Anyone here have their breakout year as a junior? Junior this year, never really trained before this december, but I've been working very hard since then.
Would love to hear some stories of some kids who were descent/alright as freshmens and sophmores but really became something else as juniors and seniors.
Thanks!
The summer after sophomore year I lost the braces and acne and got contacts and a haircut and then the panties were just dropping
Talking about running if that wasn't clear enough buddy
Can't hardly wait wrote:
The summer after sophomore year I lost the braces and acne and got contacts and a haircut and then the panties were just dropping
This is from junior -> senior but David Torrence had some pretty impressive drops over one year:
800: 2:01 -> 1:58
1600: 4:35 -> 4:11
3200: 10:01 -> 9:05
Source:
http://www.runnersworld.com/rt-web-exclusive/throwback-thursday-david-torrence
My acne got worse as a Junior. Think it was the stress of college applications.
habs wrote:
This is from junior -> senior but David Torrence had some pretty impressive drops over one year:
800: 2:01 -> 1:58
1600: 4:35 -> 4:11
3200: 10:01 -> 9:05
Source:
http://www.runnersworld.com/rt-web-exclusive/throwback-thursday-david-torrence
Just the type of thing I wanted! Thanks. Amazing.
Not as impressive but I went from 10:13 to 9:46 from soph to junior year. Had similar improvements pretty much every year of high school.
Biggest improvements almost always come between soph and junior year. Then junior and senior year. Not limited to running either, most men's sports follow that patten too. It has more to do with hormones and growth than anything else. Just train right, don't go wild and mess yourself up. Train hard, get plenty of rest and proper nutrition so you can get the most out of your boom times. Good luck.
I dropped in the 1 mile from 5:20 to 4:24 and dropped my 2 mile from 11:22 to 9:31 from my sophomore year to my junior year. It's because I quit football and basketball and did cross country and indoor track.
Yes, mentally and physically.
Junior to Senior of HS I improved quite a bit
800: 2:06 -> 2:02
1500: 4:18 -> 4:06
3000:9:18 -> 8:43
I was also much more competitive - went from barely all conference to making all state. A big factor was getting a new track coach my senior year. I was only training a bit more than the previous years, but everything just clicked.
Yes. From sophomore to junior year I went from 4:54 to 4:29 and 10:28 to 9:53. Then ran 4:28/9:43 as a senior. My junior year in college was also my breakout track season.
Sophomore
4:37
Junior
4:23
Senior
156.9
4:21
16:47 to 15:29 from soph to junior year
Breakout junior year in track wrote:
I dropped in the 1 mile from 5:20 to 4:24 and dropped my 2 mile from 11:22 to 9:31 from my sophomore year to my junior year. It's because I quit football and basketball and did cross country and indoor track.
That's great.
Sounds like me, quit football and lacrosse. Started training hard this December