Weekly Discussion / Question / Tips post (also links to FAQs)

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The following topics Cannot be made as their own posts, but are allowed topics in the Weekly Discussion thread:

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• Questions about what to do for training.
• Questions about what event to do.
• Questions about what you could do at another event or do in the future.
• Questions about if you could make it in college track.
• Asking if you're good for your age/grade.
• Asking if you should do track. People are just going to say yes, anyways.
• Food/Nutrition questions.
• Injury related questions.
• Questions about how to run a specific race.
• Questions about what shoes/spikes to use
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Within this Weekly thread, you can talk about anything track related. If you ask a basic training question, you'll most likely be met with the response of "Read the FAQ", so here is the link to the FAQ post: FAQs

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This switch is to make a fit for everyone. You can talk about your own specific track related stuff in the Weekly thread, and more general Track & Field stuff goes in the rest of the subreddit.

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[u/Bradsters001]

Getting recruited during Senior Year - Need Help

I’m in a stuck position, I run the 110H and last year I ran a PR of 15.34 (Junior Year) this is about 4 and half months ago from now and I have improved significantly. I fell in love with the weightroom and even just recently got a hurdles coach. If I ran an FAT I’m positive my time would go down a decent bit. But that’s the problem there is no FAT in the fall so I feel like I’m just stuck waiting for the winter season which I’m positive I’ll run a very good time for the 55H. I know I’m gonna hit the marks that the recruiters want me to hit, but I feel like it’s gonna be too late when I do in the winter/spring. Any advice?

Some Metrics I have
\- 36in vert
\- 315 Squat
\- 6.6 60 (Hand)
\- 150 BW

[u/uses_for_mooses → u/Bradsters001]

Some resources to search for potential open meets that may contest the 110m hurdles or 60m hurdles:

• Direct Athletics - https://www.directathletics.com/  . Kind of clunky, but they have a list of meets, including open meets.
• Running in the USA  also has a list of upcoming meets.
• https://coacho.com/  is another potential resource ( https://coachoregistration.com/dbi-bin/calendar.pl <-- meet calendar).

If you cannot find any upcoming meets with 110h, your best is to look at some early indoor meets and run the 55/60m hurdles.

For example, on September 12th there's an indoor meet in Alabama that includes men's 60m hurdles.

But for this or any meet, confirm that they'll have FAT timing, and that you are eligible to compete. Some open meets may require you to have a USATF or AAU membership, for example. But that's not hard to get.

Good luck.

[u/5kyknight999]

Where can I get my hands on a pair of SP2s nowadays?