Greatness

With the times I have at the age I'm at(turned 13 in May) will I be a great runner in HS? Also there is this 14 year old who runs like 17s. Can I make such a change to be that good?


Also any training tips would be helpful. I'm at about 25-30 miles a week as of now. Lately I have hit a plateau and have been running pretty much the same times. My last 6 races:
21:48
22:44(very hot)
22:22
22:20
22:01
22:20

move this out of GD..come on people lol.

come on TBK, i just made a thread about this.

The Bee's Knees wrote:With the times I have at the age I'm at(turned 13 in May) will I be a great runner in HS? Also there is this 14 year old who runs like 17s. Can I make such a change to be that good?


Also any training tips would be helpful. I'm at about 25-30 miles a week as of now. Lately I have hit a plateau and have been running pretty much the same times. My last 6 races:
21:48
22:44(very hot)
22:22
22:20
22:01
22:20

17s is not that good. but are you going to be in 8th grade?

AudienceOfOne wrote:

The Bee's Knees wrote:With the times I have at the age I'm at(turned 13 in May) will I be a great runner in HS? Also there is this 14 year old who runs like 17s. Can I make such a change to be that good?


Also any training tips would be helpful. I'm at about 25-30 miles a week as of now. Lately I have hit a plateau and have been running pretty much the same times. My last 6 races:
21:48
22:44(very hot)
22:22
22:20
22:01
22:20

17s is not that good. but are you going to be in 8th grade?

ehh its pretty good for a 14 year old though what is that an eighth grader?

BA_Sadie. wrote:

AudienceOfOne wrote:

The Bee's Knees wrote:With the times I have at the age I'm at(turned 13 in May) will I be a great runner in HS? Also there is this 14 year old who runs like 17s. Can I make such a change to be that good?


Also any training tips would be helpful. I'm at about 25-30 miles a week as of now. Lately I have hit a plateau and have been running pretty much the same times. My last 6 races:
21:48
22:44(very hot)
22:22
22:20
22:01
22:20

17s is not that good. but are you going to be in 8th grade?

ehh its pretty good for a 14 year old though what is that an eighth grader?

no, he's saying for HS.....i think.

AudienceOfOne wrote:

BA_Sadie. wrote:

AudienceOfOne wrote:

The Bee's Knees wrote:With the times I have at the age I'm at(turned 13 in May) will I be a great runner in HS? Also there is this 14 year old who runs like 17s. Can I make such a change to be that good?


Also any training tips would be helpful. I'm at about 25-30 miles a week as of now. Lately I have hit a plateau and have been running pretty much the same times. My last 6 races:
21:48
22:44(very hot)
22:22
22:20
22:01
22:20

17s is not that good. but are you going to be in 8th grade?

ehh its pretty good for a 14 year old though what is that an eighth grader?

no, he's saying for HS.....i think.

oh then yeah its not that good. its alright though.

17s are decent, but it's nothing special. Performances in 7th grade don't really say that much about your potential. I know I was running about 8 minutes in the mile in 7th grade. I have a friend who was running 6:30 in it and now we run the same times.

^^^^^^^
+1

AudienceOfOne wrote:

The Bee's Knees wrote:With the times I have at the age I'm at(turned 13 in May) will I be a great runner in HS? Also there is this 14 year old who runs like 17s. Can I make such a change to be that good?


Also any training tips would be helpful. I'm at about 25-30 miles a week as of now. Lately I have hit a plateau and have been running pretty much the same times. My last 6 races:
21:48
22:44(very hot)
22:22
22:20
22:01
22:20

17s is not that good. but are you going to be in 8th grade?

Yeah I'm going into 8th.

I wouldn't rule out improving a lot when you get to highschool... I don't know what sort of workouts you are doing in middle school, but I probably did the same mileage... maybe a little less (closer to 25) but no workouts and I improved a lot. I went from sucking in middles school to just barely making varsity freshman year. Increasing mileage will help a lot...but I don't think you need to worry about that too much until the summer before 9th grade. I know a lot of people who worked really hard to be good in middle school and then got sick of running in HS... so don't worry about it too much now... just have fun.

i dont know about greatness i ran an 18:35 as a 14 year old, and im not getting very far as of the moment

WTHeck?

why do i have 2 blank post on here?

I ran for touchdowns in middle school so i can't say what my times where and what they are now

RWS, what's with the blak posts?

I have been getting those too...

BagoXC25 wrote:I have been getting those too...

yeah i was too except in a different thread.

AudienceOfOne wrote:RWS, what's with the blak posts?

i have no idea

The Bee's Knees wrote:With the times I have at the age I'm at(turned 13 in May) will I be a great runner in HS? Also there is this 14 year old who runs like 17s. Can I make such a change to be that good?


Also any training tips would be helpful. I'm at about 25-30 miles a week as of now. Lately I have hit a plateau and have been running pretty much the same times. My last 6 races:
21:48
22:44(very hot)
22:22
22:20
22:01
22:20

If its any consolation. My freshman best was a 19:21, my soph was 17:16.
So its possible, but man, it all depends on genetics and whether you do your training right. those are two thing swe cant determine here.

dont give up hope though. its a possibility.

Don't worry about it.
Seriously. It's just too much stress to think about shit like that. Relax and enjoy running and maybe you'll find that you do have what it takes.

funrunner wrote:17s are decent, but it's nothing special. Performances in 7th grade don't really say that much about your potential. I know I was running about 8 minutes in the mile in 7th grade. I have a friend who was running 6:30 in it and now we run the same times.

what! is he talking about the mile (for the 17 time) or a 5k?
Big time confused!!

eternally_running wrote:

funrunner wrote:17s are decent, but it's nothing special. Performances in 7th grade don't really say that much about your potential. I know I was running about 8 minutes in the mile in 7th grade. I have a friend who was running 6:30 in it and now we run the same times.

what! is he talking about the mile (for the 17 time) or a 5k?
Big time confused!!

5K.

i'm 14 and my best time is 28:17

lefty_logan wrote:i'm 14 and my best time is 28:17

Yes I know but your not making me feel any better.