i'm running cross-country for my school, hebron christian academy
my best 5k time ever is 20:56, my best time in the season is 21:37
i've been working hard lately, my goal right now is to just get my time back down to under 21

that's great that you are on the xc team. good luck in your next race

just get focused and run your best

thanks, well i completed my goal to get under 21, my time was 20:54, but this is still pretty horrible, compared to what i should be running, my next major goal is breaking 20

congrats on getting under 21! i know you want to do better, but this is the first step. just stay focused and continue to train hard and make it a priority.

yeah, good job getting your goal. now, it might be hard to run under 20 in your very next race. just make sure you are under 20:54 at least though

good job bud

yep, improving each race is the goal. you have to make sure you make every run count.

that's right. gotta train fast to race fast

yeah, that's true, but having 2 races in 3 days is pretty dumb, i really wanna get better

well, you have to do what you have to do. so if that means 2 races in 3 days, then so be it. just do the best you can. that's all you can do

wait, you're not irun

i did like a 5.4 mile run today at school, i plan to do like K's on thursday after practice and a tempo run on saturday

yeah, but how long did it take you?

43 minutes

you need to start running faster

yeah, you are still near 8 minutes a mile. you need to be at least somewhere around 7:30 a mile

you should also keep up with your running in some sort of running log

yeah you should, have you ever heard of runningahead?

runningahead is the best running log out there, if you have internet access

so what are you running tomorrow?

i'm running 5 k repeats

how did they go?

they went ok, i only did 3
3:48, 3:44, 3:38