ran fast back then , now suck, how can i transfer?

running to another school is not going to solve your problem.

I was once in a similar running situation...you have to give it time. I raced similar 800 meter times off poor training and similar times off great distance training, but at this time of year I thought I should be running faster because I was in better shape. You can look at it as development & possibly you'll be a very good miler, but soon lack 800 speed.

Tell us your mile time...

Tranferring depends on where you want to go for a scholarship. If it's just a scholarship you want, I can give you one, but I only coach a girls team, you'd have to be my manager...

What division or school are you looking at? Most big places you'll be a walk-on or very partial if lucky. Academic transfer scholarships may not be as good as the one you have either. So, I hope you are not transferring for performance reasons because you are in really good shape right now, just lacking speed. If your coach just refuses to train you as a 400-800 guy & that's your dream, then don't let anyone take it from you. You may have a very good season still if you keep hope.

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my main reason for transfering is that i hate my school. I have nothing to do here, no social life (which i can live with, but if im sacrificing that i'd like to see some improvement), and i feel my degree is goign to be worthless from this institution, basically im learning nothing. secondly i feel like im not getting any better under this training even though i like my coach and his attitude and all of that, but the stats just seem to show that it's not working for me.

I dont care where i go, or what level, as long i have a couple people to run with and the school is decent.

my mile time before was almost irrelevant, i actually don't rememeber a highschool pb, but last summer i ran a 4:28, which is a huge improvement, but like i said, even if i take 15 second off of that it's not really getting me anywhere, i don't mean to limit my options, but i truly believe my talent is in the 400-800 range, maybe i could be a miler, but i dunno. i would like to leave this school, im just not sure where i want to go from here.

Well, if you brave telling us what state you are in lets run posters may have some options. You probably don't want an out-of-state place since the marks probably won't allow for a waiver.

Not sure if this helps either, but many people think of transferring this time of year because school and athletics wear on you and spring breaks still at least a week, maybe a month away.

That not catone or an apprentice of his is it? i doubt it's THAT st. francis but if so we've spoken before. I am international so i won't get instate anywhere.

There are three St Francis Colleges.

i knew there was more than one, just took a chance. anyways.. any other advice?

You know i heard of this coach at boise state that, has turned some guys into some pretty good runners, such as a kid who was a 1:55 800 guy who is now running sub 4:20 mile, along with some other huge standouts... that came from no where.. you transfer position is iffey... really you are not going to get a scholarship to another school without showing some WORTH!! you cant expect something out of nothing 2flat! is my point.. So my advice if you dont like the program walk on somewhere if you have good grades you can get out of state tuition waved.. thats my advice coming from a kid that came from a community college, and is now running almost a minute faster in the 8k and 10k.. along with 30 seconds faster in the 3k...

so i should stick it out at least till the end of this year and then go about searching with a well rounded profile of mediocre pb's?

Yea thats what i would do. it really early in the year, and if you ran 1:56 in highschool, you need to make sure you are running right now, make some contacts with other schools now so then they will be watching you run, honestly a 1:56 in not that good at the D1 level and you wont see much of a scholarship there, but maybe at NAIA or D3 you will... but if you train hard, work on leg speed mainly, you will come around real quick,,, id set my goals high if i were you, like 1:52 these are things that you need to believe in, in order for them to happen... but if you can get down to 1:52 scholarship avalibilities will open up... to some schools...