A runner goes 1:57pr early outdoor season. How much doe they improve?
Usually 1:57pr can improve to 1:54 by season end.
Then 1:52 by college career end given that they maintain interest and keep training.
A runner goes 1:57pr early outdoor season. How much doe they improve?
Usually 1:57pr can improve to 1:54 by season end.
Then 1:52 by college career end given that they maintain interest and keep training.
Depends how undertrained they are. Most high schoolers running fast 800s are running low mileage and have good sprint speed, and can bang out 28s 200s like it's nothing, but struggle with on tempos, mile and 1k reps. They're also the top runner on their squad, with only some guys at 2:10 to train with, so training really isn't optimal. Gym work also isn't the best.
In college, these runners usually bump up the mileage a bit, start grinding out tempos and long reps, hit the gym with a pro trainer, train with 5 other guys in the low 1:50s and then boom! 1:52 PR.
Now this is the general case for most 800 runners. Some won't improve with this kind of training, but most high schoolers who do low mileage, a ton of hard intervals, and no endurance or gym work will.
If that kid gets to 1:55, looks good running, and is hardly putting in the work, that kid is the Cash Cow.
Often, the freshmen running 1:57 ends up focusing on a longer event. In this case he barely improves much as his racing and training change.
Freshman (freshwoman, freshperson?) Athing Mu probably won't improve much beyond 1:53 in her college career.
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