How much faster did you get in High School and in College??????

I'll play:

Always ran about 25-30 mpw in high school

9th grade

800m-2:21

1600m-5:03

3200m-10:50

DNR XC

10th grade

800m-2:17

1600m-4:51

3200m-10:34

DNR-XC

11th grade

800m-2:12

1600m-4:45

3200m-10:10

5K-16:57

12th grade

800m-2:07

1600m-4:45

3200m-9:46

5K-16:30

frosh college-(50 mpw)

Mile-4:28

5K-15:31

8k-27:06

10K-32:08

soph college-(50 mpw)

5k-15:18

8k-26:30

10K-32:30 (hurt all of indoor)

junior college-(60 mpw)

3k-8:40

5K-15:05

8k-25:21

10K-32:08

senior college-(70 mpw)

5K-14:46

8k-24:40

10K-30:50

8th Grade: (15-20 mpw)

400: 63

800: 2:15

1500: 4:52

9th Grade: (20-25 mpw)

400: 56

800: 2:03

1500: 4:29

5k: 20:30

10th Grade: (35-40 mpw)

400: 55

800: 2:01

1500: 4:09

5k: 17:45

Summer is Here and im @ 60ish Mpw and rising...next yr xc i better run good

9th grade (25ish mpw):

800 - 2:09

1600 - 4:47

3200 - 11:00

10th grade 30ish mpw):

800 - 2:00

1600 - 4:34

3200 - (don't remember) mid-10s probably

11th grade (30ish mpw):

800 - 1:57

1600 - 4:30

3200 - (don't remember) 10:20s I think

5k XC - 16:00

12th grade (35ish mpw):

800 - 1:54

1600 - 4:23

3200 - 10:13

Frosh college (40ish mpw):

Steeplechase - 10:13

1500 - 4:12

Never got to run an 800, was very discouraged

Soph college:

quit (sometimes did runs for fun on my own)

Junior college:

Who knows, maybe I'll make a comeback

Damn, I'd love to see what would of happened if you had been running 100 mpw in college, or could your body not handle it? I do well off of it, some people (like my best friend) can't handle it.

assuming you went straight to college (meaning you failed for university) from high school.

I went straight from high school to a division 1 university.

from senior year of high school to senior year of college i went from 9:45 two mile to 8:50's (3k), then for 5k went from 16:37 to 15:10's.

I'll play too:

35 mpw

9th grade

1600m-4:44

3200m-10:17

5K-16:50

45mpw

10th grade

800m-2:04

1600m-4:26

3200m-9:44

5K-15:45

45mpw

11th grade

400-53 sec

800m-1:58

1600m-4:23

3200m-9:30

5K-15:20

FootLocker(Kinney, Woodward Park ) regionals 15:48 48th

12th grade

400 54-sec

800m-2:02

1600m-4:22

3200m-9:32

5K-15:10

FootLocker(Kinney, Woodward Park ) regionals 15:32 16th

frosh college-(60 mpw)

8k-XC 24:32 (Flat Golf Course)

8K-XC 25:15 (Normal with some hills)

I ran all four years of college but it was all crap after this.

I was pretty bad when I started, something like 55th in our JV league XC meet.

9th grade (ran about 35 mpw)

800m- 2:22

1600m- 5:11

3200m- 12:02

5K- 18:54

10th grade (ran about 45 mpw)

800m-2:14

1600m- 4:52

3200m- 10:40

5K- 17:44

11th grade (ran about 50 mpw, but tried 60+ in winter)

800m- 2:12

1600m- 4:40

3200m- 9:56

5K- 16:44

12th grade (ran about 50 mpw)

800m- 2:07

1600m- 4:34

3200m- 9:28

5K- 16:21

Freshman (ran about 70 mpw)

800m- No Time

1500m- 4:14

5K Track- 15:22

10K Track- 32:27

8K Cross- 26:41

Sophomore (ran about 75 mpw)

Note: I transferred to Community College-trained on my own.

800m- 2:04

1500m- 4:03

2 Mile Road- 9:38

5000m Road- 15:48

Junior (ran 80-100 mpw)

Note: Transferred to D1 University

800m- No Time

3000m- 8:33

5000m- 14:56

10000m- 30:33

8K Cross- 25:17

Senior (ran about 50 mpw)

800m- No Time

Mile- 4:20

3000- 8:35

5000- 14:39

10000- 30:33

8k Cross- 25:18

Senior year college was actually 85 mpw

The key to improving a lot is to really suck when you start.

7th grade

2M XC: about 17:30

8th grade

2m XC: about 14:30

9th grade

didn't run

10th grade

5k XC: 19:40

injured during track season

11th grade

5k XC: 19:20

1600m: 4:56

3200m: 10:53

12th grade

5k XC: 17:31

1600m: 4:56

3200m: 10:23

note: HS coach was an all-anaerobic all-the-time type

College frosh

5M XC: 29:29

10K track: 35:11

note: discovered Lydiard this year

College Soph

5M XC: about 28:45

5K track: 16:43

College Junior

5M XC: 27:37

10K XC: 35:30

quit after that

7th grade (track 8-10 mpw...maybe that much)

800m- 2:43

1600m- 6:10

8th Grade- (20-25 during cross country, track was 15 mpw)

5k- 20:54

400m- 61

800m- 2:23

1600m- 5:26

9th Grade- ( summer 15 mpw season 25 mpw... track 30-35 mpw)

5k- 19:30

400m- 57

800m- 2:12

1600m- 5:01 (Only ran it twice)

3200m- 11:04 (Only ran it twice)

10th Grade (35-40 mpw)

5k- 18:10

400m- 56

800m- 2:05

1600m- 4:44

3200m- 10:45(dual meet once)

11th Grade (40-45 mpw)

5k- 17:34

400m-55 high

800m- 2:04

1600m- 4:44

3200m- 10:33

Don't know WTF happened...

12th grade (70 mpw off season... season 50-55)

5k- 17:09

400m- 55

800m- 2:04

1600m- 4:39 (2:24 - 2:15)

again don't know wtf happened...

College

didn't make the team... I'm trying again this year...

My short career in a nutshell:

9th Grade:

did not run

10th Grade:

did not run

11th Grade:

400m: 51.3

800m: 201.4

12th Grade:

did not run (basketball injury)

Freshman:

redshirt

Sophomore:

400m: 49.5

800m: 1:54.6

Junior:

400m: 48.7

800m: 1:50.02

1500m: 3:55.72

Senior:

400m: 48.5

800m: 1:49.70

1500m: 3:48.75

8k: 25:22 (1st year of cross)

Grad School Year (a bit tough with a coaching change and intense studies):

400m: 48.0

800m: 1:49.98

mile: 4:11

8k: 25:11

Mounting a nice little comeback right now after a 6 year lay-off

High shool:

800 - 2:03

1600 - 4:32

3200 - 9:48

5,000 - 15:48

College and post college:

800 - never again ran one

1600 or mile - never again ran one (well, not until past prime)

Indoor 2 mile - 9:21

5,000 - 14:58

In high school I ran 15-20 miles per week MAX, and sometimes less. During the summer I averaged about 9 miles a WEEK. High school coaches in the early-mid 80s didn't know what they were doing. Most stressed low mileage and lots of rest.

In college we ran mostly 40-60 miles per week, ocassionally getting a little higher than that.

I didn't start running 100 mile weeks until after college when I began ultramarathon training.

9th Grade

400: 54.?

800: 2:00.1

1600: 4:49

XC: 17:30

10th Grade (recovering from 9th grade stress fracture)

400: 50.3

800: 2:03

11th Grade

400: 48.9

800: 1:52.88

XC: 17:11

12th Grade

400: 48.0

800: 1:51.83

XC: 16:49

Freshman College

800: 1:51.?

1000: 2:27

Sophmore College

400: 48.5

800: 1:51.49

Junior College

400: 48.0

600: 1:18.?

800: 1:48.94

Senior College

400: 47.5

800: 1:48.01

1000: 2:22.22

1200: 2:54

Grad Year

3000: 8:33 (got injured @ beginning of indoor)

9th grade:

Mile run: 7:40's

10th grade (started track as a hurdler - don't ask!):

Mile run: 6:23

400m: 75s

11th grade (switched to distance):

1600: 5:08

12th grade:

800: 2:17

1600: 4:51

3200: 10:20

5K XC: 17:31

5K road (right after graduation): 16:52

5M road (two months after graduaion): 29:53

1st year college (ran by myself):

5K road: 16:18

5M road: 27:32

2nd year college (on D1 team as walk-on):

5M XC: 26:40

5K track: 15:30's

10K track: 33:40's

3rd year college

5M XC: 25:25

5K track: 15:27

10K track: 31:31

5K road (right after graduation): 15:17

Finished undergrad college after 3rd year. Up to that point, I never even ran a <60s 400m!!!!!!

9th ran 4 days a week

1600-4:47

10th ran 5-6 days a week

1600-4:37

3200-10:4?

11th Coach sat me down said I needed to run on weekends and stop going to the shore and hitting the parties

1600-4:27

3200-9:54

12th 50 mile weeks grew from 5'7 to 5'11

800-open 1:59 dual meet split 1:54 in sprint med

1600-4:16

3200-9:20

frosh

1500-3:57

3000-8:35

ankle injury

soph 50+ a week

800-1:51

1500-3:51

3000-8:2?

jr 60+ a week

800-1:51

1500-3:49

3000-8:13

sr 80+ a week

800-1:48

1500-3:47

3000-8:12

5000-14:19

after college 3:41, 13:48, 29:1? road 10k