I am going to be a freshmen in high school this year and I am putting in about 300 miles this summer starting from first week of june. I was wondering if this is to little or to much or does any one have some good tips for a young runner like me
thanks
That's perfect. If you've not been involved in structured training before, at your age, that is perfect. And you will most likely be better prepared than most juniors who run in hs, as most of them probably didn't run over the summer. good job, kid.
140 miles a week
its funny, a typical letsrunner would say 140 miles a week but if you said. I have been running 140 miles a week then they would say WHOA BUDDY WHATS WRONG WITH YOU.....such a contradiction but then again im sure its different people for different sides...
this is about right and probably what a hs coach would recommend. Stick with it and stay focused. Your probably ahead of the rest of your peers already. Good preparation is vital for success later. This is good base work for the long hard sessions to come in the fall. This will build strength and mental preparation.
Will be interesting to see how you get on in the xc season to come.
Good luck athlete!
yeah 300 sounds good, just have fun with it
goto the pool, ride your bike and so on
don't worry about any workouts really
the only thing I might suggest is maybe some strides every once in a while.
I don't think you're too young for that
just run the length of a football field 'fast' a few times you'll be great.
'fast,' but just say relaxed, strides will get you faster and more economical (get your body used to running fast)
Yeah, Ive done a few tempos at 6:30 pace and fartleks, and i stride usually do strides
usually do strides*
My senior year in highschool i ran about 400 miles over the summer, and got down to a 16:20 5k. Nothing all that special, looking back i know i could have done more. You are setting yourself up for a very productive freshman year.
Assuming this means June-August, you are talking about 300 miles in 92 days. This is only about 3.25 miles per day or about 23 miles per week. You will be racing 3.1 miles in a few weeks. You should work to bump it up to at least 30 and preferably closer to 40 this fall. It\'s almost impossible to run too many miles and all the talk of \"burnout\" is just crap. If you get to 40 this fall, 50 in the spring, 60 the summer heading into 10th grade, 70 going into 11th grade, and 80 heading into your senior year. If you can do more, do it. But you should be hitting at least 80 on a regular basis going into 12th grade. Way too many runners sell themselves short in high school because their coach read too many \"burnout\" articles in Runner\'s World.
just to inform the last poster: most high school teams in the USA begin their practice the first week of August, if not a week or two sooner.
I started off at about 20 mile weeks with 6 mile long now im at 40 11 mile long run
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just to inform the last poster: most high school teams in the USA begin their practice the first week of August, if not a week or two sooner.
I'm not sure that's true. My team, and those in my area, start in the last week of June/ 1st week of July.
My son will be a freshman this year as well and he has been at 40 miles a week the last month and will will run 40-45 for the rest of August. He is doing 10 miles for his long run, no work outs except for a few 5ks and summer track meets (JO).
He is pretty committed and hopes to stay health and run fast. Some people in our area make comments about him running too much and so forth but he takes it in stride. I keep a close eye on him and run with him a few times a week, he is doing fine with mileage.
To answer your direct question, I think what you are doing is fine as long as it works for you and your mileage is better than most but not over the top. Hopefully you will have a rewarding freshman year and stay healthy.
BE PATIENT.
Work on a good endurance base, do a few strides twice and week and maybe work some hills on your long run (maybe 60-75 minutes).
BE PATIENT.
Run on grass and dirt trails whenever possible.
BE PATIENT.
Hydrate properly and if one day's run doesn't go so well,
especially on a hot day, blow it off, take a day off and ride a bike or go for a swim.
BE PATIENT.
You don't need to string together X-number of consecutive days. Be consistent but be SMART, don't race your training.