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2 weeks ago 04/18/2024 12:22am EDT

So there is this girl on my team, she is continuing to ask me questions on how to improve her mile time. She just asked me a question on if it would be a good idea to run a 3200 meter, 300 hurdles, 200 meters, and throw a shot put at a region meet this Thursday. When there is an invite this Saturday! Is it possible for other people to recover this fast?! I want to hear from you guys. I personally have never tried doing this many events before an important race, because I don’t think I could recover. But every one is different. The thing is this girl is a freshman and I don’t want to hold her back from trying new things , I just don’t think it’s the smartest to do it if she wants to run a fast time on Saturday…..If she wants to run her PR this Saturday is running this many events a good idea?!

2 weeks ago 04/18/2024 1:10am EDT

re: runnerjunkie#18

At that age its a bad idea. At an older age and with much higher training mileage you could get away with it.

1 week ago 04/18/2024 3:25pm EDT

re: runnerjunkie#18

a field event is probably harmless but if they follow the normal sequence of events you're talking about races nos. 8, 10, and 11 in the usual order. the 200 and 2 mile are literally next door (the 2 ends and they have the 3200 on the track). the 300H is not far removed ahead of those.

there would be like zero rest and issues with checking in and being at the start for the race. pointless.

if she's interested in multis, if you look at a heptathlon and compare to the usual events list, she could do SP, then 100 hurdles (multi runners don't do the low hurdles, they do the high hurdles), then the 800 at the end if she wants a distance test (female multi eventers don't run past 800).

or the 200 if she wants to mirror day 1 of heptathlon (which is usually 100H, HJ, SP, 200).

my two cents if she wants gas in the tank for the weekend meet she does the shorter set. a field event and two short races will be harmless in 2 days. 3-6 throws, a hurdle race, and an 800 you might feel on the weekend.

1 week ago 04/18/2024 3:28pm EDT

re: runnerjunkie#18

but anyhow, original point was the 4 she was talking would make no sense on the day of, be exhausting the day of, and you'd be a puddle on the next meet day too.

if she imitates heptathlon day 1, give or take HJ, that's not that draining. the field events might be the more tiring part.

or you can do 800 instead of 200 but you will feel that on the weekend.

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