The poster specifically defined the runner as "the kid who wins the 400 a grade school field day". That's not a sprint like the Olympic 400. It's kids with little specific training and the ones who win have endurance and speed (and pacing).
He said: “…and runs xc, 400, 800, mile, 2 mile in high school.” and he makes no distinction as to which one’s the kid is good at. Decent XC guys don’t run open 400 meters and some rarely even run the mile.
He said: “…and runs xc, 400, 800, mile, 2 mile in high school.” and he makes no distinction as to which one’s the kid is good at. Decent XC guys don’t run open 400 meters and some rarely even run the mile.
I think you totally missed his point.
OK, what point did I totally miss? My point is that the fast 3200/XC kid is the best prospect for running the marathon some day, it doesn’t matter if won some race in elementary school and he’s not going to run the 400 or 800 in HS.
His description doesn’t describe any HS runner that is elite in the distances.
As a mortal, it bothers me that an elite miler can just jump to an event 26x farther and be better than 90% (or more?) of marathoners. Mile really is more aerobic than we think.
mile is 70% aerobic. There's a reason Jack Daniel's VDOT calculator starts from the 1500m.