I also have this regret. The way I try and compensate is by pushing twice as hard in training now, you know... to make up for all the training I should have been doimg years ago.
I also have this regret. The way I try and compensate is by pushing twice as hard in training now, you know... to make up for all the training I should have been doimg years ago.
Maybe if you started running earlier you could be declining/struggling with injuries now. Who knows. At least you are fresh now and can improve. You could be a successful masters runner in the future. At least that is what I say to myself. When I'm a master I expect to be faster than I am now.
you are IN HIGH SCHOOL, meaning you are 18 or younger. THAT IS YOUNG. You have all the time in the world. Shut up, get out of your head, and go for a run. STOP STRESSING, YOU ARE DOING GREAT
Steve Jones didn't start training seriously till he joined the Royal air force.
If you started earlier you could have become like most Letsrun posters. Bullet dodged I think.
I started running at age 33 and realized I could have done this as a middle/high school sport. And who knows? Maybe I could have gotten a scholarship if I loved it then as much as I do now.
You overcome that regret by realizing that you're still really young and are still technically in the "earlier" stage of your life.
Pr3 wrote:
I ran in 8th grade. Did XC and Track. I was even a captain. However, i chose to focus on Basketball in highschool until sophmore year. I should not have done this because i was cut from the team both years.
Xc/track is such a fulfilling sport. So much better than any other sport in the world. I joined xc/track junior year and senior year.
I know i shouldn't live in the past but i cant stop thinking about it. I wake up everyday and that is the first thing that comes to my mind. I can't get past it. I also feel like my journey as a runner was just beginning, and it doesn't feel over yet. Everyone else on my team who did it for 4 years feels content. But i feel incomplete.
How do i get past this? I would do anything in the world to just go back and make a better decision.
Quit running dude and get into Crossfit. Be a real man!!!!
Pr3 wrote:
I ran in 8th grade. Did XC and Track. I was even a captain. However, i chose to focus on Basketball in highschool until sophmore year. I should not have done this because i was cut from the team both years.
Xc/track is such a fulfilling sport. So much better than any other sport in the world. I joined xc/track junior year and senior year.
I know i shouldn't live in the past but i cant stop thinking about it. I wake up everyday and that is the first thing that comes to my mind. I can't get past it. I also feel like my journey as a runner was just beginning, and it doesn't feel over yet. Everyone else on my team who did it for 4 years feels content. But i feel incomplete.
How do i get past this? I would do anything in the world to just go back and make a better decision.
You're in high school and you have your whole running prime ahead of you but have regret about not running for your freshman and sophomore year? Get over it and focus on the time ahead. 10 years from year you won't give a crap you didn't run your freshman and sophomore years of high school.
Pr3 wrote:
I ran in 8th grade. Did XC and Track. I was even a captain. However, i chose to focus on Basketball in highschool until sophmore year. I should not have done this because i was cut from the team both years.
Xc/track is such a fulfilling sport. So much better than any other sport in the world. I joined xc/track junior year and senior year.
I know i shouldn't live in the past but i cant stop thinking about it. I wake up everyday and that is the first thing that comes to my mind. I can't get past it. I also feel like my journey as a runner was just beginning, and it doesn't feel over yet. Everyone else on my team who did it for 4 years feels content. But i feel incomplete.
How do i get past this? I would do anything in the world to just go back and make a better decision.
Toughen up. Quenton Cassidy did fine.
You will never get over this. I would recommend that you start a new sport like Curling.