I'm a high school sophomore, I've only run xc and outdoor track for 2 seasons, never done indoor, and my current 2 mile PR is 10:15, is it possible to reach 9:20-9:30 by the end of indoor or during outdoor track season.
I'm a high school sophomore, I've only run xc and outdoor track for 2 seasons, never done indoor, and my current 2 mile PR is 10:15, is it possible to reach 9:20-9:30 by the end of indoor or during outdoor track season.
these threads are such a waste. yes, in some absolute metaphysical sense it is possible to drop a minute off your time. is it a bright way to go about goal setting and working on how to drop time? not really. the bright way to do goal setting is make more incremental, achievable goals, 5 or 10 second chunks. doable. repeatable. you do one chunk, you reward yourself, you set a next chunk to chase. the more likely outcome of chasing 1 minute off is disappointment -- even if you chopped 40 seconds off, which is amazing. when the reward doesn't reflect the accomplishment but rather you working out psychological stuff, i dunno, the wish you were a little faster -- waste of time and good way to depress oneself.
and the better way to drop that minute isn't boldly broadly proclaim it, it's figure out a plan to pursue dropping time. summer training, eat better food, address whatever weaknesses you see in your race that results in your current time. big speeches doesn't do it. working on details does.
i mean, a hurdler doesn't proclaim he intends to become hot stuff, he works on his start, his speed, his hurdle form, his step pattern, his lean. he works on his craft. and for some reason compared to distance runners, we are content to set PRs even if it would be nice to break some round number horizon goal.
go work on your craft, and set reasonable goals, which you can adjust when you reach them. to me a PR should suffice, but i liked to do 10 seconds.