I am a junior Hs runner and weight 156 while being 6\\\"2. Is this normal? I weight a lot more than most people who are taller than me. Because of my weight/height ration would you think that maybee i was never cut out for the mile or long distance? I am less that 8% body fat and pretty much all muscl. However not a lot of muscle but more than averaege distance runner
You are 83% the weight of the average 6'2" male, maybe even less. I would say you are fine. Thats quite light. Anything less tends to be too light, losing too much muscle...I dropped to under 80% of the average and saw my preformances drop.
Run hard, eat hard, and you will do great.
I've been 5'6' 140lbs throughout my running career and have beaten many smaller guys. Don't get hung up on weight. If your body fat is under 10% and you're training your ass off that's all you need to worry about.
Alan
Go to usatf.org/athletes/bios and look up David Krummenacker. He is your height and has about 10 pounds or so on you. He is also the only American ever to run 1:43 and 3:31. The lawnmowerman (Paul McMullen) was slightly heavier than Krumm and "only" ran 3:32; When McMullen was running in the World Championship finals (1500), it almost looked like he was surrounded by midgets. And where were all these other people-- the ones built the "right size" for distance running? Spectators.
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Hey don't worry about it, unless you feel overweight or that you are slowing down.
I'm in college 156 6"2 and I run 100 miles a week, I was 151 in high school with less mileage, but now have faster PRs.
Sometimes it is just impossible to lose weight healthy.
If you want to lose weight because you think you could go faster then count your calories, boost your mileage, include light weight training or swimming, or just eat your vegetables.
Daniel Lincoln, one of my heros, is 151 and Broe is about the same, those dudes are freaking fast and they are pretty "heavy", we all can't be Lasse Viren at 6'2 and 131lbs.
Don't sweat it, keep running, good luck, and appreciate your last seasons of high school, you will get faster as you grow older, but everything else only gets harder. I know everyone says that. Good luck!
HSmile wrote:
I weight a lot more than most people who are taller than me.
You are 6'2'' and at 156 lbs you weigh more than most people taller than you?
Are you from Ethiopia?
no, Im from New York. Maybee i should make myself clear i weigh more than people who are 6'2 like me, however i am far skinnier than they are. I was wondering how in the world that could be!
don't worry about it dude, muscle weighs more than fat, and if you are running good times, don't sweat it.
agree with previous post - there is no weight-in in track and CC. Places are based on finish times only.
And dude, if you are gaining weight, it's because you are GROWING.
Growing is natural for a high schooler. Eat whatever you want and train hard.
Moorcroft (3:33, 3:49, 7:32, 13:00.42 WR) was 5'10"/150 and was not considered "large".
You will want to work on your writing though.
145-170 is about normal for an american distance runner at your height, and you seem to be about in the middle off that.