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  • GamerShadow
    FFR Player
    • Oct 2005
    • 2534
    #1

    Questions on Track, CC, Running in general, etc.

    Well, I have quite a few questions on lowering my times in Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor track. Because I have lofty goals for the rest of my high-school career (State Meet by the end of this year, New Englands by the end of my Junior Year, and Nationals by the end of my Senior Year), I figured I'd need help from a source other than my coaches and teammates. I know quite a few of you run or have run in the past, so I know this is a legit place to post this.

    Right now, I am a Sophomore in high school. I am a year round runner, and I mainly run the 800m, the 1000m, and the 5k (Cross Country). From freshman year, I have a 2:19 in the 800. From last Saturday, I have a 3:08.1 in the 1000, and my 5k from this year's XC season is 17:55 (I have a 17:46 at a course many people doubted to be 3.1 miles exactly.)

    My question is this. How am I doing, and what would you suggest I do to lower my time? (No steroids, obviously.)

    Thank you very much. =)
    Note to self Finish.
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    • customstuff
      ♥C.S. + A.M.♥
      • Nov 2006
      • 4892
      #2
      Re: Questions on Track, CC, Running in general, etc.

      Try putting weights on your ankles and run for a while then when you take them off you will feel lighter and faster...I don'y really know...it might help. I don't run very much but I'm good at it.

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        • pntballa18
          FFR Player
          • Mar 2005
          • 3357
          #3
          Re: Questions on Track, CC, Running in general, etc.

          Originally posted by customstuff
          Try putting weights on your ankles and run for a while then when you take them off you will feel lighter and faster...I don'y really know...it might help. I don't run very much but I'm good at it.
          that will most likely only hurt his ankles with the weights bouncing on them.

          Since you're a XC runner, I would suggest running more short distance, hard workouts instead of long endurance workouts.

          A kid on my team went from barely under 19 to sub 17 going from his sophomore year to junior year by doing this.

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            • GamerShadow
              FFR Player
              • Oct 2005
              • 2534
              #4
              Re: Questions on Track, CC, Running in general, etc.

              Originally posted by pntballa18
              that will most likely only hurt his ankles with the weights bouncing on them.

              Since you're a XC runner, I would suggest running more short distance, hard workouts instead of long endurance workouts.

              A kid on my team went from barely under 19 to sub 17 going from his sophomore year to junior year by doing this.
              The thing about that is this. Cross country does not go all year. It starts June 26 this year, and ends mid-late October, or even November, if the team makes it to regionals, New Englands, etc. Then there is about 2-3 weeks between that and Indoor Track. Indoor Track comes and passes, and 2-3 weeks of rest. Then Outdoor.

              So I do not have the endurance I had when I was running cross country. But shorter, faster workouts is not a bad idea once I build up my base again.

              Also: weights = big risk of injury. That's the last thing I want. One injury and I'm done.
              Note to self Finish.

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                • YoshiSlayer
                  FFR Player
                  • Aug 2005
                  • 75
                  #5
                  Re: Questions on Track, CC, Running in general, etc.

                  hey i have a lot of good advice for you!
                  i run xc in college and our team makes it to nationals almost every year.
                  i know a lot about the sport and about track and running in general.

                  it would be better if you talked to me on AIM instant messenger rather than here because people here will disagree with anything anyone says.

                  and not to brag but ive met and talked with Adam Goucher and Coach Wetmore (the coach of the Boulder, Colorado xc team, there is a book about them "Running with the Buffaloes", and he was and still is the coach when that book was writen) so all in all come talk to me if you still need help, i can be as specific as you want.

                  xchielz
                  ^AIM screen name

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                    • Bre.x
                      FFR Player
                      • Oct 2007
                      • 120
                      #6
                      Re: Questions on Track, CC, Running in general, etc.

                      If you have something like a beach near you.. Run on that.. It makes you work harder and builds endurance.. (I think...)

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                        • GamerShadow
                          FFR Player
                          • Oct 2005
                          • 2534
                          #7
                          Re: Questions on Track, CC, Running in general, etc.

                          Originally posted by Bre.x
                          If you have something like a beach near you.. Run on that.. It makes you work harder and builds endurance.. (I think...)
                          Sand does create a more challenging workout, as it absorbs much of the force you put into the ground as you take a step.

                          YoshiSlayer: I would like to hear some of the things you know in a post, as I can't get on AIM right now. If somebody disagrees with what you say, ignore them unless they give a good point and reason to back it up.
                          Last edited by GamerShadow; 12-4-2007, 05:08 PM.
                          Note to self Finish.

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                            • pntballa18
                              FFR Player
                              • Mar 2005
                              • 3357
                              #8
                              Re: Questions on Track, CC, Running in general, etc.

                              Originally posted by GamerShadow
                              The thing about that is this. Cross country does not go all year. It starts June 26 this year, and ends mid-late October, or even November, if the team makes it to regionals, New Englands, etc. Then there is about 2-3 weeks between that and Indoor Track. Indoor Track comes and passes, and 2-3 weeks of rest. Then Outdoor.

                              So I do not have the endurance I had when I was running cross country. But shorter, faster workouts is not a bad idea once I build up my base again.

                              Also: weights = big risk of injury. That's the last thing I want. One injury and I'm done.
                              You run New Englands? What school are you?

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                                • YoshiSlayer
                                  FFR Player
                                  • Aug 2005
                                  • 75
                                  #9
                                  Re: Questions on Track, CC, Running in general, etc.

                                  Honestly, i think you are doing a great job so far.

                                  but for me to help you i need to know your fastest mile time, your 5k but you gave that already, maybe your 2 mile time, and what i really need to know is your base miles. like how many miles you run per week.

                                  once i know that i can give you a crap load of info on what to do and what not to do and how to do it

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                                    • GamerShadow
                                      FFR Player
                                      • Oct 2005
                                      • 2534
                                      #10
                                      Re: Questions on Track, CC, Running in general, etc.

                                      Originally posted by pntballa18
                                      You run New Englands? What school are you?
                                      East Greenwich High School, which is in RI.

                                      Yoshi: 1500m time is 5:03, so add about 20 seconds (1 mile is ~1608 meters), and you get 5:23. I have never ran the two-mile, but I remember getting an 11:30 or so in one of my XC races at the two-mile mark.

                                      And the mileage I run has been really inconsistent for me, because I started doing the Varsity workouts two weeks before the school year began, and after that, there were meets. So I have no idea.
                                      Last edited by GamerShadow; 12-4-2007, 05:18 PM.
                                      Note to self Finish.

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                                        • pntballa18
                                          FFR Player
                                          • Mar 2005
                                          • 3357
                                          #11
                                          Re: Questions on Track, CC, Running in general, etc.

                                          Originally posted by GamerShadow
                                          East Greenwich High School, which is in RI.
                                          Beat us. Pinkerton Academy, in NH

                                          EDIT: just rechecked the stats, apparently you beat everyone except for the number one in the country
                                          Last edited by pntballa18; 12-4-2007, 05:16 PM.

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                                            • ledwix
                                              Giant Pi Operator
                                              FFR Simfile Author
                                              • Mar 2006
                                              • 2878
                                              #12
                                              Re: Questions on Track, CC, Running in general, etc.

                                              your times sound very good for any age. what's your 1600?

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                                                • GamerShadow
                                                  FFR Player
                                                  • Oct 2005
                                                  • 2534
                                                  #13
                                                  Re: Questions on Track, CC, Running in general, etc.

                                                  We run the 1500 here, but adding 20 seconds to my 1500 time, it'd be 5:23.
                                                  Note to self Finish.

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                                                    • YoshiSlayer
                                                      FFR Player
                                                      • Aug 2005
                                                      • 75
                                                      #14
                                                      Re: Questions on Track, CC, Running in general, etc.

                                                      thats a decent time for the 1600...5:23...i need one more thing, how many miles do you run a week? then i can help you get better

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                                                        • pntballa18
                                                          FFR Player
                                                          • Mar 2005
                                                          • 3357
                                                          #15
                                                          Re: Questions on Track, CC, Running in general, etc.

                                                          Yeah, it looks like it is your speed that needs work, not your endurance. I can run about that 1600 time, and my 5k pr is 18:29

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