i honestly want to make it to the olympics and medal

If you have to ask your not who you think you are.

Based off of that, no. Fernandez ran 4:22.95 as a freshman (and was a year young for his grade). Focus on being the fastest you can be, every year, not on other peoples times.

And in response to the thread title, EVERYONE wants to make it to the olympics and medal.

not what you think wrote:

If you have to ask your not who you think you are.

If you have to ask you ______? Ask your what? Oh, you mean you're. You + are.

He might not make the Olympics, but you certainly won't make more than minimum wage, you f***ing moron.

You're going to take some flak on here for even suggesting you could reach those goals... for every GF there are hundreds of kids who made improvements like you described only to plateau and never run faster again. Every poster on here probably once sat down with their early high school times and made a linear extrapolation down to crushing world records...

BUT maybe you are that one kid. There's only one way to find out...

17-year-old runs 12:53 indoors!

At this stage you can drop big chunks of time through hard work and staying healthy. Whether that will continue, who knows. You'll never know what you can do until you try.

You dont have too know how to spell to flip a good hammberger you f****** moron

You should at least try. If you don't make it at least you will have done your best and can be satisfied with that.

i love running wrote:

hi everyone, i'm 15 ( a sophomore in high school) and have been running for a little over a year. i realy blah blah blah...

So has capitalization just been throw out the window nowadays or what?

It's no wonder American running sucks. This is the kind of support we get. A bunch of douche bags ragging on a kid for dreaming big. You all complain that football and baseball are more popular and then trash a kid for wanting to be a good runner. American running sucks because of American runners.

i love running wrote:

hi everyone, i'm 15 ( a sophomore in high school) and have been running for a little over a year. i really want to make it to the olympics one day, and hopefully medal. i think i have potential; i have improved from 5:56 to 5:02 in the mile ( i just ran this last week) in one year, went from 12:10 to 10:57, and in cross country, have improved from 20:18 to 17:58 5k in one year. I plan on stepping up my training these next 3 years, and would like to break German Fernandez record in the 2 mile as a starting point (my favorite event). Well, what i want to know is if you guys think I can do it? With enough dedication, could I become one of the world's best runners?

Perhaps not an olympic medal, but at the very least you could work very hard and stay healthy and get some very very good times. Low 9's in the 2 mile by your senior year is possible and maybe after that you can continue to progress in college and beyond.

During his freshman year, Prefontaine established relatively modest personal bests of 5:01 in the mile and 10:08 in the two-mile. Determined to improve, Prefontaine undertook a high-mileage training plan during the summer, and placed sixth in the year-end state meet.

His sophomore season was unspectacular, with the exception of the district cross country meet, where Prefontaine stayed close with the state mile and cross country champions. He continued rigorous training at the end of the cross country season in preparation for track, following up with a 4:31 indoor mile, but his fourth-place finish in that spring's district track meet failed to qualify him for the high school state meet in his primary event, the two-mile.

Charlie S wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Prefontaine#Marshfield_High_School_.281966.E2.80.931970.29

During his freshman year, Prefontaine established relatively modest personal bests of 5:01 in the mile and 10:08 in the two-mile. Determined to improve, Prefontaine undertook a high-mileage training plan during the summer, and placed sixth in the year-end state meet.

His sophomore season was unspectacular, with the exception of the district cross country meet, where Prefontaine stayed close with the state mile and cross country champions. He continued rigorous training at the end of the cross country season in preparation for track, following up with a 4:31 indoor mile, but his fourth-place finish in that spring's district track meet failed to qualify him for the high school state meet in his primary event, the two-mile.

prefontaine wouldn't even run the olympic a standard in this day in age

Really nobody has called this one out. I say 3 out of 10

where are the sex and drugs? wrote:

Charlie S wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Prefontaine#Marshfield_High_School_.281966.E2.80.931970.29

During his freshman year, Prefontaine established relatively modest personal bests of 5:01 in the mile and 10:08 in the two-mile. Determined to improve, Prefontaine undertook a high-mileage training plan during the summer, and placed sixth in the year-end state meet.

His sophomore season was unspectacular, with the exception of the district cross country meet, where Prefontaine stayed close with the state mile and cross country champions. He continued rigorous training at the end of the cross country season in preparation for track, following up with a 4:31 indoor mile, but his fourth-place finish in that spring's district track meet failed to qualify him for the high school state meet in his primary event, the two-mile.

prefontaine wouldn't even run the olympic a standard in this day in age

I know you are probably trolling, but I don't believe Lasse Viren didn't break 27:40 (the 2012 A standard) until he won the 72 10k gold.

So yeah...different eras/irrelevant argument.

not what you think wrote:

You dont have too know how to spell to flip a good hammberger you f****** moron

Right! But flipping burgers isn't going to get you much more than minimum wage.

You're proving his point, you realize.

Start by setting realistic goals in the short term. If you achieve those then worry about the next step.

Wait, 5:01 and 10:08? Those don't go together. His true mile capability at that time was probably closer to 4:40-4:45.