How fast did the least talented runner in your high school's XC or track team run?

david45 wrote:

highschoolrunner22 wrote:

1 workout a week, one long run a week, all easy other days. Good luck david

You haven't answered my question about what are the point of workouts?

Well david, you've stated coaches are worthless. And now you're asking me to do my job for free.

Smart, progressive workouts and training make you better.

Swim Bike Run wrote:

david45 wrote:

You haven't answered my question about what are the point of workouts?

Well david, you've stated coaches are worthless. And now you're asking me to do my job for free.

Smart, progressive workouts and training make you better.

Fine. I will admit coaches are not worthless.

david45 wrote:

Not to be confused with Greg wrote:

Why not run easy 4-5 days a week and try a mile time trial once a week? You'll probably gain motivation from seeing you progress consistently.

Then what are the points of workouts?

To get faster.

david45 wrote:

highschoolrunner22 wrote:

1 workout a week, one long run a week, all easy other days. Good luck david

You haven't answered my question about what are the point of workouts?

Each workout has an specific purpose.

Now, the purpose of doing workouts is to improve key physiological "aspects" (due to a lack of better word) in your body that will improve your performance. They focus specific physiological "aspects" that aren't developed (or at least not not developed as much as possible) by simply running Long Slow Distance, they also add a variety of stimulus to your training, also taking the boredom alway.

Of course there are a lot of other reasons for doing workouts like, psychological training, to simulate situations that are encountered in races, etc.

If you want to reach a decent amount of your potential you absolutely need to do workouts, even if just one per week, if that's what your body can handle, as you get used and your body adapts to it you eventually you be able to handle greater workloads without getting injured.

5miles everyday is nice in the beginning to build a base, but it won't do you much more than that. Definitely not the kind of training one will want to be doing for a whole year (of they want to improve at all)

Holy Bleep hell has frozen over. You admitted being wrong about something. Good first step.

Short answer is you're going to get hurt again doing the same thing all the time and every day.

Throw in a workout per week to start with: A workout can be a 20 minute up-tempo session, 3 - 12 400 - 1200m repeats with 60 - 180s rest, 5 - 12 hill sprints on full recovery etc. Do some research and you'll be able to find the correct intervals and rest timers. Intensity is the opposite of duration. The higher the intensity, the lower the number of reps and longer rest.

Start with something easy and build into it. 5x800m repeats, 2x8 minute tempo etc.

Another version of a workout is the long run. Try adding one long run per week. Start your first at 6 miles and add each week till 90 minutes.

This should shift your milage around so you're not doing 5 miles a day.

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Sorry folks, for so many corrections. It will take sometime to really get used to writing in english.

david45 wrote:

Do you realize that you've posted 15 times in the past three hours ON THIS THREAD ALONE?! Not even going to try to guess how many other threads you've posted on. And 95% of it is nonsense. I don't know why you have such a need to be a troll on this message board but come on, give it a rest already. It seems like most people are just starting to troll you back and you don't even realize it.

the slowest guy on the track team was me on at least one season. I ran a 78 second 400m hurdles after being entered in the event after almost a whole year out due to injury. We had a kid run a 90 second 4x400 leg the season before (i was the fastest on the 4x4 that season with only a 59. We were lapped before the stick got to me and i was told to just drop the baton). Some were SERIOUSLY slow. there were multiple boys running 15 second 100s. not a track school at all

For girls it was around 7 min for the mile and 26 for 5k.

Guys: We had someone that ran a 21 min 4k. But get this he ran 53 for the 400. But our milers were actually pretty decent in track so our slowest was around a 5:15

David45, the least talented runner on our high school team ran 5:37 for a mile senior year - however he wasn’t the slowest. There were more talented kids that ran slower than him because they didn’t try or care.

Go ahead and stop complaining and actually try to train more to get better — ride a bike, use an elliptical, swim, whatever it is, if you actually can’t run more than 30 mpw.

As it currently stands, you’re a total loser because you don’t try anything new and complain about old problems.