Don’t listen to all the BS these clowns spew about being light. Just try to eat regular Whole Foods and get plenty of water and rest. Easy days easy, hard days hard and have fun. Take it from someone who obsessed too much over this sh!t and got burnt out by 21. It’s a long road, enjoy it.
formerD1 wrote:
Lol I ran 4:07 in HS, don't think so. 4:30 wouldn't even make varsity in my HS team.
Thanks.
Your a douche too so you have that going as well
formerD1 wrote:
Science teachers who delve in "coaching" HS athletes shouldn't post here.
You cannot be a serious athlete and not have a clue what event you're specializing in.
An argument could be made that you're an 800/1500 runner, or a 1500/5K runner, but not 800/1500 and 5k. That is just utterly logically inconsistent. The training regime for a 800m runner is so drastically different from a 5k runner that doing one is by nature mutually exclusive with the other. Get that through your head.
Top 800m runners do 30mpw max and spend 100% of their time on the track doing 200-600m repeats. If you add 1 long run each week and/or increase your repeats to include 800-1200m distances bam you have yourself a 1500m runner. If you want to do 5K guess what at most you're doing 3 track workouts a week (most likely 1-2 at the HS level) and a tempo or two a week. All of a sudden you've screwed your chances at the 800m, but you'll be a decent miler.
If you don't even know this much, or don't know whether you want to focus on 800m or the 5k, then you really aren't "serious".
And the HS coach can keep dreaming about coaching elite athletes.
A high school distance athlete should not "specialize" in any one event. And a 4:30 mile is fast enough to win a lot of small high school meets. For some inexplicable reason, I hear Glory Days playing whenever you post.
OP, slowly increase your weekly mileage, eat whatever you want but aim to cut out junk food and particularly soda, and your race weight will take care of itself.
Just realized this is a three year old discussion. Hopefully the OP finished high school strong!