Thoughts 12 Year Old daughter ran 2:53 for an 800m and has never ran before it!

Get lost creep.

What do you want us to think? This all seems normal and xc is a much more accessible and cheaper sport than equestrian. Will your daughter be great? Terrible? Will there be drama? Who knows. I'm always happy when more people get into running but there really isn't enough data here for any kind of analysis. Keep her off letsrun though until she's been running for at least a few years - this site isn't useful for beginning runners.

5/10 because its not a jamin or antivaxx thread. Good luck to Buffy. When the butler picks her up from the training runs, remind him that Bentley floor mats are prone to grass stains and maybe he should take the G wagon.

It is a good time but not great. My 10 year old neighbor ran 2:36 this summer.

That's a solid time for a first time runner of that age. Her body will change in the next few years, but keep encouraging her. If she were on my Middle School team I'd be quite pleased, that shows promise.

RunningDaughter wrote:

My daughter has done equestrian for the past 2 years which is full of bullying and drama at the barn we finally persuaded her to try cross country. She's 12 years old has never ran anything in her life. The coach had them run a 2 mile she went through the opening 800m in 2:53 seconds what are the thoughts on this. Obviously she bonked because she didn't understand the lung burn and feeling. Day 2 she made it 2 miles stayed with her juniors high top girls ran 14:plus. She loves it. Her stats height she is 5'3 and 100 or so pounds. I was a solid runner myself 29:05 in the 10,000m with 1:52 800m speed and a 4:04 mile to my name.

Haha, nice compliment fishing brah.

RunningDaughter wrote:

My daughter has done equestrian for the past 2 years which is full of bullying and drama at the barn we finally persuaded her to try cross country. She's 12 years old has never ran anything in her life. The coach had them run a 2 mile she went through the opening 800m in 2:53 seconds what are the thoughts on this. Obviously she bonked because she didn't understand the lung burn and feeling. Day 2 she made it 2 miles stayed with her juniors high top girls ran 14:plus. She loves it. Her stats height she is 5'3 and 100 or so pounds. I was a solid runner myself 29:05 in the 10,000m with 1:52 800m speed and a 4:04 mile to my name.

Why do you include her height / weight? Kind of strange.

Indicating she has a runners build. Seriously WTF is the matter with the majority of you people.

i spy wrote:

Get lost creep.

You saying that means you are probably not allowed near any schools or playgrounds.

RunningDaughter wrote:

Indicating she has a runners build. Seriously WTF is the matter with the majority of you people.

If you've done a 4:04 mile (and the rest), you would have enough knowledge of your own to figure out whether your own daughter has talent or not.

RunningDaughter wrote:

Indicating she has a runners build. Seriously WTF is the matter with the majority of you people.

It sounds like you’re bragging. One run means nothing in terms of predicting -what exactly? How is 5’3 considered a runners build. Sounds like she should be in gymnastics. If you were really a competitive runner you should be able to answer your own question

You do realize a 6 year old girl has run that fast.

RunningDaughter wrote:

Indicating she has a runners build. Seriously WTF is the matter with the majority of you people.

They think you are trolling by showing your sub elite pr’s and pretending to not understand the potential your daughter has. It does not add up.

My young dd won the state youth AAF 1600m title without ever training, I thought she would run in college like I did. As she grew up her body changed and she ended up going to college on a soccer scholarship. Good to keep the kids involved in all sports as long as you can. Today my dd can beat me in the mile...

RunningDaughter wrote:

My daughter has done equestrian for the past 2 years which is full of bullying and drama at the barn we finally persuaded her to try cross country. She's 12 years old has never ran anything in her life. The coach had them run a 2 mile she went through the opening 800m in 2:53 seconds what are the thoughts on this. Obviously she bonked because she didn't understand the lung burn and feeling. Day 2 she made it 2 miles stayed with her juniors high top girls ran 14:plus. She loves it. Her stats height she is 5'3 and 100 or so pounds. I was a solid runner myself 29:05 in the 10,000m with 1:52 800m speed and a 4:04 mile to my name.

Ok, this is either a troll post (likely), or you know absolutely NOTHING about running despite having run some just-under elite level times. Now, if it is the latter, it tells me that you perhaps didn't even train properly, so your daughter might have even more potential...HOWEVER...

1) What a 12-year-old girl can run is ONLY what that 12-year-old girl can run. SO many have issues as they get just a tad older. If she's still progressing at age 15, 16, 17, 18...then, there's potential.

2) You said later that she loves it. Well, so far, she has seen success. Her love will wane if she stops progressing, and if that happens, her progress is over.

Good job. That’s what I think. Hopefully she enjoys the sport and keeps it going.

I 100% am bragging about her. It has taken 4 years to get her to try xc and the fact that she likes it makes me a proud father. I have an IAAF World Athletics profile I am not posting my profile however. I have zero experience in coaching kids and was simply curious as to what people think. Too many people on this site want to instantly slam someone with negativity versus being positive.

RunningDaughter wrote:

I 100% am bragging about her. It has taken 4 years to get her to try xc and the fact that she likes it makes me a proud father. I have an IAAF World Athletics profile I am not posting my profile however. I have zero experience in coaching kids and was simply curious as to what people think. Too many people on this site want to instantly slam someone with negativity versus being positive.

Hi i'm a female (what a surprise on this male dominated site) 800m runner so here's my piece, I would give my times/ WA profile to show I do actually run 800m but i don't want to give away my identity:

For a 12yr old who's never run it before that's good. Don't listen to the people on here who say otherwise. However, her enjoying it is the most important thing. Around her age, a little bit of training and a bit more practice might bring down the time greatly (I know people who improve in the ballpark of 10-30s in a year at that age, but it depends on the person so don't get too het up comparing), but don't get tempted to ramp up training/the kilometres too greatly. Many Letsrunners seem to think more miles = better, but for adolescent females that it certainly generally not the case, particularly for middle distance- I have seen way too many people get burnt out from too many kilometres a week. At 12years, the difference between people training regularly since they were 8 or whatever, and just starting out is huge so don't worry about comparisons, and 12y.o times mean nothing later down the line.

You won't know until she's older whether she's destined to be the next athing mu or ajee wilson, so just keep her enjoying the sport, and who knows she may end up really good.

I wish all the best for your daughter and i hope she continues to enjoy the sport as it's an excellent sport to be involved in, and hope this helps

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Is that what you want to hear? Let her do whatever the f she wants if any of this is true.