Why is basically everyone of our top 7 frosh-soph guys burning out?

It's hot out and it's August. Stay on track and be patient.

What are you eating? What are you drinking? How much are you sleeping?

As frosh-soph you are there to learn how much you can do. I bet you are racing each other in practice. Stop.

For immediate recovery, try an ice bath. It'll really help out in the short term. You'll feel amazing race-day.

What does "basically" mean to you?

Drink lots of water. A little chocolate milk after quality workouts. Run at least 5 min. cool down after hard runs. Massage thoroughly calves, hamstrings and glutes two to three times a week. Take a nap if you can, get plenty of sleep.

We don't race each other in practice. We run what we're supposed at a pace that we're supposed to.

Which is it?

iguchi wrote:

All of us are hurting and are running REALLY slow.

iguchi wrote:

We run what we're supposed at a pace that we're supposed to.

What are you eating? What are you drinking? How much are you sleeping?

I was talking about before we got ''injured'' since that guy said the reason we're hurting is because we're racing In practice.

chocolate milk? wtf

So in the beginning of practice you were running faster in practice but doing that caused you to slow down rather than improve?

Racing does not mean keeping track of wins and loses, it means running faster than you should. Even if your coach is happy with your pace that doesn't mean you aren't racing.

Until you run a meet, your coach doesn't know how much you really have and can't really advise you on pace. Further, like someone else said, depending on the heat you could need to slow down 20, 30 or even 60 seconds per mile.

ol cm9-8 wrote:

What are you eating? What are you drinking? How much are you sleeping?

I'm assuming that since you refuse to answer these questions, that the problem lies somewhere here, and you're not yet able to admit it.

It's hard, but incredibly important, to maintain a great diet in college. Just because your roommate has a bag of Cheetos lying around doesn't mean it's OK for you to pig out on them.

Sleep is INCREDIBLY important. This also takes a ton of discipline to do right in college. Go to bed around the same time, wake up around the same time. Take naps when you need to. Lack of sleep leads to bad workouts, and leads to bad diet choices.

Drink lots of water. Energy drinks are no substitute for sleep or water. Gatorade is just sugar water. Avoid it like it's the plague.

Three's nothing easy about any of this. If you want to be good, you have to be disciplined both when you're running and when you're not. You may have been able to slide by in high school. But now the miles are bigger and the workouts are harder. Time to run with the big boys.

The fact that you all are experiencing similar issues tells me that the team likely has a culture of ignoring these basic issues outside of workouts. That has to change if you're gonna have success.

drinking gatorade won't hurt him one single itty bitty bit.

Pretty sure this is a young high school runner. To fella who questions chocolate milk, it's good for recovery after workouts (protein) , pretty well known and tastes good. Coconut water is really good, but it's expensive and most kids don't like. I'm like you, water is good.

No I just really don't have time but I'll answer now that I do.

Eating? I eat a turkey sandwich usually everyday before I run (it's the last thing I eat before running) with some water, chips, and ritz crackers. Outside that I eat whatever my Mother cooks for dinner which usually has some form of vegetables/fruit in it and is normally pretty healthy.

Drinking? The only three drinks I drink are water, milk, and Gatorade. I have usually about 1.5-2 bottles of water before practice each day (practice starts at around 3) I have a couple of glasses of milk each day and I drink a small bottle of Gatorade each day after practice.

Sleeping? I sleep anywhere from 7-9 hours each day.

drink less milk, seriously

Since when do HS kids write more than 140 characters at a time? If this is the one in a million kid who can write like an adult I'll be surprised.

Kid, stop being an over-analyzing wimp. Stop drinking milk, that crap is for cows and they are slow. Just man up and run. If you all suck by the time the season is over, then have some doubts about your coach. Until then, either believe or join another sport. And don't eat so much. See how skinny you can get. Cut the Gatorade too, it's overpriced sugar-water. Take one day off per week...from eating; you'll get fast faster fasting.

No, it's not 1 in a million, their definitely are high school kids my age that can articulate themselves just as well as I can. You'd be surprised.