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Athletic Cubers

What sport do you play?

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Ayce said:
5:37.19 —> 5.37.00 PB mile,
still trying to climb the ranks in my state for the 800m, still with a 2:30 time, someday i’ll beat my 20:30 5k
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Make sure to do good long runs a day or two after your meets. They don't have to be intense, they should just be long and refreshing. Maybe go out 20 minutes on a road, then 20 minutes back.
And good luck on your goals. The 800m is a really rough race. I have a 2:20 recorded on athletic.net, and I hope to shatter that during my first meet in the spring. The mile, it's not my favorite event, but still make sure to stay with someone either your pace or slightly faster. If you are by yourself, you are more prone to slow down. I have tried to do long runs by myself, but I couldn't do it. I can't motivate myself the same way I can with my pack.
 
Garf said:
Make sure to do good long runs a day or two after your meets. They don't have to be intense, they should just be long and refreshing. Maybe go out 20 minutes on a road, then 20 minutes back.
And good luck on your goals. The 800m is a really rough race. I have a 2:20 recorded on athletic.net, and I hope to shatter that during my first meet in the spring. The mile, it's not my favorite event, but still make sure to stay with someone either your pace or slightly faster. If you are by yourself, you are more prone to slow down. I have tried to do long runs by myself, but I couldn't do it. I can't motivate myself the same way I can with my pack.
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Yup! Our track coach usually has us run anywhere from 4-7 miles after meets.
 
I've just started running again after a 3 month break (knee injury :mad:). I'm not even nearly as good as I was but I'm already seeing progress: 20 minute warm-up at 4.20 pace (just under 7 minutes per mile for you weird people who use miles 😜) isn't that hard now. However, seeing that my teammates made insane progress is a bit disappointing. Like, when I came back one of them told me he had competed in a 10K the previous day and he pushed so hard that he got a 3:49 last kilometer. I thought it was fast, until I discovered he actually meant that he was going slow at the end 🤣, he started at 3:20 pace (5:20 mins per mile) and couldn't keep it. I could barely keep up with them when I was running, now it's even worse.
 
bulkocuber said:
I've just started running again after a 3 month break (knee injury :mad:). I'm not even nearly as good as I was but I'm already seeing progress: 20 minute warm-up at 4.20 pace (just under 7 minutes per mile for you weird people who use miles 😜) isn't that hard now. However, seeing that my teammates made insane progress is a bit disappointing. Like, when I came back one of them told me he had competed in a 10K the previous day and he pushed so hard that he got a 3:49 last kilometer. I thought it was fast, until I discovered he actually meant that he was going slow at the end 🤣, he started at 3:20 pace (5:20 mins per mile) and couldn't keep it. I could barely keep up with them when I was running, now it's even worse.
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Injuries are never fun. The fastest member of my team also got a knee injury while running last week's course, and he won't be practicing for 2 weeks until he gets an MRI. But our health is above everything, so don't rush the process to injure yourself even more
 
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rubik2005 said:
Injuries are never fun. The fastest member of my team also got a knee injury while running last week's course, and he won't be practicing for 2 weeks until he gets an MRI. But our health is above everything, so don't rush the process to injure yourself even more
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Knee injuries are the worst,
Patellar Tendonitis for me, it just refuses to ever go away.
 
So after the Pacer Test today my friend convinced me to join track when it starts in spring so yeah. Also used to play sports year round from 2nd grade until COVID, I did lacrosse in spring, soccer in summer, baseball in fall, and basketball in winter. Although in 4th grade I made the travel soccer team so I quit everything else to do that.

Writing this made me realize how much COVID screwed up my athletics cause I've done nothing since then.
 
DynaXT said:
So after the Pacer Test today my friend convinced me to join track when it starts in spring so yeah. Also used to play sports year round from 2nd grade until COVID, I did lacrosse in spring, soccer in summer, baseball in fall, and basketball in winter. Although in 4th grade I made the travel soccer team so I quit everything else to do that.

Writing this made me realize how much COVID screwed up my athletics cause I've done nothing since then.
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YEAH TRACK! Do the 800, it's really hard yet really rewarding.
 
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