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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wouldn’t give this the time of day. If your daughter continues to improve, the stopwatch will tell the story.

I was a fast middle school runner, a state and national champion in high school, and a top level D1 guy.  I often  tell parents not to push middle school running and just get in a few races while playing other sports. Running is not swimming - many successful runners come to the sport relatively late.  People hear of Jacob Ingebritsen of Norway starting at age 7 with a pushy father and think that is the way to go. He is a rare, rare athlete, with speed to burn and a capacity to use it up to 5k in competition. The American in Ingebritsen’s recent 3000m race,  Grant Fisher played soccer until his 11th grade year. He just ran the equivalent of an 8 minute two mile! I can’t emphasize enough not taking a sport like running too seriously in middle school. It doesn’t bring about good outcomes and the first contact with the sport should be fun, especially in cross country which for most is much more challenging than track. Again, in an era where young people specialize way early in sports, this is not the way forward in running. My NCAA career would have been better had I not committed so early. [/quote]

Love this!

And I agree with the PP who suggested maybe the coach is a parent or volunteer. [/quote]

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