Reply to NCSA- Running Track Field Cross Country

Forum Index » Sports General Discussion

Reply to "NCSA- Running Track Field Cross Country"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I ran in high school in the 70's.  Very informal - just sign up and run on the team. My twin was even better than I was.  We had talent, but our significant accomplishment was to avoid drinking and pot.  Sounds silly, but in practice it works.

Ran a 9:20 2 mile as a 9th grader and a 4:06 mile in 12th grade.   No formal programs, no getting a jump by spending money - just consistent modest training without too much mileage.  My mother was a poor single mother, so no fancy stuff in our lives. Have to be willing to really put it out there in racing - some really intense speed in practice but not high volume. Can't race your workouts.  The ability to put one's self out there in a race really matters, as obvious as it sounds (girls should read Lauren Fleshman's book, a multiple All American from Stanford).   Most at the high school level don't benefit in the long run from high school mileage.

My brother and I were state champions and won a few of the national championship races after the season. The next year my younger teammate earned this honor.  We all went to competitive Power 4 schools on scholarship.  My younger teammate (a 4:08 mile guy) didn't run his 9th grade year but played football. He was a good football player and kudos to our state champion football coach for persuading him to run after seeing him complete a 4:40 mile in high top Converse shoes in 9th grade during a football time trial.

[/quote]

Did you use ncsa? I am not sure what your point- we all know you were a legend in the 70s[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics