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Hi, I was just wondering if you guys had any advice on how to stay consistent in the summer, bc that has always been my biggest challenge. What are some ways that I can motivate myself to run? or do you guys have a certain routine in the summer or smth that helps you be consistent. I know setting goals and focusing on them is important, but I always seem to make excuses for myself. I'd really appreciate any advice you guys have. Thank you!

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Im a sophmore in high school and want to join a cross country team. I am fat, and want to improve my stamina but my cross country team is very competitive and I just want to get in shape. So should I try out or look for a new sport? (Sorry for the poor grammar, its my first language)

I’m an ex d2 runner and I haven’t run in about 4-5 months and when I was running I was running about 30-40 miles but I had what was suspected to be compartment syndrome, so instead of going to the doctor and getting that awful test, I just decided to give it up and focus of my academics. How long should I run for base runs to get back into it? I don’t really feel like doing a variation of run/walk and I want to run longer than 10 mins. Any help will be greatly appreciated!!

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I’m a senior in high school with hopes to walk on to a Division 1 program after studying abroad for my first semester (required to gain admission to the school).

I currently run 16:20 and need to cut my time down to around 16:05. I’ve tried but been unsuccessful in finding XC meets in Europe to compete in. Does anyone know any websites I can use similar to direct athletics to compete as an individual, or am I better off just running road races.

Most likely I would be studying abroad in London or Madrid.

Currently my best time is a 19:22 (it's cold now, I can probably break 19 at this point) and I want to get my time as low as possible for the next xc season. I'm currently running miscellaneous distances at a pretty stable pace (4:00-5:00 for 3-15k) and have been trying to run every day since the new year. Currently my mileage is about 40km a week. I want to maybe learn a thing or two from how guys train in a week and train a little smarter than random runs when I feel like it?

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Halfway through my indoor season, goal is sub 4:38

I have twin high school junior girls in XC and track. They’re both good runners, one was All-State in our top division, 18:25 in the 5k. They both want to run at the next level however they have received virtually no attention from any colleges. The contact they have had, has been initiated by us reaching out to various programs. Recruiting in other sports seems much more prevalent with high school juniors. Is this par for the course with XC and Track? They both get very good grades academically so we’re hoping for some assistance academically since it seems sports scholarships in XC/Track is almost nonexistent however some interest from some college programs would be encouraging. Any advice/help?

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I am on varsity XC in high school, and our coach expects us to plan hangouts as a team to increase unity and ultimately so that we perform better. I think this is a good idea, but it seems excessive. We already have 2.5 hour practices 5 days a week in addition to a 12 hour meet and 6 hour dual meets most weeks. I feel like that is a fair time commitment, although it is a lot to manage. The problem is that in addition to this, he wants us to hang out about once a week. Most of my teammates and I are also taking very rigorous classes and many athletes sacrifice sleep to do so. Combining 5-6 hours of homework a night, with practice, school, and other activities like PT appointments or extracurriculars feels like it leaves no time for "team bonding activities". The math doesn't work to go to school for 6.5 hours, practice for 2.5, homework for 5 and sleep for 8. Maybe I'm overreacting, but this feels impossible and I know many of my teammates feel similarly.

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Can someone give clarity on roster limits for XC in light of the House settlement? I thought it was 17 but then saw an article that said the SEC rosters were capped at 10? TIA!

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I was playing around with ChatGPT this evening and told it to give me a training plan that would help me increase my volume from 40 to 60 miles a week in two months. While it did a good job outlining, it was rather unrealistic; for example, it had me doing 8x400m at mile race pace. Does anyone know if there is something like this that is actually tailored for runners? Where you can put in your PRs and weekly mileage and it will give you a weekly routine? And could even suggest cross training and strength workouts? If there isn’t a good program like this, I might end up making one myself if I can figure out how to make a website. Tell me if this would be a good idea.

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So I have a pair of Vaporfly 3s and they are nearing 100 miles (currently at 96). Read somewhere that they lost their effectiveness at about 100 miles, so I’m not sure what to do with them after. Am I supposed to stop using the shoe entirely? Does the shoe just become “slower”? Not too educated on this but could they still maybe be used for long runs where I would want to cutdown or should I just use regular trainers? Or would it be bad to continue running in them ? Anything helps

Does anyone know if those hypoxico altitude generators are good for 1500m to 5000m distance runners? Should I use it year round or in cycles? I was thinking about just taking 3 week breaks after each season. My thought process is that eventually I will get used to a certain altitude and then if I have a hard workout day I can drop the altitude by 500m or so and get great recovery.

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