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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are what I would call a low key sports family, with two older ones at T20 schools and younger guy a sophomore in hs.  He’s played soccer most of life, and rode the varsity bench this past fall.  But likes it. Last spring however, he ran pretty good mid distance times as a frosh with no training (except soccer running, which can’t be discounted)- 10 minute 3200, mod 4:30s1600 and 2:00ish 800.  These times don’t mean much to me, but coach is excited and pushing him to run this winter to establish a “base”. It’s feeling a little forced to me, and I really want this to stay fun for him - doubt he’s getting recruited, so better spending time with academics and other ECs.  I feel if he has talent it will show without having a 16 year old run 25-30 miles a week in the offseason - which seems crazy to me - track people, what say you??[/quote]

Totally depends on the kid and what they want to do.

Under 2 for the 800 is very good. Same with under 4:30 for the 1600.

Those are really good times for 16

You have a natural runner.

But yeah, 25-30 a week would be on the low end. It's a lot being a competitive mid-distance runner.

This kind of thing should totally be up to the kid. Genuinely hard training. The passion is there, or it's not.[/quote]

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