I ran a 5:25 mile my freshman year this year and I am going into my sophomore year. My goal is to run a 4:30 mile senior year. Does this goal seem too far fetched or is it goin to be reasonable to obtain?
I ran a 5:25 mile my freshman year this year and I am going into my sophomore year. My goal is to run a 4:30 mile senior year. Does this goal seem too far fetched or is it goin to be reasonable to obtain?
Give it a shot, sure.
Do you think it is reasonable though?
Any goal is reasonable if you're willing to put in the work. Sure, there are extremes (say, sub 4 in HS), but 4:30 is totally achievable if that's what you want. Some people don't have to try too hard for that, and others peak there. The thing is, you have to really want it. Also, you're a freshman, you've got time, don't sweat it if it takes a few years, you'll grow as a runner and eventually surprise yourself with PRs. Also, current training and other PRs and like miles/week are needed if you want people to guess your times. Check out some other threads with this type of theme and look for how they ask them and usually the better laid out questions get more responses. Good luck!
I did 20-25 mpw my 8th grade year and ran the exact time - 5:24. I went up to 50 mpw during XC and ran a 4:41 time trial off of only 5k pace work. I would say if you only run a little you could go 4:25. All-year round running, no burning out. Take 20 seconds off a year and you got it.
Only one way to find out: train the best you can.
Trackrunner060502 wrote:
Do you think it is reasonable though?
Very, but only if you put in the work