People who never ran in HS cross country or track, have you ever regretted it?

New Queen wrote:

Only because you decided to enroll at UCLA instead of D3. Most D3 schools and JUCOs don't have cuts. So stop crying because you can still enroll at a JUCO. But you cry more than anyone I have seen on this board.

How the hell do you even know what college I am going to?

david45 wrote:

Except not running in HS also means not running in college

Dude. Is this your game? someone gives you a well thought out response with multiple points and you pick ONE tangent to go off on?

Stop looking back, you've got everything to look forward to. Go join a competitive run club if you want that team experience. I own a training facility and we have teams for all skill levels and speeds. Some will go to the trials and beyond and some hope to finish in the top 50% of our local turkey trot. What matters is they love the process of getting better.

I played a sport at the D1 level. Heres something you might not realize..

Take a guess of those who go on from high school to play/compete at the D1 level - the answer is Only 1%. 1 out of 100 high school athletes get a shot at competing at the D1 level. You mentioned scholarships - well guess what? Only D1 an D2 give out scholarships and most of those are partial scholarships. D3 has no athletic scholarships.

Now here's another number for you - take a guess how many of those D1 athletes go on to get a tryout as a professional - 1.3%.

Now guess how many of those 1.3% last more than THREE years at the professional level: 34%.

To be a professional athlete you have to be better than the top 1% of the top 1%.

You haven't missed anything. Stop looking back with regret, go talk to someone about this. You don't need to win a race, you need some psychology help.

david45 wrote:

New Queen wrote:

Only because you decided to enroll at UCLA instead of D3. Most D3 schools and JUCOs don't have cuts. So stop crying because you can still enroll at a JUCO. But you cry more than anyone I have seen on this board.

How the hell do you even know what college I am going to?

I've seen it mentioned by yourself and others in several threads. Was it supposed to be secret? I'm sure you can run for the club team at UCLA. It will be as good an experience as any xc athlete gets if you treat it seriously.

Do very few HS athletes go on to run in college because most don't want to run in college?

wtf is wrong with you. Do you need therapy? High school sucks. Everyone knows that. Stop fantasizing about something kinda "meh" fun even if your good. Stop blaming your bad life on not doing high school sports. That is an insane idea. GTFO this forum and go run. Your 45 and focused on f*cking highschool? GROW UP! GET OVER IT! There's more life to live beyond highschool.

dude, wtf wrote:

wtf is wrong with you. Do you need therapy? High school sucks. Everyone knows that. Stop fantasizing about something kinda "meh" fun even if your good. Stop blaming your bad life on not doing high school sports. That is an insane idea. GTFO this forum and go run. Your 45 and focused on f*cking highschool? GROW UP! GET OVER IT! There's more life to live beyond highschool.

I am 18, and I still feel depressed about it.

david45 wrote:

Do very few HS athletes go on to run in college because most don't want to run in college?

Depends. Most do not go on to run in college because they are not fast enough.

Look at any roster, it will be freshman and sophomore heavy. This is because burnout is real and people quit. In high school, it's something fun to do. In college, it becomes a job.

I played football, mine and everyone else's scholarships were one year contracts. Coaches made this well known, if you didn't do what was expected, your scholarship was not renewed. Lots of people quit. Our walk-on turnover rate was 80% (four of five walk ons quit after one year).

Here's an example college athletes in season schedule for football:

Monday:

Lift 6:00 - 7:00

"Optional" Meetings 1:30 - 4:30

T - Tr

Lift 6:00 - 7:00

1:00 - 1:25 Training room

1:30 - 2:05 "Optional" primary position meeting.

2:10 - 3:30 Special teams and position meeting + Film

3:30 - 4:00 "Walk Through"

4:00 - 6:00 Practice.

6:00 - 7:00 Training room and treatment

Friday, Home game

1:30 - 2:00 Position Meeting

2:00 - 3:00 Walk Through

3:30 - 4:00 Travel to Hotel

4:30 - 6:00 Position Meetings in Hotel

6:00 Dinner

7:00 - 9:00 Group Meetings

9:30 Lights Out

Saturday (3:30 Kick)

8:00 Wake Up

8:30 Walk Through in ball room

9:30 Breakfast

10:30 Treatment begins

1:00 Leave Hotel

1:30 Arrive at Stadium

3:30 Kickoff

Sunday:

1:00 Training room/weight room open

3:00 - 6:00 Position Meetings

6:00 - 7:30 Practice

You see how this becomes a job really, really fast eh?

Theres no off season. January 8th, workouts started again for 2 hours per day Jan - mid march. Spring ball starts in march and goes through April with the same schedule as in season. For summer, we had "optional" workouts on campus. We got three weeks off all year.

My friends on Cross and T&F had similar schedules and they legitimately had zero off season. As soon as cross ended, time to start track. If you make it to NCAAs, it's mid June and time to get right into cross pre-season when those end.

Practice for XC looks something like this

Sunday: "Optional" Scout of next weeks race if applicable, on your own.

Monday: Long Run

Tuesday: Long Intervals

Wednesday: Recovery

Thursday: V02 intervals, sharpening

Friday: Strides + Yoga + Mobility

Saturday: Race

Monday - Thursday had "optional" on your own easy recovery runs as well.

Track would be similar (200 sprinter)

Sunday: Lift

Monday: Starts + 400s

Tuesday: Flying 100s + Lift

Wednesday: Drills/Skills

Thursday: 60s + Lift

Friday: Off

Saturday: Race.

Again. This becomes a job

david45 wrote:

Do very few HS athletes go on to run in college because most don't want to run in college?

Also feel free to address the first and last points - Stop looking back. You have your entire life to do stuff. Millions of people run track and cross. It doesn't make you special. And seriously talk to a sports psychologist.

david45 wrote:

dude, wtf wrote:

wtf is wrong with you. Do you need therapy? High school sucks. Everyone knows that. Stop fantasizing about something kinda "meh" fun even if your good. Stop blaming your bad life on not doing high school sports. That is an insane idea. GTFO this forum and go run. Your 45 and focused on f*cking highschool? GROW UP! GET OVER IT! There's more life to live beyond highschool.

I am 18, and I still feel depressed about it.

You've got to stop worrying about it and just focus on running for your club team in college or whatever. If you train seriously and thoughtfully, without worrying about the past you can be fast by the end of 4 years of club running. If you dwell on injuries, not running in hs, etc. that will be the narrative you tell at the end of college too.

That is depressing.

So which is it? It's depressing to not run HS XC because you can't do college sports, but college sports is also depressing? Make up your mind and if you're going to be a troll, at least be consistent.

Don’t worry. You can be happy that you get to participate in you favorite hobby: spamming LRC and Reddit.

thiscupisnthaflfull wrote:

david45 wrote:

That is depressing.

So which is it? It's depressing to not run HS XC because you can't do college sports, but college sports is also depressing? Make up your mind and if you're going to be a troll, at least be consistent.

I just said the amount of work you have to do in college XC and track is depressing

david45 wrote:People who never ran in HS cross country or track, have you ever regretted it? I personally have, and I am still depressed about it today.

I did not run high school XC or track. I have never regretted it. Not at all. I did play other sports in high school so maybe that's why I don't have any regrets.

Too Tall wrote:

david45 wrote:People who never ran in HS cross country or track, have you ever regretted it? I personally have, and I am still depressed about it today.

I did not run high school XC or track. I have never regretted it. Not at all. I did play other sports in high school so maybe that's why I don't have any regrets.

Lucky. I never played a single sport