During high school i was
19:27 xc 5ker
12:12 2-miler
5:28 miler
2:22 800
off of 4 years of 30-35 mpw base mileage then 25-30 mpw in season , a lot of speed work
Does this show little talent? Is this ok for four years of this training, just average? Or is this good?
There were also kids doing this like me that ran anywhere from 17--23 5k....
Shows promise for a Soph HS girl. If you're not then no.
sophmore in college male
Sorry dude, maybe in XC or 5K on the track you have some potential if you work hard, otherwise, no. At least not unless you start running way more mileage than you are now.
How well do you throw a frisbee?
Just work your mileage up and you'll get faster. No, you don't show much promise but you could still get relatively fast.
Those look a lot like my high school PRs. So yeah, not a lot of talent.
That said, I got my 5K pr under 17 this year & it's still dropping. Of course, now I'm running 70-80 mpw instead of the 30 I ran back in high school.
At any rate, I think it's safe to say you'll never go to the Olympics or make a living as a runner. But with consistent training, you could eventually win some local races, get a little prize money here and there, maybe even qualify for the Olympic Trials. All of which seems worthwhile to me.
Good luck.
It shows several things:
It shows you have read books about running and you think you should run slow in training.
It shows you are afraid of hard work.
It shows that there could have been a great running in there if your attitude was different.
It shows greatness having gone unfulfilled (ho-hum) because you are a follower and not a leader. Pure sadness.