this is f***ing hilarious that a 13 year old who ran times faster than you ever have is gonna step up and own you. For every PR posted that is above average for a runner there is always doubt, is this out of jealousy? Who would post fake times, especially while asking for training advice?
I'm a 14 year old 8 grade runner. I run the 400, 800, and 1600 for track and i ran middle school cross country (2.1 miles). Last year I finished with a 54.7, 2:07, and 4:56 times for track. This year I finished cross country with an 11:22 2.1 on a challenging course. The calender year I have 2 \"big meets.\" The first one is a track regional final which is in mid may and the 2 one is the freshman northeast boys cross country race at Vancourtland which is held in late November. My question is how should I train to be ready for these 2 meets but also preserve my self for my later hs and maybe college years of running.
any advice would be great. thnx a lot
Yes. Quit now while you're ahead.
wtf
You've got some solid times right now. The one thing that many runners do not do enough of is rest. It is easy to overtrain. Before each season get a pretty good base in before you start speed training. Don't over do it. As an 8th grader i don't think you should do more than 40-50 miles a week (as base training only, do less for seasonal training). You may have a long career in running if you decide to stick with it. So just keep the mileage low for now. And take breaks between seasons (a week or two).
Daniel The Runner wrote:
I'm a 14 year old 8 grade runner. I run the 400, 800, and 1600 for track and i ran middle school cross country (2.1 miles). Last year I finished with a 54.7, 2:07, and 4:56 times for track. This year I finished cross country with an 11:22 2.1 on a challenging course. The calender year I have 2 "big meets." The first one is a track regional final which is in mid may and the 2 one is the freshman northeast boys cross country race at Vancourtland which is held in late November. My question is how should I train to be ready for these 2 meets but also preserve my self for my later hs and maybe college years of running.
I don't know what's more unbelievable for an eigth grader, your times or your writing. I call BS on both.
Whether what you say is true or not, I would suggest that you follow the advice above, don't over do speed work, and have patience.
why are u looking for advice, you are an elite on even the high school level and obviously you have solid coaching. Im calling b/s on this stupid post. Also many of your times would be US #1 in high school especially that 54.7, so please just leave the forum
I think Daniel the Runner means that the poster is a guy, not a girl (which I am hoping you are assuming)
54 400 tops in us high school? come back here when your sober
dan's a badass stop the hate
you're busted. both the email for daniel the runner and luke are the same.
It was a nice try, chinsky1313@yahoo.com , better luck with your trolling next time.
Luke posted the thing for me cause we're good friends. Anyone who doesnt believe my times can post their email and i'll email them my north east regional results.
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Well he didn't email me yet, I even sent the little fella an email from my account so he could just reply and not worry about typing in my email addy wrong...
I'll check it again later, if I'm wrong I'll apologise.
You know guys, I am sorry, but I believe the guy. I wasn't as fast as him in 8th grade, but my times were 56, 2:12, 5:05. I won every race without any competition and may have run faster if I had been pushed. I think his times are reasonable. I ran very little mileage. Maybe 20 miles a week during the track season. What helped me out the most was walk/running a 3 mile loop doing my paper route every morning and biking dozens of miles every day.
My advice to the runner is to put in the 30-40 miles a week of easy running in the off season and then do what you coach tells you during the season.
Good luck!
it's over
He emailed me and I was dead wrong. I'm sorry.
Actually, you can read all about him right here:
What would you sleuths think of 62.0, 2:10.6 and 4:51(mile) for a 14 year old and 53.7, 1:58.0, 4:23.6, 9:25.0 and 14:26.0 for a 15 year old?
i havent emailed anyone yet for the simple reason that the regionals are held in may as i said in my first message.