What happened this year? How can I prevent it?

High School Running High School Training

11 years ago 05/29/2012 6:10pm EDT

So this past cross country season I ran a pr of 17:29 at the regional meet. I'm a freshman by the way. I was a little disappointed because I had Only improved six seconds from eighth grade when I ran a pr of 17:35 at the same course on an open race. This cross season I ran mainly the 800 and 1600 and finished the season with PRs of 2:08 and 4:41 respectively. So I thought maybe I was more of a mid distance kind of guy. Then. Week after track ended I took four days off the. Ran twice and ran a five mile road race in 28:05 a 5:37 per mile pace. This is a 17:24 5k pace.

So what happened during cross? I do have a different coach for teak and xc. The xc coach does the Lydiard training system. The track coach just runs us through varying paces and distance intervals twice a week with one meet a week where Id run the 16 and 8

Any ideas

11 years ago 05/29/2012 6:18pm EDT

re: Ohxcrunner

The simple answer?

You got better.

11 years ago 05/29/2012 6:46pm EDT

re: bloob

I thought that too but then I considered that I had no base. I ran 90 miles from November to mid february because of swimming. That could be so.

What can I run in cross this year

11 years ago 05/29/2012 6:53pm EDT

re: Ohxcrunner

It is the training it looks like you respond better to the training of your track coach. Talk to your xc coach and make sure to train the way you were having when you had success. You may have to change it some for the longer race but if the training with your track coach is working better stick with it instead of the other training that you do not respond well to.

11 years ago 05/29/2012 7:02pm EDT

re: Runquick

Thanks. Luckily the cross coach resigne and the new coach is most likely the track coach who was assistant cross coach?

11 years ago 05/29/2012 7:26pm EDT

re: Ohxcrunner

You grew. Your body is moving from wimpy 14 year old kid to a more developed 15 year old kid. Likely has nothing to do with your actual training. You put in a full year aerobic activities and your body is growing. This explains the improvements. Have a good summer of training and you can run low 17s or even under.

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