Awesome day.

Yesterday I did a 10K in 42 minutes and won against my previous rival who became my friend after the race.
I got asked by the good school in town to run with them during summer to see how I like it and Im excited. Its all awesome except my parents are saying they wont let me represent the rival school of where they went...

P2 wrote:Yesterday I did a 10K in 42 minutes and won against my previous rival who became my friend after the race.
I got asked by the good school in town to run with them during summer to see how I like it and Im excited. Its all awesome except my parents are saying they wont let me represent the rival school of where they went...

Wow that's fast.

thanks i just wish my parents would loosen up cause the coach is so good.

P2 wrote:thanks i just wish my parents would loosen up cause the coach is so good.

yeah i hope u can go too, ive been asked by a few schools to transfer, but it sucks cause my parents wont take me there either.

So I'm assuming the coach for the school you run at now isn't that great?

The Bee's Knees wrote:So I'm assuming the coach for the school you run at now isn't that great?

nicest person i know. just doesnt dedicate himself to helping me [others also] become a better runner. in fast our xc training for my current school is 2 months after the good schools. the bad thing is that theyre rivals and plus most of my friends are going to my current school. this sucks.

You seriously have a school asking you to transfer after a 42 minute 10K? That's a pretty good time for an 8th grader, but seriously...there are 16:00-16:30 5k runners in our city that get zero attention.

P2 wrote:

The Bee's Knees wrote:So I'm assuming the coach for the school you run at now isn't that great?

nicest person i know. just doesnt dedicate himself to helping me [others also] become a better runner. in fast our xc training for my current school is 2 months after the good schools. the bad thing is that theyre rivals and plus most of my friends are going to my current school. this sucks.

Why don't you stay at the school your at now and just train/race with the rival school? You don't necessarily have to transfer.

funrunner wrote:You seriously have a school asking you to transfer after a 42 minute 10K? That's a pretty good time for an 8th grader, but seriously...there are 16:00-16:30 5k runners in our city that get zero attention.

cause i get horrible training currently..they could coach my to be a sub-16 when im older. its the start of the summer also. im barely into the base phase.

The Bee's Knees wrote:

P2 wrote:

The Bee's Knees wrote:So I'm assuming the coach for the school you run at now isn't that great?

nicest person i know. just doesnt dedicate himself to helping me [others also] become a better runner. in fast our xc training for my current school is 2 months after the good schools. the bad thing is that theyre rivals and plus most of my friends are going to my current school. this sucks.

Why don't you stay at the school your at now and just train/race with the rival school? You don't necessarily have to transfer.

lol..i would, but i dont know if you can here and thats a major dick move.

yeahh that would be a pretty jerky move hmm idk what to tell you just work on your parents some how.

I'm just saying, it's pretty weird for middle schools to be so competitive. It seems kind of unhealthy that a middle school is trying to get transfers so they can have a seriously BAMF MS XC/track team.

And you shouldn't assume that you will go sub-16 just because you switch middle schools. I had a friend who ran 16:58 freshman year. His PR senior year was 16:51.

funrunner wrote:I'm just saying, it's pretty weird for middle schools to be so competitive. It seems kind of unhealthy that a middle school is trying to get transfers so they can have a seriously BAMF MS XC/track team.

And you shouldn't assume that you will go sub-16 just because you switch middle schools. I had a friend who ran 16:58 freshman year. His PR senior year was 16:51.

well, he has problems then.

P2 wrote:

The Bee's Knees wrote:

P2 wrote:

The Bee's Knees wrote:So I'm assuming the coach for the school you run at now isn't that great?

nicest person i know. just doesnt dedicate himself to helping me [others also] become a better runner. in fast our xc training for my current school is 2 months after the good schools. the bad thing is that theyre rivals and plus most of my friends are going to my current school. this sucks.

Why don't you stay at the school your at now and just train/race with the rival school? You don't necessarily have to transfer.

lol..i would, but i dont know if you can here and thats a major dick move.

you're only in JH for pete's sake....i mean won't you have a different HS coach anyway?

funrunner wrote:I'm just saying, it's pretty weird for middle schools to be so competitive. It seems kind of unhealthy that a middle school is trying to get transfers so they can have a seriously BAMF MS XC/track team.

And you shouldn't assume that you will go sub-16 just because you switch middle schools. I had a friend who ran 16:58 freshman year. His PR senior year was 16:51.

Im not in middle school XC though. Im not transfering MS im transfering HS.

AudienceOfOne wrote:

P2 wrote:

The Bee's Knees wrote:

P2 wrote:

The Bee's Knees wrote:So I'm assuming the coach for the school you run at now isn't that great?

nicest person i know. just doesnt dedicate himself to helping me [others also] become a better runner. in fast our xc training for my current school is 2 months after the good schools. the bad thing is that theyre rivals and plus most of my friends are going to my current school. this sucks.

Why don't you stay at the school your at now and just train/race with the rival school? You don't necessarily have to transfer.

lol..i would, but i dont know if you can here and thats a major dick move.

you're only in JH for pete's sake....i mean won't you have a different HS coach anyway?

Once again, yes it is a HS XC transfer. Id have him for the next 5 years. I wont be transfering middle schools but high schools.

P2 wrote:

AudienceOfOne wrote:

P2 wrote:

The Bee's Knees wrote:

P2 wrote:

The Bee's Knees wrote:So I'm assuming the coach for the school you run at now isn't that great?

nicest person i know. just doesnt dedicate himself to helping me [others also] become a better runner. in fast our xc training for my current school is 2 months after the good schools. the bad thing is that theyre rivals and plus most of my friends are going to my current school. this sucks.

Why don't you stay at the school your at now and just train/race with the rival school? You don't necessarily have to transfer.

lol..i would, but i dont know if you can here and thats a major dick move.

you're only in JH for pete's sake....i mean won't you have a different HS coach anyway?

Once again, yes it is a HS XC transfer. Id have him for the next 5 years. I wont be transfering middle schools but high schools.

eh just take it upon yourself to succeed with a crap coach. surround yourself with friends that you can run with, knowlegable adults that can help you, and run with the rival team if you have to.

Who's the coach that wants you to train with them?

AudienceOfOne wrote:

funrunner wrote:I'm just saying, it's pretty weird for middle schools to be so competitive. It seems kind of unhealthy that a middle school is trying to get transfers so they can have a seriously BAMF MS XC/track team.

And you shouldn't assume that you will go sub-16 just because you switch middle schools. I had a friend who ran 16:58 freshman year. His PR senior year was 16:51.

well, he has problems then.

Yeah, he got pretty thoroughly injured sophomore year. He's not normal, but I'm just saying P2 shouldn't take anything for granted.

AudienceOfOne wrote:

P2 wrote:

AudienceOfOne wrote:

P2 wrote:

The Bee's Knees wrote:

P2 wrote:

The Bee's Knees wrote:So I'm assuming the coach for the school you run at now isn't that great?

nicest person i know. just doesnt dedicate himself to helping me [others also] become a better runner. in fast our xc training for my current school is 2 months after the good schools. the bad thing is that theyre rivals and plus most of my friends are going to my current school. this sucks.

Why don't you stay at the school your at now and just train/race with the rival school? You don't necessarily have to transfer.

lol..i would, but i dont know if you can here and thats a major dick move.

you're only in JH for pete's sake....i mean won't you have a different HS coach anyway?

Once again, yes it is a HS XC transfer. Id have him for the next 5 years. I wont be transfering middle schools but high schools.

eh just take it upon yourself to succeed with a crap coach. surround yourself with friends that you can run with, knowlegable adults that can help you, and run with the rival team if you have to.

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