Distance Experence?
Question:Could you give me advise on running distance events and if you want to get a scolarship what should your times be I'm a 9th grader i'll run year round and i want to run for collage can any one tell me their collage or high school experences
Thanks by the way
Answers:
Hope that helps!
Times to shoot for will change a little from state to state, and even city to city. For a guy in the 1600m a sub 4:20 will usually give you a good shot, an 800m under 2:00 will generally do the trick. Girls are generally about 30 sec. slower in these two events. My high school years the people were a little faster, so it can also depend on the year. Advice would be do what your coach says and give it your all. High milage in the summer is the key to no injuries, do it long and slower. Speed will come into play at the ends of your summers and even more after Cross Country (which I highly recommend you participate in). Keep a good pair of shoes on your feet this will prevent blisters and shin splints and stress fracture, or at least as much as they can be prevented. And most of all enjoy the run, run with someone about your pace and enjoy it!
The front of my shins hurt from running in track practice. could it be...?
A lot depends on where you run and the quaulity of the other runners to make you stand out, but if you advocate for yourself you can usually find a spot on some college team. I am actually a divsion one runner right now and I would say for a guy you need to run sub 2:00, sub 4:30, and sub 10:00 to give yourself a shot. To assure you can get some money it is more like sub 1:56 sub 4:20 and sub 9:40.You need to run yeard round as in college that is expected. Summer and cross country being milage and track being speed work.
I need to run a fast mile and have High endurance quick??
If you're a moderate sprinter & faster than most of the distance guys in anything under a mile I would shoot for the 800 and just build a base in endurance which you probably already have since you run year round. Do speed drills so you keep your fast twitch muscles working. Freshman year [I'm a Jr now] I was running a 2:03 800m and had colleges looking at me for scholarships. This year I'm running 1:57/58 consistently which is damn good for being injured for 3 weeks and still having 4 weeks left to run. Push yourself, and ALWAYS cool down after a workout, then the next day do a long recovery run and I'm talking about atleast 6+ miles at a very easy pace so your muscles can develope.Heres my workout everyday:
Monday: 2 mile warm up, then 8x200 @ 28-32 seconds with a jog around the track to the 200m start again, another 8x200 @ 28-30 seconds with same rest. Stretch, push ups & sit ups.
Tuesday: 7 mile tempo [slightly slower than race pace mile time] run.
Wed: Pre Meet day for me, 4 mile easy run.
Friday: 5 mile recovery run, stretch, etc.
Saturday: Invitational, but then 2 mile easy jog later that night.
Sunday: Don't do anything, rest your body for a workout the next day.
Obviously you want to adjust this workout to fit your capabilities. Even our 2 miler will do this workout & he's state champ. This can apply to almost anyone training for any event.
If you want to focus on the mile, let me know. My friend is Mac Fleet who happens to be a freshman as well running a 4:06 mile and # 2 in the Nation so I'm sure I can give you an excellent workout.
One thing I've noticed that will kill your chances are injuries. Well, of course you're going to have to deal with them, but the girls on my high school cross country team tended to just train and train on injuries. When something is hurting, take it seriously. I've seen some serious talent just run itself into the ground because the girl doesn't want to look wimpy. Sometimes you just have to listen to your body and stop. The training that you miss healing properly will be well worth it in the long run.
Ok this is what you do, if you do this you will go to college and run track:
This summer: join a track club and run summer track(AAU or USA)
This Fall: run x- country for your high school this is a must if you are a distance runner, you have to run x-cross country!!
This winter: Run indoor track,
This Spring: Outdoor track for your high school
i went to Mumford high School in Detroit Michigan and ran for Motor City Track Club,
My high school won states around 4 times in the last 8 years and win cites just about every year,,we had 6 people run under 1:53 in the 800m ,,4x4 that ran 3:13, 4x8 7:43,,, 3 hurdlers that ran under 14 sec 2 that ran 37 or faster in the 300m hurdlers one that ran 35 and home of the high School record holder in the 400m Hurdles...we also have a national ranked girl right now named shayla
Me i won states in the 300m H and the 110mH and the 4x4 i also ran the 800m pretty good, i was all-american in 400m hurdles
what we all have in common is that we all started running summer track, we all ran x-cross country, indoor and of course school outdoor track.
I started running in the summer of my freshman going to the 10th grade where i was a 100m and longer jumper, i ran 12.32 and jumped around 19-8ft and was running around 58 in the 400m. I was slow,, i was comparing my times to girls times.
the very next summer after i went to high school ran x-country, indoor and after the school track season At the AAU JR. Olympics i ran 50.69 in pop leg of the 4x4 relay in the 15-16 age group and came in second in the 400m hurdles. the rest is history state champ all-american and a full scholarship to college.
Just follow those steps i stated above do this for your entire high school career, its not hard its fun you get to travel across the whole country and something out the country.
Good Luck
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