I joined Cross Country for HS and I've never joined a track team or anything like that. I consider myself an ok runner but I've got somewhat bad stamina https://vidmate.onl/ . Should I start practicing when summer hits, and if so how much miles per day?
I had a similar experience. However, I didn’t realize that I was talented when talking with a friend on another team - his team had a lot of people running a legit 60 mpw with 2 workouts, while I did 40 and half-assed most workouts but ended up running 15:30 on a tough course
What you should do this summer depends on what you're currently able to do. If you can already run for 10 minutes without stopping, here's a get started plan...
I'm sure some posters will say this is too cautious, but my goal for first-year runners is just to get them ready to run around 30 minutes per day by the time practice starts.
This schedule is laughable. This is for someone who has never run before. The dude already runs. Said so in the OP. I already ran - conciously trained and raced - before getting talked into joining the XC team Sophmore year. High school coaches such as yourself assume - very often correctly, I admit - that you and your program is how young people find out about and start running. I even raced before my first day of high school. Unusual? Yes....but this guy seems to be on a similar path. Maybe hasn't gotten as far as I had, but has at least run.
edora19 wrote:
I consider myself an ok runner but I've got somewhat bad stamina.
I take this to mean something along the lines of "I run well at recess, but I've never trained." Most young teens who haven't run track have never run more than a gym class mile without stopping. Some have gotten enough aerobic development from other sports or just running around playing to immediately run multiple miles without stopping.
Getting injured isn't fun, and they are most likely to get injured when starting a program. I'm not afraid of mileage, and I have girls running over 60 miles per week, but those are juniors and seniors who have trained year round and maxed out around 20-25 mpw freshman year.
I joined Cross Country for HS and I've never joined a track team or anything like that. I consider myself an ok runner but I've got somewhat bad stamina. Should I start practicing when summer hits, and if so how much miles per day?
How hard is Cross Country in HS? It was hard and for a sprinter/hurdler it sucked. Our HS did not have football so if we wanted to go for basketball Coach made us run Cross Country. It didn't make me a Cross Country fan but it sure helped during basketball season as we would run the opponent basketball teams made up of football players off the court. Then again, decades ago during my senior HS year between practice and meets I ran a TOTAL of 74.7 miles between Aug-Oct. Approximately what many HS Cross Country runners run in a week these days. And yes, when I went out for College track our College track coach made me run Cross Country. Still not a fan. But go for it, young Edora.