Coming back from an injury and my coach just throws me back into things with our 14 flat guys. I haven't touched a track in a year after a serious injury. I do the first 2 reps with then run a lot slower the next couple and then dnf. He then gets mad I cant keep up. Will this style of running just reinjure me?
maybe take that up with the coach instead of a forum with a bunch of randoms.
His response was that doesn't make sense.
don't show up and do your own workouts on your own till you're ready. Claim you're still "hurt" and "unable to run" which isn't a lie. Find a path/trail to do fartleks and base work (Tempo, etc) on your own. Do Sunday track sessions to build for track (light strides, etc) till your body is ready to jump into speed work. I went to a D1 distance power house and I would always say "I'm still in pain" cause they did the same thing. It was pointless showing up just to get a bad injury again in 2 weeks.
Does your school have an athletic trainer for you to consult?
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Coming back from an injury and my coach just throws me back into things with our 14 flat guys. I haven't touched a track in a year after a serious injury. I do the first 2 reps with then run a lot slower the next couple and then dnf. He then gets mad I cant keep up. Will this style of running just reinjure me?
Sounds like you're just a number. the coach probably can afford to be that way, with a good number of decent runners. When I coached, I seperated the gorups. I would've put you in the easy group.