is a 39:57 10k respectable for a high school frosh?

She might run DII if she trains hard.

High school freshmen can't run the 10k for crap because they have no mileage base. So who knows.

yes it sure is

the sad part is, we're talking about a guy.

Yes it is. My freshman year I ran 21 minutes for the 5km and later went on to run in the 15's. Back to back 19 min 5km's is very good for a freshman. It shows that you are probably capable of running in the high 17's/18 minute range.

yes good start

lol

"freshman"

Truth: It is a good start dude. Shows you have potential as a runner to do that at that young of an age.

My advice to you is to just keep up the good work and realize it's a long (but fun) road to your lifetime personal bests. Keep plugging away and by the time you get to end of HS or college you'll probably split through that for 10k in a training run like it was nothing.

My sophomore year I only ran 20:33 for 5k, so no way wouldve I even run 41minutes. My best in the 5k now is 16:36. Some here would say that sucks, which maybe it does. There are people on these boards who have (or claim to have) some much faster PRs. So anyway good job dude. Keep up the good work. Most high school freshman are just starting competitive running and will very rarely race anything longer than a 5k in cross country.

LetsRun.com is a great resource,kid, check out JK's 4 principles to correct training and take a long-term approach and be patient. Have fun!

yeah and just to add, racing a 10k as a frosh in and of itself is impressive. most freshmen just joined the team, dont have much of a base, and it's good if they can just maybe get in the mid to low 20's for a 5k.

i bet you have much better endurance than many of your HS teammates. What kind of training&mileage have you been doing? What's your best for the mile and 5k, if you know them?

I'd say it's good, I ran 19:30 for my first 5k the summer before my first XC season, and wound up running 16:55, so I'd say just keep training hard, have fun, and don't worry about the times too much.

I once ate a freshman

who knows is right. i knew a freshman who didn't make the team and later won bronze in the WC marathon. his later teammate could probably run 35 as a frosh and never accomplished much after high school.

16:36 definitely doesn't suck. I mean, yes, it sucks if you want to be All-American or an Olympian. But it's much better than most people on this board (no matter what they say) and it will always place high in local road races.

39:57 is very good for a high school frosh. High school freshmen typically have little base and don't know how to race. I only ran 19:30 as a high school soph and ended up as a 15:40 guy.

And if it's a girl running that fast, as long as she hasn't been running her whole life, I would say she has more than D2 potential.

iamnotconvinced wrote:

16:36 definitely doesn't suck. I mean, yes, it sucks if you want to be All-American or an Olympian. But it's much better than most people on this board (no matter what they say) and it will always place high in local road races.

39:57 is very good for a high school frosh. High school freshmen typically have little base and don't know how to race. I only ran 19:30 as a high school soph and ended up as a 15:40 guy.

And if it's a girl running that fast, as long as she hasn't been running her whole life, I would say she has more than D2 potential.

I really think most guys on letsrun have faster PR's than 16:36.

Simone wrote:

I really think most guys on letsrun have faster PR's than 16:36.

Yeah, as decent among the general population as 16:36 is, I would agree that most men who post here have run that fast...not all, but at least 51%...yeah, I think probably. Most of us ran in college, and even in Division III, run of the mill runners run better than 16:30.

Yes, stay healthy and keep training.

Simone wrote:

I really think most guys on letsrun have faster PR's than 16:36.

Only if you ask them, ask them to prove it and all of a suddens its more like 19min 5k on the boards.

ehyo wrote:

thoughts?

It certainly doesn't suck by any means. I ran 38:52 on a hilly course right after track my freshman year. I'd been running about a year, but I bet my highest mileage week was 35 or 40, and that was probably once.

By the time I left high school, I had held the school records for the mile, 2-mile, 4 x 800 (small school, don't be too impressed). I got a scholarship to an NAIA school, ran sub-26:00 three times as a frosh and qualified for cross nationals as an individual as a frosh. Gave up my scholarship a year later, transferred and walked on at DI program and lettered.

Hardly a great career but I loved every minute of it.

So, yes, if you're willing to work and be a good student of the sport, I think that's an encouraging place to begin.