I have seen that a lot of the one-off talents and crazy fast freshman are often the kids of pros/coaches. In WA where there are the Rodriguez sisters (daughters of a brooks runner iirc) Alexa Matora (daughter of a hs coach) and a few others. Then there’s the daughter of the OAC coach in Arizona iirc. Is there even a way to compete with kids who have been running twice as long as the average hs xc/tf runner and have been setting age-group records their entire lives? Ik this sounds bitter because it kinda is. Idk I’m jealous. I should prob just work harder.