Advice to young, fast high school distance girls

You are so right, everyone is exactly the same and mentally and physically so your experience is exactly what they will experience if they don't listen to your great advice.

In reality any doctor worth anything will tell you that puberty affects everyone differently. For you it was a b_tch, sorry to hear that. But you can't then say it will be the same for everyone.

Just like the factors that lead to your burn-out will not be same for someone with totally different life experiences.

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this was great hahaha

high school burnout wrote:

Don't worry, college coaches will still want you. You've already proven that you're talented.

Oh, yeah. Most college coaches are hot for kids who don't compete as juniors...

I read your post and felt sick to my stomach.

Why? Because I am female, entering my junior year, and that has been my story. I was the 8th grader who led the varsity team, who won the league championships, who beat the older runners and took great pride in it. I've been at the top of my region ever since. I'm in the midst of summer XC base work after finishing my best track season yet with some good PRs, and I was feeling good about my upcoming season.

I've gotten a bit taller over the last few years...I have hips and a chest that I didn't have when I started running. Since 8th grade I've probably gained 5 or 6 pounds. But, I am stronger, and more fit, with better endurance and more speed. I am more muscular and toned. I've gone from a size 00 to a size 0 long, so I still feel pretty lean. I start every day with yoga, do core work every day, and have really carefully increased my mileage and decreased my training pace. I WAS feeling really good about where I am...

Puberty? I thought the majority of the physical and emotional changes were past...Don't girls often go through puberty well before their junior year? I often hear horror stories about nature and puberty wreaking havock on running careers, but I thought I dodged the bullet!

Am I in trouble? Obviously elite runners continue to improve through puberty, so what do they do? Is there any hope? I suddenly feel kind of depressed at the thought that I have worked really hard and smart and could be screwed over by puberty! Help!

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I thought the solution is to train MORE, not LESS...

Best thing to do is develop a healthy eating disorder and stunt your growth so you never get hips and boobs. forever a 12 year old

Ummm, ever heard of Jordan Hasay?

EXACTLY what happened to Hasay her Junior year.

If you train had enough, you're uterus will fall out and you won't have to worry about puberty! Plus you'll never have to have kids because you know that makes you fat and unable to run.

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Puberty also causes you to lose your spelling and grammar skills. Don't do it!

This is actually, scarily, accurate.

girls always complain about how hard theyre lives are but guys have it rough too. for instance, i shaved my pubes the other day because i thought this girl i'm dating would be going down on me. well long story short i shaved against the grain and she decided that our date would be a good night to tell me that she thinks we should slow down. of course, she told me this after got my hand down her pants and given her a nice time. now my balls are itchy and it hurts to whack off.

high school guy wrote:

girls always complain about how hard theyre lives are but guys have it rough too. for instance, i shaved my pubes the other day because i thought this girl i'm dating would be going down on me. well long story short i shaved against the grain and she decided that our date would be a good night to tell me that she thinks we should slow down. of course, she told me this after got my hand down her pants and given her a nice time. now my balls are itchy and it hurts to whack off.

finally! someone I can relate to!

seriously though, run because you love to run. 24 months from now, you will realize that your high school career didnt mean anything in the bigger picture unless it got you into a school that you wouldnt have otherwise gotten into (in terms of academics). 3 or 4 years after that, you'll realize that neither high school nor college running was really all that important and that theres more to the sport than beating the specific individuals who you are arbitrarily paired up against.

get to age 25, and if you still love running, you managed your "career" just right.

Uhhh no.... that was the year she ran the #2 fastest 3200 EVER, and set the H.S. 1500 record and shocked the country with her Olympic Trials performance.

this thread. is hilarious.

Puberty redshirt.

Hey Scary... don't be scared! You'll be fine! I'm going to be a senior but I'm only 16. I went from being a 4'10'' freshman who weighed 83 lbs. to now being a senior who is 5'4'' and 98 lbs. and I have improved every year!

For cross country (5k), my freshman year p.r. was 19:53, then my sophomore p.r. was 18:48, amd my junior p.r. was 18:08. This year I'm looking at a sub-17:30 p.r.! I have steadily increased my mileage each summer and have added more strength training as well.

So don't be depressed! I'm sure that if you haven't had any major setbacks yet, you likely won't! The one thing I would recommend is that you take an iron supplement. Iron is really important in any runner, but especially girls! Last summer I had low iron, so I had to start taking a supplement and eating iron-rich foods (like liver - yuck!) to get it back up. But other than that you should be fine! Good luck!

I just finished my junior year and I dropped my 5k tome a minute and a half, qualified for state, and dropped my 3200 tome 30 seconds. I'm pretty sure not not all girls are the same.

I will say I've had to learn to develop good easting habits to maintain the right weight (not to high OR too low) and keep my iron levels up.