High School 5k Progression: 26:25 --> 15:29

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Great progression and great school choice.

Is this training actually good? Why so many thresholds

How did you get on the team with such slow times? I am faster and they didn't respond to me.

nobody cares about the "most improved" trophy. its just for the biggest loser idiot. I remember in the 3rd grade i got the best score the whole year but they gave a prize to some idiot for the "most improved" he literally was an idiot and got a trophy.

so nobody cares about runners who "improve" i could fake running and run a 30min 5k and by end of season run 15:00. its a joke. that kid ended up a pot head and worthless piece of life that works at walmart and has 6 illegitimate drug addict kids in a trailer park...

this is a fake post. I just realized. I used to post dumb stuff like this that triggers the runners obsessed with improvement/overtraining and make the times almost belieable but something you didnt see before. Loll a joke by a slow person hahaahahaha.

fake. nobody runs a 25+ 5k and talks about running like this. fake. figured you out. next try. I'm more clever than you. I have a real profile I signin and gets posting and this anonmous style of posting not logged in. in 1 week once i got 2 front page thread (easssssssy) I just posted things that would trigger people and just be "potentially real" enough that people wanted to argue. anything related to marriage and dating or drugs and running fast helps. like one of my favorites was "Hey I just ran the 800m in 1:47 on MDMA, do you think it'll show in the drug test" and people went crazy haha.

So whatever kid thinks they can post fake threads like this....dope I see you. busted.

lol you're an idiot. nobody wants to get your training - YOU RAN a 26min 5K freshman year and then say you ran 15 senior year hahaha. it sounds so ludicrious - a 26min slow poke who trains the most basic training with a "vdot" comment in there for some spice (good one)

but yeah - nobody wants your training. I am obviously being aggresive and an dikkk right now - but your tone is sketchy af and like arrogant.

the comment of "simple smart training" lol so you must be smart. you know what smart is. 15:30 is just good enough to be plausible....nice try.

jesus christ nobody wants training from a 26min guy. you will always be 26mins because you once ran that in highschool. the worst I ever ran was like 18. imagine me taking advice from you lol id rather die

I think it’s great, his progression and that he was willing to share it here to, perhaps, motivate others. Maybe he was never really a 26+ guy, but that was his first ever recorded high school race. So, how about going from 11:30 in the 3200 to 9:12? That was the progression in track. On seemingly modest training. Seems like he just built up consistently and steadily over time. I think many people would find specifics of his training interesting.

On another note, kudos to getting into Georgia Tech, OP. Phenomenal school.

I came here prepared to roast you. Looks ok.

What do you think of cross training? Maybe similar in effect to your very easy running.

I had a high school teammate that had a similar progression, but it took him longer to do it. Went from 25-26 as a freshman to eventually sub-15:00 on the track as a post-collegiate, but he only got to I think 16:30 or so in XC in high school. Very similar training, heavy threshold focus all throughout high school and college, got up to around 60-70 in high school and later 80-100 in college/post-college. There is talent everywhere, it's just a matter of unlocking it.

What he says does not matter. What matters is what he ran and it was exactly like he said. 26 Minute 5k as a freshman, 15:29 as a senior. It is right there on his post why would you not believe him?

I never really cross trained much besides during injuries. But I know people who do and vouch that it can increase your aerobic base without putting too much stress on your body.

100% agree. Even though this progression isn't seen a ton, I think a lot of people who start off slow don't reach their potential/this level of progression because

A) They don't train correctly.

B) They start off slow and assume they have no talent.

I would have been another case of just running slow and falling under one of those two categories but my older brother was a serious runner who taught me a lot about training (thresholds, keeping easy runs easy, etc) back in freshmen year which helped tremendously.

Yep, very smart, never taxing the body too hard. Just steady, persistent training. While 65 mpw is a lot for some preps, it also really isn’t very much. Just wait til you get to 80/85+.

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Elijah, I sent you a request to follow you on Strava, I hope you accept it. My name starts with P.

What are your height, weight, body fat estimate stats?

Did your body composition get better over time?

I ran my best 5k at about 5'7.5" 130 lbs, 15%

I'm not sure if this was the case with you but I find overweight runners to be the most common in this group. There are SO many potential 14-15 minute 5k type athletes that are just sitting around at 30%+ body fat and therefore start off super slow, discouraging them from doing the training that will get them to lose that extra weight.

My body fat probably got higher as I continued through high school. I was about 119 pounds 5’7 in freshmen year and now I’m 5’10 about 150 pounds.