Thoughts on my coaches plan?

Forgot to mention that I'm a seasoned girl runner who has some pretty decent times for my events.

Hmm. Are you just making this sh!t up?

doubtfulmost wrote:

Hmm. Are you just making this sh!t up?

Nope not at all. I wish it wasn't true either :(

Is this the program for only distance runners, or is everyone doing the same workouts? Since this is the first week, did they tell you it's going to be the same every week? There are some elements of these workouts that have merit, but hard to tell what their motivation is.

I would recommend talking to your coaches to find out what the plan is for the season. With the high turnover in coaches you describe, these are people who stepped in to fill the void so that you will have a team. Give them the benefit of the doubt that they are trying their best with the situation. If they are not experienced with track and/or distance, they may be just winging it, learning on the job, and trying their best. You can offer some suggestion on what has worked well for you before, and go from there. They could be feeling lost with respect to training distance and happy to get some feedback.

Its a typical hs track program. The plan I listed is what's assigned for distance runners which consist of runners from the 800,1600, and 3200. No, they didn't say it will continue to be like this but it's typically what happens every track season. The upperclassmen and experienced runners are tired of not having a reasonable plan and we have all mostly split and trained on our own. For the most part, I've improved more by coaching myself then by following what my head coach says. But the rest of the distance group tends to do the same workout every week. I do have respect for the swimming coach for coming out and help but I mean if the school is able to hire new coaches every season shouldn't they at least hire someone with previous experience or something.