I know, it depends on what you want from it. It also depends on talent. There are lots of 'it depends'.
I am looking to get a sense of what it takes today to be a successfull HS Varsity athlete - you make the team and contribute decisively to its success.
This should include everything from locker room/trainer prep to travel time, practice and team activities. Some of you insist on individual practice - add that in too.
If not track/xc, then list the sport
It depends
untroyd wrote:
I know, it depends on what you want from it. It also depends on talent. There are lots of 'it depends'.
I am looking to get a sense of what it takes today to be a successfull HS Varsity athlete - you make the team and contribute decisively to its success.
This should include everything from locker room/trainer prep to travel time, practice and team activities. Some of you insist on individual practice - add that in too.
If not track/xc, then list the sport
You see, in running, it does not work like that. Go to practice, get your weekly mileage in, be consistent and you'll be doing well.
I'd say minimum of 2:30 per day to be a successful distance runner, but ideally more.
I think you mean well but you are asking us to give you 20 years of knowledge and experience in one little LRC post.
You must read, watch videos, and talk to people who know more than you do to find these answers.
However a motivated athlete will often do more than he should and over train. Be careful, your coach may not know as much as he wants you to think he knows. For sure that applied to me as a coach and to my coach!!!
2 hours of organized practice daily. Extra time for meets. 30 minute AM runs for senior high mileage boys. That’s about the maximum.
there's 168 hours in every week.
you need 7 x 8 hours = 56 hours a week to sleep.
you need 3 hours per day = 21 hours per week to eat.
you need 8 x 5 hours = 40 hours per week at school.
you need 2 x 7 hours = 14 hours per week for homework assignments.
do chores, bathing etc, 14 hours per week.
1 hour per day for contemplating the ineffability of the imponderable, = 7 hours per week.
168 - 56 - 21 - 40 - (2 x 14) -7 leaves 16 hours per week to go training.
at 8 minutes per mile that's 120 miles per week.
so, what was your question?
cheers.
RejectRunner wrote:
untroyd wrote:
I know, it depends on what you want from it. It also depends on talent. There are lots of 'it depends'.
I am looking to get a sense of what it takes today to be a successfull HS Varsity athlete - you make the team and contribute decisively to its success.
This should include everything from locker room/trainer prep to travel time, practice and team activities. Some of you insist on individual practice - add that in too.
If not track/xc, then list the sport
You see, in running, it does not work like that. Go to practice, get your weekly mileage in, be consistent and you'll be doing well.
I would modify the post above by saying: Don't show up for practice.
I was the best distance runner at my school (and in the whole school district). This might not be saying much but that was harder then than now. Teenagers ran long-distance races and sometimes several guys were out trying to set the school 10k record. Many schools now don't keep track of it.
Anyway, I sure as heck didn't achieve my success (modest through it may have been) by showing up to track practice. Never went. Not once. Trained daily, but wasted no time at practice.