how f*ucked am I?

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20 years ago 08/05/2003 10:54am EDT

so here's my story. same one you see every year i am sure. anyway i am a senior in college, have run 14:25 5k and 8:53 steeple. last year in cross after a year abroad and not training i managed to run 31 mid for 10k cross... this season i was hoping to build on that, but have been sick and was working all summer so i haven't ran much at all (i am now two weeks into training and only at 50 miles/week, approx 6-6:15/mile pace. my question is, for those who would know, how f*cked is my cross season because of this and is there much chance to get anything done by regionals/nationals???

20 years ago 08/05/2003 12:08pm EDT

re: Ears2Yoo

Judging by the fact that you used 'working all summer' as part of an excuse for not running, I'd say that you're not dedicated enough to be where you want to be.

That being said, if you can somehow buckle down now, get in a good last 3-4 weeks of the summer, you'll have 5-6 weeks of running under your belt by the time you're back.

Now, if you have a sensible coach, he'll let you sit out a meet or two while you continue building mileage and fitness for the first month or so of season. You're at 10 weeks now. That's not a horrible base, and you can definitely work with it. Consider that the next 4 weeks you'll be getting in some races and good workouts, you'll have 14 weeks of training by the time regionals roll around. That's not bad. You can definitely be very effective off of that.

The key will be in being dedicated, building up your mileage for a while, without tapering for midseason meets. You may not have any real down time until after conference, but that's how you'll likely have to play it to be up to par.

20 years ago 08/05/2003 12:20pm EDT

re: coop

...it's pretty amazing how much fitness one can gain in 12 weeks time...nothing really matters till late October anyway (who cares who wins the September meets)...so, just put your head down and train...HARD!

20 years ago 08/05/2003 2:14pm EDT

re: tommy

Pretty f*ucked if you ask me!

20 years ago 08/05/2003 3:38pm EDT

re: Johnny Stewart

Is this Kelly Shinkle?

20 years ago 08/05/2003 3:40pm EDT

re: Sean Boynes

Sean Boynes wrote:
Is this Kelly Shinkle?

Where the hell did that come from. You seem pretty f*cked up yourself.