JH Coach wrote:
Fastest 7th grade boy I coached ran a 4:56, never ran that fast again. Hovered around 5:00 for a few years, quit by his junior year and is now in college.
To beat this dead horse, it doesn't matter what you do at 13-14, sometimes it shows you may have a promising future, other times you are just more developed than your peers at that age.
i agree, story of my life. 4:55 7th grade, 4:42 8th grade. got into an argument with XC coach during freshman year and didn't run again for 10 years.