I have a friend who’s been running for 8-9 miles for a little while. Been wondering if he should boost it up because he’s on pace to get a big scholarship. I’ve been running the same amount and I’m a bit worse than him. He’s already in his second year of hs track because he ran up last year.
He should probably just listen to his coach which hopefully means increasing it slowly and incrementally. All runs will naturally get longer as his mileage goes up over time and the long run is just one piece of training. It really doesn’t mean much on its own unless you’re doing half/marathon training. Be patient and trust what you guys are doing and you WILL get better. Good luck!
He's not on his way to earn anything, kid won't get anything handed to him.
If he gets a good work ethic then he will acquire a scholarship, hope for his sake he doesn't get too friendly with las drogas
You should run with the seniors. Clip their hills and push the pace, turn the middle of your run into a tempo. They will appreciate it I can 100% guarantee this.
That's plenty for a freshman, but he should be listening to his coach and not a bunch of message board posters.
Pounding a ton of miles while you're 14 and still growing is not the secret formula for being an olympian. Besides, if he's already "elite" then sounds like whatever he is doing now is working well.
Consistent, injury-free training is the best recipe for success at any age or ability. Working on the "other" things can help just as much as mileage at a young age: sleep, nutrition, hydration, drills, flexibility, strength, yoga, meditation/mindfulness.
A freshman has so long to go before college that there's no such thing as being on pace for a big scholarship. So much can happen, so many injuries can happen, they can just start to hate training and burn out.
Anyway, I got a scholarship at P5 school, was a state champion, all that jazz. As a freshman I was running around 8-10 for a long run, by senior year I was doing 12 usually. A few times I was 13-15.
And then getting in your 3-5 mile tempos and hitting your 800/1600/3200 paces in practice either in fartleks or intervals. I think it's important to build momentum throughout the season and don't crush the intervals early in the year, do more of the longer things early in the year at more controlled efforts, and as you go start to incorporate faster things that gradually ramp up the intensity.
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