The Imperative Voice Real4 wrote:
people on here dork out about plans. fine. but part of what helps you improve is teammates to push you in practice, and a coach who can motivate, monitor, adjust technique, and pick up on things you miss. if's "great man history" to think you're so good you will do it all yourself.
my general experience people who try what you want to do, are lucky to even near what they did in HS because they are ignoring what it meant to have training partners and a coaching set of eyes.
setting aside if i am going to all this effort i want the varsity situation usually married to that effort. which is not just the ego thing of being on the team, but is free gear and unis, free entry fees, free transport and hotels, getting to see the country, not having to beg into meets as unattached, guaranteed access to the facilities for training, the experiences of doing a full schedule.
I agree that being part of a team can really help, but it's also not a death sentence if you train on your own. And I don't think that I'm "so good that I can do it all by myself". That's literally why I'm on here asking for advice.
I also don't see why you think I won't get close to my HS times. My coach was a complete joke, and I mean a complete joke (a lot of my teammates left because he was really toxic and his training was awful). I was also injured for 2.5 years out of my 4 years in hs. So I don't think it's possible for me to get slower than hs (as long as I don't get seriously injured).
And I won't be limited by facilities given that my uni has an outdoor and indoor track, plus a large gym.