Parents keeping me down

My parents did a lot of traveling around the world when I was a kid. I went with them during the month of August, just after the JO’s and right before training for CC.

In some of the places we went; it was very difficult to train – for example: Israel (there was guns constantly around – but still got my workouts in- I felt somewhat safe because I was 13 and a girl and did not look like a threat). However, the winter and spring vacations I stayed home to train. They did not mind at all.

Ask if you can stay home and train – you’re old enough to stay home alone. If you have to go, this is a good time to try to adjust to different climates and environments. I do not know if you travel a lot to go to races, but there is an adjustment, and you can use this experience to help you cope with the challenges of traveling.

It sound like you have the dedication to be a great runner, great runners have a great sense of one-pointedness. This is what makes great runners – this separates the good runners from the great runners.

However, some runners live their lives with one-pointedness for their sport – life is all about running. For example Mary Slaney. Then there are great runners who have one-pointedness when they are only on the track and their minds are free from running during their other activities of their lives. For example: Steve Lewis and Johnny Gray.

Good luck

The rents wrote:

It'll be hard

You need not say anymore. The fact that you are unwilling to compensate at all is an indicator that you are not willing to have a life outside of running. Dude, it is very possible to do what you just said. Go out at 6:30, back at 7:30 to the mountain at 8. What in the hell is ridiculous about that? Just do it. Running will likely energize you, then you can rest after you are done and do a second run about 7 or so, or you can just do singles. I guarantee it will not hurt you one bit. Especially since you don't have a big race coming up, what is holding you back? It's the off-season, so live a little. I used to go on lots of trips with my family, and I always found a way to run... always. I had to spend time with my family, but they understood that I had to run, and I was able to go out and do my thing, and there was still plenty of time. Take a rest stop while you travel, do a short recovery run, and it will help loosen you up for the rest of the trip. You will maintain all of your fitness and still have plenty of time to build up. I am just now getting back to running from an injury, but I guarantee you I will be back to full form by the middle of outdoor track season, God willing. Don't pass up this opportunity. There is always time to run, just talk to your family and find out what you have to do to get your miles in.

The rents wrote:

I think that running a 100mpw schedule AND skiing 9hrs/day WILL lead to overtraining and possible injury.

Easy. Don't do 100mpw. It won't hurt and in fact, will probably help you to take a down week. Everyone does it for recovery. You'll feel fresher. Just do it.

You, rents, are a big pu$$y. I wish I would come upon you on one of those mountain roads. I would beat your ass until you turned 18 and then I would beat it some more. What a Fu#khead.

Gee, I wonder why everyone is getting mad on this board.

Just do whatever you want, kid. You're just not going to listen to whatever you don't want to hear anyways. Might as well go argue some more with your parents about how running is your life, when you will never reach the Olympics. You're 17 running such high mileage, you don't have the kind of talent. You have the remainder of your life to spend running, and only a limited amount of time to spend having fun with your parents as a kid without spending cash.

With my times (and borderline grades) running will probably be the difference maker in whether I get into the elite schools I want. My parents don't get that. The reason I came on LR to pose this question is becuase I am willing to listen to suggestions. Some of them on here have been good, others blatantly offensive. I think I will end up going on the vacation. Th 2 x 14hr trips are gonna end up being no-run days because my parents won't compromise to sit at a rest stop and just let me go off and run. During the vaca, I'll sneak out and run if I have to.

Look up info about Michael Wardian. He has a crazy busy family and professional life, but still makes time for 100+ mile weeks. He gets up and does his major mileage at 4:30am; then does his double at lunchtime, and 1-2 times per week takes a brief leave from the family in order to run evening track workouts.

You are gonna have to get used to this if you continue to run seriously in your life. Here is the best advice I can give on how to do this:

1) Get up early in the morning to run. Nobody can take that time away from you. Yeah you don't always feel the greatest in the morning and can't run fast (at least not at the beginning of the run), but you get your mileage in.

2) Go to bed early in order to get your rest. Can your family really fault you for doing this? Your friends, that's another story. But unlike family, your friends can be gotten rid of if they annoy you.

Be honest, you just wanna stay home and boink that fat boyfriend of your's.

Damn you're good

9.5/10

You are not going to be a pro runner. You'll most likely give it up within 10 years. Stop obsessing about running. It is pointless.

It will be hilarious when injury ruins your season.

Wicka wicka wicka wrote:

Be honest, you just wanna stay home and boink that fat boyfriend of your's.

actually, he'll have the internet all to himself

and we all know what that means

Rents,

Just relax and be flexible. 10 days of cross training with a little running in December will do your body some good. Look at what Ritz and Rupp did after the season, they didn't run for a couple of weeks. 10 days of you not running in December will not affect your 3,200 pr this spring by more than say .01 seconds. If you can't handle taking a pleasant life long memory vacation with your loving family because you HAVE to run... what the heck do you do when you get injured? Do you run through that too?

Listen, I was a "fortunate son" like you in that my parents took me on vacations in hs. It didn't affect my running as I still accomplished all of my goals and now that I'm older I have fonder memories of those family trips than I do of my running accomplishments.

Thank your parents for being so nice and find some time to get a short shake out run in each day (and yes, you can run after skiing 8 to 5 as I did it every weekend over the Winter for four straight years in hs). It'll be a nice break for your body and the cross training of skiing for a week will strengthen your legs more than 120 miles of running will.

The down side is you may break your leg. On the up side you may break your neck

creep wrote:

actually, he'll have the internet all to himself

and we all know what that means

Remember, it's bad for your vision

Don't they have a road leading to the ski lodge. Why can't you run on that while your fam is skiing?

If it was true that you really couldn't run, I would see your point. And I'm an old guy who rarely takes the side of the teenager in a parent dispute.

(If this kid is truly into training trying to achieve specific goals his parents should respect that)