good freshman 8k time?

I ran a 10:04 2 mile in HS, and the next year was pretty consistently in the mid 27's as a freshman, and 7th man on a lower lever D1 team. I think it really depends what kind of runner you are that will determine how well you can transition. I was much better suited to longer distances (my 2:09 half mile pr will speak to that), so running 5 miles was alot better for me. If you are more of a mile guy I think its gonna be alot harder to make the transition that first year. Good Luck.

This season (my freshman year) I ran 26:30 for 8k XC early on (late September) and probably could have broken 26 if I had run a fast course at the end of the year. My high school PRs were 9:59 for 3200m and 16:14 for 3 miles XC (and it's not like I slouched on my training back then, I worked hard) so I improved a lot (of course I really upped my mileage this summer and I have gotten much stronger). I am excited because I know that it takes a couple years for high mileage (100+ miles a week) to really pay off and I am looking to breaking into the 24s. Put in the miles and you will get stronger and faster. It takes patience and discipline but it is absolutely necessary if you want to go to the next level.

I am also a freshman this year at a D3 school, and my pr was 26:16. I ran 16:15 for 5k, 9:39 for 3200m, and 4:28 for 1600 my senior year of high school. I'd consider myself above average for a freshman, but nothing spectacular. I think sub 25:45ish would be pretty good for a freshman.

(I run at a DIII school by the way)

im running D1 so my 25 37 was just barely keeping me in a pack. did any other freshamn this year feel unmotivated in the 8k, like i always would settle

I felt that way at the beginning, that I really couldn't just race, but towards the end of the season I was a little more accustomed to the distance and felt like I really raced it.

ok lets put some things in to perspective here, the world record on the road is 22:02,done at the crazy 8s race in Kingsport. so your definition of "very good" is actually damn near world class, so saying that a 24 minute 8K is when you would start to be good for a freshman in college is a load of crap because that is a half a mile behind the world champion at his best, plus there is the fact they are reaching their prime and improving when they are in college, so anyone with an ego bigger than your brain saying everyone sucks at running and compliment fishing with a world class time you consider "average, but needing improvement" that we all know you lied about, think before you say something.

At my school, most of our freshmen who are recruited and are on scholarship are in the 25:30-26:30 range by the END of the season, with many starting in the 26:30-27:30 for their first 8k. We are a smaller DI school, so maybe right in the middle as far as expectations? I know of some smaller DIII schools near us that would kill for 5 guys under 27:30, so it is all relative to where you are at. You should look at the times of the returners at your school to determine whether your time was good or not.

frosh wrote:

im running D1 so my 25 37 was just barely keeping me in a pack. did any other freshamn this year feel unmotivated in the 8k, like i always would settle

Would love to hear an udpate from this guy 7 years later. How'd your college career turn out?

ok lets put some things in to perspective. the world record 8K was 22:02 on the roads of he crazy 8 race in Toronto, so saying that 24 minutes is when you are just "pretty good" is just slightly ridicules. you don't need to be a freaking Olympian on your first day to be "good" or "OK" and if there is one thing I hate it is people who lie about their "professional class times." I really hate the people who say that they ran a 23:30 and go waste their time asking if they are any good and saying they think they could do better when for one we all know they didn't run that fast, and they are just compliment fishing on a time that they didn't even run. I run a 29:38, and I'm not too much of a stuck up prick to admit I am not an Olympian so why do other people lie about their times? also there is a magical thing called improvement so instead of telling them to give up and go somewhere else because they don't lie about being a "national champion" is stuck up and retarded.

If one actually takes the time to read through this thread from 7 years ago, you see how much dick-sizing used to take place on LR.

For all I complain about the bigotry on LR now, at least it's not as full of dick-sizing as it was back then.

It also depends on what school your program has. Having a 30 min 8k is not that bad going in to college for the first time of your freshman year. You also have to think about the training that the university is going to offer, and the fact that many runners run all year long. With that being said a 30 minute 8k is good to start off with, and there are smaller universities that will accept you into that program, and with that you can always get better and transition into another university that has an even better program.

It also depends on what school your program has. Having a 30 min 8k is not that bad going in to college for the first time of your freshman year. You also have to think about the training that the university is going to offer, and the fact that many runners run all year long. With that being said a 30 minute 8k is good to start off with, and there are smaller universities that will accept you into that program, and with that you can always get better and transition into another university that has an even better program.

old ass thread being bumped. Here's my take on the the op's subject. I walked on a mediocre d2 program. I consistently ran under 27 with a 26:02 best as a frosh. This put me mid pack in meets. Is that good? Is that bad? I don't know. That is just what it was. Guys that beat me in hs, beat me again 4 and 5 months later. Would I like to have run a lot faster? Yes sir.