Wait are you serious should I really just give up? Or are you joking?
Wait are you serious should I really just give up? Or are you joking?
Yes!
Talent's got nothing to do with it. It's all a matter of WHO WANTS IT MOST!!!
That's what I want to hear. I love the sport and want to succeed so badly.
Yes Man wrote:
Yes!
Talent's got nothing to do with it. It's all a matter of WHO WANTS IT MOST!!!
Hahaha
Dial it up wrote:
Yes Man wrote:Yes!
Talent's got nothing to do with it. It's all a matter of WHO WANTS IT MOST!!!
Hahaha
See? The resident psycho shows his disagreement, thereby pretty much PROVING IT CORRECT!
run in the low 16s as a freshman
AmbitiousRunner wrote:
That's what I want to hear. I love the sport and want to succeed so badly.
If that's true, then you need to be careful with letsrun. Take everything with a grain of salt. Do you have the talent? Most would say no, but who cares what they say. It's all about being the best you can be, and not be discouraged because there will always be someone faster to chase. Just do your thing
If you don't have talent you arent going anwaywhere
I had to come back and update this thread from my middle school years. To answer my former self: no, you do not have enough talent to become an elite professional runner- far from it. But, through hard work, running will allow you to go to your dream college one day. Additionally, you will get to compete for Team USA and engage in many other wonderful experiences, as a result of following your passion.
know-it-all joe wrote:
Rupp isn't a 1 in 150 million talent. Maybe 1 in 5000.
That would mean that there are around 66,000 people in the US with the talent to run a 3:50 mile, sub-13 5k, and 26:44 10k. I don't think so.
High school prs??
AmbitiousRunnerUpdate wrote:
I had to come back and update this thread from my middle school years. To answer my former self: no, you do not have enough talent to become an elite professional runner- far from it. But, through hard work, running will allow you to go to your dream college one day. Additionally, you will get to compete for Team USA and engage in many other wonderful experiences, as a result of following your passion.
Dang, sounds like you turned out to be pretty good then! As the other poster said, what were your PRs?
observer. wrote:
AmbitiousRunnerUpdate wrote:
I had to come back and update this thread from my middle school years. To answer my former self: no, you do not have enough talent to become an elite professional runner- far from it. But, through hard work, running will allow you to go to your dream college one day. Additionally, you will get to compete for Team USA and engage in many other wonderful experiences, as a result of following your passion.
Dang, sounds like you turned out to be pretty good then! As the other poster said, what were your PRs?
Did you develop asthma and thyroid “problems “ like Rupp?
Maybe not, but... wrote:
Maybe, and maybe not. You never know until you try. Remember that Rupp is on a long-term, slow-steady progress plan. He has also had a special coach (Salazar) since the age of 14. So, think about peaking at age 25-30, and don't worry so much about being Rupp fast while still in HS.
"Maybe, and maybe not"? It's no different than a Little League all-star asking about his chances of becoming the next Mike Trout.
Ambitiousrunner wrote:
I love to run and am very passionate towards the sports. I am in 8th grade and averaged 30miles a week during the XC season and had a pr of 17:02. My training included no cross training or strength training. Does it seem like I have enough talent to become an international competitor some day? I plan on following the philosophies of the Nike Oregon Project once I get in high school and will use them as guidelines for my training.
You definitely have enough talent to go far in the sport, but you are likely not as talented as Galen. He's the best runner of his generation and a major talent. In 9th grade he ran a 16:40 xc 5k off of just soccer practices and no formal running training. Salazar borrowed him from the soccer coach for the meet because he thought Galen had some talent. Galen only ran the one meet that season, and he didn't even know how long a 5k was when he stepped on the starting line. That track season he only did track to stay in shape for soccer but placed 5th at the state meet in the 3k then decided to focus on running full-time because he then knew he was clearly much better at it than soccer.
This thread is 6 years old, the guy said he didn't become like Rupp but did pretty well
I was a Footlocker All-American , sub 9 3200m, and sub 14:40 5km. Ended up getting D1 recruitment. Dream big youth runners. I could barely break 70 seconds for 400m when I started out. Then, through hard work, I trained my body to run that pace for 12.5 laps.
AmbitiousRunnerUpdate wrote:
I was a Footlocker All-American , sub 9 3200m, and sub 14:40 5km. Ended up getting D1 recruitment. Dream big youth runners. I could barely break 70 seconds for 400m when I started out. Then, through hard work, I trained my body to run that pace for 12.5 laps.
Congrats dude, that’s fantastic! Good luck, who knows maybe you’ll pull a Tuntivate!
AmbitiousRunnerUpdate wrote:
I was a Footlocker All-American , sub 9 3200m, and sub 14:40 5km. Ended up getting D1 recruitment. Dream big youth runners. I could barely break 70 seconds for 400m when I started out. Then, through hard work, I trained my body to run that pace for 12.5 laps.
I'm sure you trained hard, but beibg able to run sub-9 was 99% genetics. There are many 9:30 guys that trained just as hard as you did.
Yea, that is just not true. I do not doubt I had some level of genetics helping me for sure. But, I do not think there were “many” 9:39 guys averaging 95 a week with weekly 7-8 mile tempo runs. I’m sure there are probably a few though.