What was your high school mileage/ PR progression?

9th - 30 mpw

10th - 50 mpw

11th - 60 mpw (but hit 110 at summer running camp)

12th - 65 mpw (15 at summer running camp and 3 more weeks 90 plus that summer)

9th: 5:10y, 11:13y

10th: 4:54y, 10;33y

11th: 4:45y, 10:07y

12th: 4:37y, 9:47y

Ran 32:25 freshman year then struggled with health problems for the rest of college.

Coach sucked. wrote:

9th- 10mpw: 2:31 800, 5:20 1600, 12:15 3200

10th- 15mpw: 2:21, 5:05, 11:20

11th- 15mpw: 2:11, 4:54

12th- 15 mpw: 2:05, 4:53, 10:36

half of mileage was speed work (ie 12x200 on monday, 10x400 on wednesday, race friday)

Boy you are one naturally talented MFer. If you ran HALF of what a normal high schooler did, you would be 10x better.

9th- 40-50 mpw 2:26, 5:02, 11:06, 19:12 5k

10th- 50-60 mpw 2:21, 4:45, 10:34, 17:56

11th- 70-75 mpw 2:03, 4:31, 9:49, 16:34

12th- 85-95 mpw 1:56, 4:18, 9:29, 15:22

Kept progressing through college. Run 1 to 3 times a week now after quitting after college 2 1/2 years ago. Don't miss it one bit. It was great while it lasted.

10th- 20 MPW 4:44 1600

11th- 30 MPW 4:19 1600, 9:30 3200

12th- 30 MPW 4:16 1600, 9;17 3200

Played soccer in the fall until senior year. Trained in the winter during junior year. Got ambitious and tried to have a big first/senior year of cross and got injured. Senior year times come with a lot of cross training.

hjdsjsa wrote:

how did you manage to run 4:12 1600m but a 2:02 800m? i ran a 4:29 and 2:03 in high school

Haha, yeah I wondered that too. Only ever ran one open 800m, and that was after I PRed big with a 4:23. I ended up closing in 2:02 high when I ran 4:12, so I'm sure I could run faster.

Mileage/400/800/1600/3200/5000/10000

9th- 10mpw/NT/2:22/5:10/NT/NT/NT

10th- 35mpw/59.7/2:14/4:40/10:08/16:39/34:41

11th- 40mpw/55.0/2:04/4:31/9:50/NT/NT

12th- 30mpw/54.6/2:02/4:23/9:49/NT/34:36

Bad coaching. Did not run much in the winter (10-15mpw). Too much emphasis on speed. My two nearly equally talented teammates (same basic HS PRs) went on to good college programs; one was a multiple All American and ran 4:06 for the mile, 8:13 for the 3k, and sub 14 in the 5k. The other was a multiple All American, 2:14 marathoner and made several OT Marathons and a WC Marathon team. I had terrible coaching in college, overtrained like an idiot and topped out at 8:58 for 3k and 15:45 for 5k. Bummer for me...

The 80s were a terrible waste of talent. I'm glad people are figuring it out now. Do the higher mileage and don't overdo the speed work. Keep the easy runs real easy and have fun. If you don't run well after all that, you're just not talented...

Grade/MPW range/800/1600/5k XC

10th: 35-50, 55, 2:02, 4:32, 17:35

11th: 45-55, 54, 1:58, 4:24, 16:02

12th: 45-60, 52, 1:55, 4:18, 16:22

Senior year I started running mileage a little quicker, burnt out in XC. Wish I had run the 3200 in high school, 5k runner in college now

9th: 40 ish mpw, 4:40, 10:05, 2:05

10th: 50-60 mpw, 4:15, 9:15, 1:56, 15:55 XC

11th: 60 mpw, 4:10, 8:51, 1:55, 15:20 XC

12th: 65 mpw, 4:09, 8:57, 1:54, 15:10 XC

9th- 55 miles 2:16,5:09,11:10, 19:49,39:40

10th- 65 miles 2:09,4:48,10:08,17:56,37:28

11th- 75 miles 2:05,4:35,9:55, 16:52,35:30

12th- 85 miles 2:01,4:33(60 last lap),9:45,16:20, 34:49

1st year- 95 miles 27:26, 4:29,15:46,32:29

2nd year- 110 miles (injury) 26:48,15:29

3rd year-120 miles 26:05,9:58 steeple

I only listed my track PRs.

I'll just list track, since there are far too many variables when it comes to xc.

9th:

~20-30 mpw

1600- 4:56

3200- 10:46.

800- 2:17ish.

10th:

~25-30mpw

1600- 4:55

3200- 10:33.

800- 2:17ish

11th:

~30-35 mpw

1600- 4:44

3200- 10:12

800- 2:15ish

12th:

~30-35mpw

1600- 4:27

3200- 9:45

800- 2:05.2 (relay split)

Overall, my mileage didn't change too much during high school. However, the coaching did and, as shown by my own progression, it was for the better. Senior year I finally started getting some speed in my legs. It was also during that year that I developed something of a bitch kick.

I just finished freshman year of college and after a steady buildup of mileage throughout the season, I am shooting for 70-80 mpw this summer.

im in highschool right now

9th

mile-4:35 mpw-65-70

800m-2:11

10th

mile-4:26 mpw-70-80

800m-2:06.1

203 wrote:

9th 25-30MPW 5:20(?)/11:14/18:45 XC

10th 40MPW 4:48/10:40/18:05 XC

11th 40MPW 4:48/10:36/ 17:40ish XC

12th 50MPW 4:47/10:24/17:30 XC

I have no idea why I improved so much sophomore year in the mile and couldnt run any faster until after high school.

Ran 15:30/32:30 in college and built up to 95-100 MPW.

Similar enough to my progression that there's no point in including my specifics. Instead of a 1600 block I had an 800 block though. Ran 2:05 as a sophomore and never lowered that mark, though once I got to college I moved up in distance and so rarely raced it.

Frosh: 15 mpw 2:09/4:55

Soph: 20 mpw 2:06/18:35(injured and only ran a few races that year)

Jr: 20 mpw 2:02/4:42/17:20

Sr: 20 mpw 2:00/4:35/16:40

Throughout HS my highest mileage week was 45, which I did on my own during a summer base. Did it once, got injured a week later. I wish I went to a better program to run more mileage, but at the same time, I was injured pretty often even off low stuff. All runners ran the same mileage, and our long run was 5 miles.

Don't listen to directions well, so here's the whole ball of wax, progression and regression.

9th-11th grade: Did not run but dabbled in field events (10' PV and 17X LJ)

12th grade: 10 mpw. 56/2:28/5:30/ (did not compete on the team but did some all comer meets; 1/2 mile and mile were solo time trials; 18'3" LJ)

Frosh walk on: 30 mpw. 55R indoors/2:08/4:49

Sophomore: 50-70 mpw. 2:07/4:37/9:57/16:15

Senior: 50-100 mpw. 2:05/4:31/9:43/16:14/32:50

Post college: 50-85 mpw. 2:03/4:26/9:28/15:12/31:45 (2:30 marathon)

Masters: 40-80 mpw. 2:09/4:38/? 2mile/16:21/34:07 (2:44 marathon)

Grand Masters: 50-75 mpw. 2:20/5:00/10:06 3K/17:01/35:45 (2:54 marathon)

WOWitza wrote:

Coach sucked. wrote:

9th- 10mpw: 2:31 800, 5:20 1600, 12:15 3200

10th- 15mpw: 2:21, 5:05, 11:20

11th- 15mpw: 2:11, 4:54

12th- 15 mpw: 2:05, 4:53, 10:36

half of mileage was speed work (ie 12x200 on monday, 10x400 on wednesday, race friday)

Boy you are one naturally talented MFer. If you ran HALF of what a normal high schooler did, you would be 10x better.

That IS half--at least half--of what a "normal" (or at least median) American high school kid does. Trust me on this. High school programs in which boys average more than five miles a day (for six days a week) are in the minority.

Mileage given is during base/long workout season, not during racing season. I also didn't keep a good log until winter of junior year (got a free paper log for xmas)

9th: 30-40 mpw (est) - 9:54 3200 4:37 1600

10th: 40-50 mpw (est) - 9:51 3200 4:30 1600

11th: 50-60 mpw - 9:24 3200 4:26 1600

12th: 60 mpw - 9:19 3200

9th zero - long jumped 19' +

10th ~ 5 miles, 880 2:06

11th ~ 15 miles, 880 sub 2:00, mile 4:35

12th ~ 15-20 miles, 880 sub 2:00, mile sub 4:20

College +, a lot more, a lot faster, & a lot longer.

Don't know my mileage PR.

Lots of hs kids would improve even without increasing mileage just due to puberty.