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There is an organizational meeting for Logan's track and field program this next week - - both boys and girls - - and we will have a good idea who will be planning to come out and whether there will be any depth. There are indoor meets everywhere and I am sure the coaches will have information to share with those who wish to compete indoors. It is unserstood that conditioning for indoor track and field begins after the first of the year and that there is a meet at Ohio Northern on January 5th that a couple of athletes will attend. Also, understand there may be an indoor meet at Marietta the next week. The state indoor championship will be held the weekend of March 15th at Akron.
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No, trust me. It is not a wise comment to say, the more races the better. This is because your legs will not be able to handle all the pounding. There is a lot of difference in training pace and distances then races. This is not AS true in track because of the shorter distance races, like the 800 or even 1600. But, if you are a 3200 meter runner, I would not run the 3200 meter race every week. Use the the 800 and mile as workouts to lead up to your 3200 meter race. This is the one thing I do not like about High School Track and Cross Country. Athletes at that level have meets and race 2 or even 3 times a week in some cases. In Cross Country they have a meet every week and some coaches shedule 2 meets. It might get monotenous to train for two weeks and have to wait all that time to race but it is worth it in the long run.
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EHS, interesting point and I think you will find, like everything else, there are many different schools of thought on this. Dr. George Sheehan an Arthur Lydiard follower believed that training five days a week and racing one day a week was the best way to improve. Arthur Lydiard believed in building a huge base and working from that. Another school of thought is to not build a base and do only interval training in track and mixing the intervals from a 200 to a 1600. There are others who are on the threshold idea and others who will swear by heart monitors as a training technique. To be honest I do not believe there is a right way or a wrong way. I have had runners who can do high mileage and improve while others do not respond to such training. I have had runners who do well on only intervals and others who do not improve using intervals. I have had some who improve by running twice a week and others who could only race once every other week. However, I am in agreement that you can race the legs out of a dog. For ALL runners I believe that running more than two events every meet might be too much. I like to race sprinters in a sprint, a relay, and a field event if possible. For distance I like to see, maybe the 4x800 and another race, or 1600/800 double. Racing the 3200 once a week is enough. If a hurdler is not in a field event I like to see them race the two hurdle races and a relay. However, if shin splints become a problem then I will back them off as well as with sore feet. Sore feet can really cause problems!