiking/skiing / surfing anything
Time to move forward
Talk to your college track coach. Tell him about what you feel your potential was. Start running again. Ask if you can start working out with the team. Have him/her draw up a long term plan. Even if you do not make the outdoor team this year work toward your senior year. Now as far as being upset about what other guys did in HS, many of them are also not in the same condition. When you graduate keep at it, when you turn in a PR at thirty you will have the last laugh at the guys who are 30 pounds over weight. Good Luck.
I ran in HS against a guy who had very similar PRs in HS. He wasn't even his team's top guy. He didn't run in college, but went on to run 2:14 in the marathon.
No one should peak in HS, even in running events.
Just wanted to thank you guys for the replies, I appreciate it
letsrunaccount#3 wrote:
Just wanted to thank you guys for the replies, I appreciate it
Glad to hear it. Let us know how things are going. And remember, the best part of running isn’t the accolades, but how you feel when you’re out there.
The great thing about running is you can enjoy it way past your HS and collegiate years. There's real satisfaction in training for a race and running well into your 30s, 40,s and beyond.
It's something both golfers and runners have in common, we can keep participating and competing long past our youth.
Are you serious? Just rebuild and start competing again. Turkey Trot 5ks are coming up buddy!
Exactly it’s not football which for most is high school, for a few is college, and beyond that is only pro. There’s lots of clubs to join and races to run as long as you’re breathing.
Theres incredible stories like Brian Sell who couldn’t break 10 minutes for the 2 mile in high school., Then around 30 went on to make an Olympic marathon team. Do you think he would prefer being another guy who breaks 9 for 2 miles in high school or do you think he prefers being called an Olympian the rest of his life? I think the later.
Anyways your prs show that your slow twitch. Which means the Marathon is likely your bread and butter. Start training! 15-20 Miles a day! Get after it!
You need to get laid.