<p>Former sprinter - 200s, 400s, and 4x400s especially. Now I just run distance, and it’s not as fun =(. Charity runs are cool though, and I want to run a marathon sometime in the near future.</p>
<p>I mean its not about how tall you are (I’m only 5’3" which makes it a little harder to three step) the important thing especially for guys (you’re a guy right) is flexibility.</p>
<p>I run cross country for The Woodlands in Texas. Currently hitting about 80 miles a week.</p>
<p>no i’m a girl haha. i could get the strides in between each hurdle, and i just wasn’t flexible enough for the whole knee-drive concept.</p>
<p>I run too, but I hate it.</p>
<p>In grade school cross country there’s this one big race for basically all the schools in our city that have an XC team, I won the whole thing in 8th grade, and went to a school where the XC and Track coach already knew me from that, but I played soccer instead of running XC, I love soccer and hate running, but I’m far better at running. I did run track though, 4:46 in the 1600m as a Freshman, but I hated every meet.</p>
<p>I ran XC alongside playing soccer this year, and it really made me realize how much I hate racing. I don’t mind practice, actually enjoy it a bit, and I get along really well with the guys on the team. I just really can’t stand racing, I get so damn nervous, days before the meet even starts, and its so painful. </p>
<p>I almost want to quit, but I know I can’t. Anyone feel like this with running?</p>
<p>I feel like XC runners get shafted when it comes to putting in the practice time while jumpers are basically golden in terms of both awesomeness of what they do and practice time. I remember during practice, after the millionth sub 65 400, I’d be looking wistfully at the pole vaulters just chilling around, just feigning a jump every now and then. Then the XC guys would come around for their millionth mile repeat, looking tired as hell, and I’d be happy again.</p>
<p>I think ever real runner loathes something about it. I personally have awful shinsplints from working out on concrete (mile repeats for xc, the usual stuff because our track is concrete) but I more enjoy feeling accomplished and like I’ve done something, but I’m a nervous basketcase before meets. So yes, I feel your pain.</p>
<p>Hey Pioneer, what did you get your 5k time down to?</p>
<p>I managed to whittle it down to 15:51.</p>
<p>Nice job! You going to run in college?</p>
<p>Not that it’s impossible, I know a girl who runs a 16:30 5k, but pioneer, I’m assuming you’re a guy correct?</p>
<p>Wow Pioneer 15:51 is amazing! I run XC and Track (4x800, 1600, and 3200) but am nowhere near that good. Hopefully, next year my times will drop quite a bit though. How do you guys/girls train in the summer (miles per week?)? Usually, I start out with a training plan but end up not following it.</p>
<p>Personally I do about 50 miles a week, half the days are recovery (so like 5 miles at like 6:40 pace) and the other days are like 9 fast (like 6:00 per mile for long days or a track workout). That worked pretty well for me this year, as I got into the 15:40’s for the 5k.</p>
<p>I know some guys who do 90 miles per week, and while it’s good for CC it doesn’t help as much for track. The guy from our rival school last year who was All-American in the mile last year did about 45 miles per week.</p>
<p>Haha and there was this one freakshow from my school a few years ago who broke 15 for the 5k by running less than 40 miles per week during the offseason.</p>
<p>My mileage would meen absolutley crap to you because I’m a girl and was I injured for most of the season, and cross train with sprinting. But, as a middle of the road hs runner I out in around 30 miles per day, 8:30 pace on recovery days, around 8:00 otherwise.</p>
<p>My team holds optional practices in the summer, but most everyone goes at least 3 or 4 times a week. They start at 6:30am which is actually quite nice because at that its a pretty nice temp for running and it doesn’t conflict with anything else. Besides, I’d just be sleeping anyways. :P</p>
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Hahaha I really hope that is a typo.</p>
<p>****not per DAY per WEEK stupid auto correct.</p>
<p>I run xc and indoor and outdoor track. Our coach had us really bump up the mileage this year. We got around 50-ish per week for xc, but we’re lower than that now that we’re in track season. I ended up running 19:08 for a 5k this year, but thats coming off a bad season last year where I never PRed at all. I still have some nagging injury in my hamstring thats really holding me back right now, especially for faster stuff, which sucks for track.</p>
<p>Cross-country is like my life.
I have been running for the past 8 years. I only run the long distances and am currently training for a marathon.</p>
<p>Bleh, i don’t see how y’all manage to find the time to run 50 miles a week. What is that 5, 5 and a halfish hours a week? Meh, at the most i might clock in 10 miles during the week during soccer and when soccer’s over, i usually just lift and not run. Funny story thought. For soccer, we had to be able to do 40 pushups, 60 situps, 8 seconds on the shuttle run, and run a mile in 7 minutes as minimum requirements to try out. Well, the thing is that i abhor running so i never practiced for the mile but, i figured if i just worked my thighs and calves (Leg press, 210 pounds on the calf raise, lunges, squats, seated calf raise) that it would give me the same result as running. Guess what? It actually did. I never practiced for the mile but, i still got it in about 5 minutes and 50 seconds. </p>
<p>Damn!</p>