Rheinhardt Harrison RIPS Final Workout Before SUB-4 Attempt

I guess it's similar to flag football, youth soccer etc

But I did that stuff when I was younger and I just feel like running is a different sport compared to those. In youth football and soccer sometimes it gets more intense and stuff and kids will burn out. But honestly being on a team with the other kids from your middle school and doing football or soccer etc was just a fun way to be active.

Now running is a little different because you have youth teams but sometimes you get these solo kid runners who are just doing it alone with no one else, that's gotta suck at age 12

I think that's a good question.

I remember in HS, back in '98-'02, there was talk about helicopter parents starting their kids in AAU and outside sports as early as middle school. And that was seen as too early.

Now, it's 2- to 4-year-olds? Yikes.

I finally watched the race video and the flags make it look very very windy.

We've all been there when it becomes impossible to hit target pace in a workout because of the wind. So this kid gets a pass in my mind. I was ready to call him a workout hero based on this result compared to that 3 x 1600 workout, but the wind really did look fierce here.

interesting for no good reason wrote:

I finally watched the race video and the flags make it look very very windy.

We've all been there when it becomes impossible to hit target pace in a workout because of the wind. So this kid gets a pass in my mind. I was ready to call him a workout hero based on this result compared to that 3 x 1600 workout, but the wind really did look fierce here.

I agree. Wind looked strong. His run was probably worth 3:58 - 4:03 depending on how strong. In any case, it's a good run.

His form is really, really smooth. I think he would make a great marathoner or 10,000m guy down the line.

8:47.43 3200 today

https://www.milesplit.live/meets/412169/events/26/F/M

Meh.

Paced teammate to sub 9:00 then sped up

birdbeard wrote:

Meh.

Thanks, Hobbs' mom.

lol

Nasty.

Best 1-2 in Florida.

jecht wrote:

He trained since he was a toddler? That's insane.

Funny when a kenyan does it, we credit it as a factor in their success. American does it and it is insane...

Obviously details matter a ton...

Just don’t want this to be a Brodey Hasty situation of attacking the sub 4 crazily and not just having more fun with it. Best of luck to the kid but do some relays, off events and take a couple cracks.

birdbeard wrote:

Meh.

Really? A 17y, 2m old JR in HS runs 8:47 in early April, pacing a teammate and then closing in 2:01 and you say “Meh”?

He’s gonna run something like 3:59/8:34 this year, as a junior. I know all about prodigies who’ve flamed out, but I strongly suspect this dude will be making headlines for years to come.

John Wesley Harding wrote:

birdbeard wrote:

Meh.

Really? A 17y, 2m old JR in HS runs 8:47 in early April, pacing a teammate and then closing in 2:01 and you say “Meh”?

He’s gonna run something like 3:59/8:34 this year, as a junior. I know all about prodigies who’ve flamed out, but I strongly suspect this dude will be making headlines for years to come.

This is LetsRun where so many have the trifecta of a smokin' hot wife, sub-14 PR for 5K and a salary > $400,000 per year. They are rather begrudging in doling out compliments.

jecht wrote:

I think that's a good question.

I remember in HS, back in '98-'02, there was talk about helicopter parents starting their kids in AAU and outside sports as early as middle school. And that was seen as too early.

Now, it's 2- to 4-year-olds? Yikes.

I think Coe and Ovett started systematic running training as young kids, though I don't know the exact age for their starts. Cram, I'm fairly sure, began running at age 10 and was involved in orienteering. And Jacob Ingebrigtsen started at what, age 8, 9 or 10?

Dean Wormer wrote:

jecht wrote:

I think that's a good question.

I remember in HS, back in '98-'02, there was talk about helicopter parents starting their kids in AAU and outside sports as early as middle school. And that was seen as too early.

Now, it's 2- to 4-year-olds? Yikes.

I think Coe and Ovett started systematic running training as young kids, though I don't know the exact age for their starts. Cram, I'm fairly sure, began running at age 10 and was involved in orienteering. And Jacob Ingebrigtsen started at what, age 8, 9 or 10?

What? I just woke my 3 year old up to do hill repeats with a headlamp while I screamed at him to correct his form anytime he wasn’t running as tall as he should. Is this weird?

dhgfaed53456ty4wyhes wrote:

8:47.43 3200 today

https://www.milesplit.live/meets/412169/events/26/F/M

in vaporflys that are illegal for track races, so his time doesn't count