ndtrack3 wrote:We can't forget about indoor also. Good barometer to see who has been doin' work in the off-season.
The Perfect Storm09 wrote:That's interesting. If a kid has been training the whole off-season, how do you figure he won't do well coming out at the beginning of the season??
Run4Fun2009 wrote:The Perfect Storm09 wrote:That's interesting. If a kid has been training the whole off-season, how do you figure he won't do well coming out at the beginning of the season??
He's just stating that those who have been training in the off-season may not be near the top during the indoor season...but because of their enhanced training for their respected events in the off-season...those athletes will be near the top at season's end.
theman - Am I on the right page there?
The Perfect Storm09 wrote:I understand where you're coming from. But I don't agree with your theory.
A kid training in the off-season OBVIOUSLY has the edge..right. But saying that they should be "drained" is false. You don't train all off-season to come into the season "drained." If an athlete is smart, they would give their body a rest for about a week or more before the season starts. Thus being as PRIMED as they possibly can to begin the season and be ready to bust their stuff they've been working for all off-season.
theman wrote:Run4Fun2009 wrote:The Perfect Storm09 wrote:That's interesting. If a kid has been training the whole off-season, how do you figure he won't do well coming out at the beginning of the season??
He's just stating that those who have been training in the off-season may not be near the top during the indoor season...but because of their enhanced training for their respected events in the off-season...those athletes will be near the top at season's end.
theman - Am I on the right page there?
Pretty much. Look at it this way: the kids who have not been training still have pretty fresh bodies. The kids who have been training should be drained, like they should be. But as the season progresses you'll be able to see who trained and who didn't. I know people, like myself, who do very poorly at the beginning of the season, but always come around about 3/4 through the season.
RunOrDie wrote:If you train in the off season it will show early. The kids who come out of the bushes late in the season are usually the ones who didn't train in the winter. but thats just my opinion. But with indoor meets it's tough to tell. It's hard for HS guys to run well indoors when they don't hardly get any experience with it. Anyone know the dates of some good indoor meets? when is the ND State Indoor and who is expected to show up?
Baller_2010 wrote:I'd like to disagree with theman's theory on training. I had trained excessively hard over the offseason last year, came into indoor and beat quite a few people that I had never beat before, then as we progressed to outdoors my times barely dropped because I was already in shape, while the people I was beating got into shape and proceeded to beat me consistently like they had previous years (albeit not by near as much). I'm a sprinter though and not a distance runner, so maybe there's some difference there.
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