My friend’s training seems like a lot for high school. Ive been trying to tell her that, but she thinks it’s completely normal, so I wanted to get more insight on here. I dont want her to overtrain, and I also want to learn more about appropriate high school training too.
She averaged 60-80 miles per week in cross season. She has PBs of 2:16 800, 4:55 1600, and 10:40 3200. She runs 7 days a week. Typical breakdown from this past season:
Monday 6.5 mile tempo @ 6:15
Tuesday 4x60m hill sprints (3 mile warmup, 3 mile cooldown, 4 mile double later)
Wednesday 3x2miles @ 5:54 with 4 min rest
Thursday same as Tuesday
Friday 3 miles @ 5:50
Saturday 8 miles @ 6:30
Sunday 11 miles easy
The easy running is very easy at 9:00-11:00 pace. This seems unproductive because it’s too slow? I have similar times and run 7:30s over 6+ miles which is truly easy at a 140-145 average heart rate.
And also is this not too much mileage and intensity to promote improvement in college? Or am I just unfamiliar with a certain training style?