Hey, I'm in HS and this is my second year running XC. I did so badly in XC that I PR'd in late May (about a month after track) in a road race at 18:29. Since then I've been doing 70-ish miles per week with 2 speed workouts a week (tempo and some other SOM-type thing). How do you think I'll do at my time trial Friday?
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PR. Not yet sub-18. But it depends on the course and what you were doing before.
Talk about a dearth of information ... how long is time trial? You only give us 70-mile weeks. Give us the specifics of your speed workouts.
12:58:32 +/- 10:00:00
Predict my time trial?
They get worse
Haha sorry. Time trial is a 5k, and I've been doing things like 16x200, 4 mile tempos, Various fartleks, and longer repeats like 3x1.5 mile and 2x2 mile
Do we get a prize for the best prediction?
17:50 +/-10 seconds.
Just because you PRed in a road race a month after track doesn't mean you were running better than you were in xc. Road race courses are often a minute (or more) faster than xc courses. But bassed on the fact that you have been running 70 miles per week, I would have to imagine you can get close to 17:30, unless those miles have just been dirt slow. I have never heard of a 70+ mile high school kid that couldn't break 18. Heck, I haven't heard of one that couldn't break 17. 70 miles is A LOT for a middle of the pack JV kid, which is what I assume you were. Kudos to you for working hard. You should move up a lot this season.
Haha hopefully I can break 17 by the end of the season. A minute and a half is a lot to drop in 2 months I'd be good with 17:45-ish. Oh, and I live in South Georgia so all our XC courses are reeeeeal flat.
What's your name? I'll add you on facebook and talk training.