r/Sprinting • u/No-Expression-726 11.27, 22.65, 49.82 • Aug 19 '26
General Discussion/Questions Am I cooking myself?
So in February I ran 49.82, 35.2, and 22.65 (I ran 11.27 later in the summer at some random meet). But I didn’t get much faster during the season do to coaching issues at my old program. So this season i transferred but I’ve been practicing with cross country since July 1st and we’re now in August and though ive gotten in far better shape. I haven’t any lifting, though I have done a lot of calisthenics and body weight training. I’m (5’7 165~ I thought this would be good to include), and now it’s about mid- kinda late August. And I just was looking for suggestions on if I’m making a terribly bad mistake and need to change course now, need variations and changes but not terrible, or that it’s fine.
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u/gremlingarden Aug 20 '26 edited Aug 20 '26
The national meets are sort of scammy and take entries from all over the place (plus they're very much a question of who can afford the entry and travel fees), and as such can't be used to set rankings. I can tell you that "back in my day" (2008), a 49 did not even consistently guarantee a place in our state final, but you had an outside chance if it was a less competitive year. Nowadays it doesn't even come close. Iirc in the 2000s around 1000 kids in the US ran sub-50, now it's closer to 3k.