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This season was my first running season back as I had to skip sophomore track because of a hip issue. I wasn’t able to do as much running over the summer as I wanted to because of an exchange trip and physical therapy for my hip. What should I aim for in a time next year?

I run high school cross country and I got a new Garmin (forerunner 55) like somewhere around 4 months ago and I’ve been recording most of my runs with it. However, my Vo2 max on it has not increased a single time from 45 which makes absolutely no sense because I genuinely know it’s not a 45. It’s race prediction from my Vo2 max, for my 5K is a 25:10 even though almost all of the runs I record are at a faster pace than that and a longer distance than 5K.

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I'm trying to break 2:00 in the 800m, my PR is 2:11 (I'm 15: 5'6 116lb male if that helps) I'm also a sophomore this year. I've been thinking about training plyometrics for a bit now, Ruel Newberry told me he trains plyos, and I know several others who do as well. but I'm not sure where to start with it, is there any recommended plyometrics programs anyone has used that can help me out?

(Reddits telling me to post this in summer training, but this isn't summer training it's just bout training in general)

Edit: I'm gonna keep this up here but I just realized there's a track and field Reddit as well, my apologies

I'm not sure what to think about it.

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Was my first year of cross country (battled sickness and a few injuries). What times should I be running next year? Also what training should I do to become the best runner as I can be in a short period?

How much mpw do you run and how much has running more mpw help your times personally? Just asking because I'd like to get a general idea of higher mpw vs race times.

A lot of people include their age, but almost nobody includes their gender. It makes a big difference when asking "Is 20:00 good for a freshman?" or "Is this progression good 22:00, 18:30, 17:30?" or about any performance based metric.
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I’m currently a freshman in hs, I got a 21:09 pr in the 5k, during the season I only ran like 15-18mpw mainly cuz I didn’t feel like doing the weekend long runs(yes I know that’s stupid and I will be doing them from now on) during winter track season I’m also doing wrestling so I’m trying to do my runs on my own before school. I plan on going to 45mpw or 55mpw(currently 35mpw) during the summer and was wondering what pr should I go for as I’ll be varsity next year.

decent results for sickness and low mileage but locked in for state. aiming to run a sub 16:30 5k 🤫🤫

I started running 10th grade with 20:40 and 18 05 by season end. Started this year with 17 50 and finished by 16 22. Trying to do under 15 40 next year.

(14F freshman in hs)

So I skipped summer training (big mistake on my part) and ran all my easy runs too fast during this xc season to keep up with the other kids.

I was planning on taking this off-season as a chance to build my aerobic base by taking easy runs truly easy for once because because my heart rate goes way up to 170 on really easy runs (I'm also doing weight room and track workouts with coach, I use a garmin watch to track heart rate). Currently the pace I run my LONG runs (10+ miles) is 11-13 minutes per mile.

However, coach wants me to start running them at 10-10:30 pace because it fits my 5k pace (27:30, ik I'm rly slow). I'm strong in the weight room, I can back squat like 5 or 10 lbs more than my body weight for at least 3 reps, and I use significantly more weight than other girls even though they're all a few minutes faster than me.

I'm worried that by making my long runs faster, I won't be able to get the aerobic conditioning I missed out on, and therefore won't be able to improve as much in the long term.

(Coach still wants my easy runs to be at conversational pace but I don't really have running buddies around my speed to talk with, and it's weird to talk to myself on a run)

I've read about other people's easy pace getting faster after a few weeks of training truly easy, and after only a few weeks of taking mine truly easy I've also seen good improvement (13:30 pace for 10 miles down to 12:25 for a half marathon, roughly the same route).

QUESTION: Should I keep running my long runs easy to try and build an aerobic base or should I listen to coach and go faster, even though I'm not sure I can do that and keep it truly "easy"?

Thanks in advance :)

UPDATE: I ran a faster easy run today on a mostly flat route at about a 9:40 pace, 5 miles. It didn't feel too easy but it didn't exactly feel hard. I think I can work with this. Thank you to everyone who has responded!

UPDATE (first long run since this post): I think I just wasn't pushing myself hard enough on my previous long runs bc I did a 90 minute one today at an overall 11:05 pace with a really big hill in the middle. Again, all responses have been appreciated but no need to respond anymore, I get the gist of all your points so far lol

I’ve ran 2 years of track before this and ran the 1500m & 3000m. My PR’s for those were 4:48 and 10:14. I did XC for the first time this year and these are the results. What goal should I set for sophomore year?

Was wondering if anyone here had experience with the running start program and also running xc/tf in college afterwards and how that went.

All, what strategies have your teams used to gain membership and retention?

Had high hopes for senior season but a stress reaction in the summer and developing a heart condition in season (SVT) had other plans for me

Hey guys. I’m a sophomore in high school. This summer before XC season I trained with a goal to run 6:00/mile pace for a 5K, or roughly 18:38. During my sectional meet, I met my goal by running an 18:37. Now, XC season is over, and for outdoor season I want to run a 4:55 for the 1600m. Is this a reasonable goal to train for or should I lighten it up?

For more context, during my freshman year, I ran a 20:35 5K in XC and later a 5:36 1600m for outdoor track.

So I'm going into my senior indoor track season and I'm going to be starting to run again soon. This year with the recommendation from my coach, I think I will be running the 1600m sometimes along with the 800. A little background: I started off as a 200 / 400m runner sophmore year, junior year was a 400/ 800m runner (ran the 800m way more but was apart of 4x400 and ran 2 open 4s) I also do (or I guess did) cross but my times are not something that reflects how I do on the track. I was thinking of maybe going back up to 40 miles per week until we start running meets and then drop down to 35-38 mpw and then go from there.

But just looking to see if there were any other runners who were in a similar situaition as me and seeing what worked for them. Anything helps! :D

Honestly i'm pretty sure this isn't the best for a sophomore but I feel pretty good about my time improvement. Honestly i'm pretty shocked I even hit this time I did not run at all throughout the summer.

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