HS progressions are posted all teh time, 5:10 as a freshman in HS, and 4:15 as a senior. If I'm 18 now, and i can run a 5 minute mile, how much harder is it going to be for me to drop 40 seconds that it would have been if i could run 5 minutes four years ago? Would it even be any different at all? Or maybe even easier since your body has developed a little more at age 18?
You aren't old ... come back when you are over 35. I'll trade places with you any day.
Ditto...comebacks are never fun, but over 35 or 40 they suck. Imagine doing your speedwork 400's at the same pace you could run FOR A FULL MARATHON, and they hurt. Mid-40's now, and I keep plugging along. But it gets a lot harder than when you are 18, or 20, or 22.
i know, i was just kidding about being old, but i was serious about the question of will it be harder for me than an HS freshman.
if you've been running for years, probably it'll be harder...
if you're new to it, it might not be harder
Wait until you hit 40.
Of course right now that feels to you like a millenium away.
To answer the question honestly it is probably easier to run faster now than when you are 14 because your body has developed a little more. Is your pr really 5:00?
no, i honestly have no idea what my mile PR is, as i havent run a times mile since, oh, 8th grade maybe. My 400 PR is about 51, 800 pr is about 2:05, and my recent times are 54, and 2:12 and i haven't trained since last may; just entered myself in some meets over the winter.
My reason for the question is i figure someone who's running in the 5s as a freshman prolly hasn't run too much before that, but is in really good shape (natural ability, soccer, something else..) and then once they really focus on track they drop times quickly (well, over 4 years). I kind of feel like im in the same situation - i havent run in about a year, but I'm in very good shape from a winter and this spring of cycling. Once i start training in May, i just want to know what my long term goals should be, within reason.
well a 2:05 would be a 4:35mile ish right? If I were you I would focus on building stength for the 5/10k 4 years down the line for oly trials.