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          zorak11 on April 21, 2004 at 1:51 am #9143

          Hey Guys, i'm new to this board and pretty excited about it. A little background info, I'm will be a sophmore at the University of Texas, and will be trying out for the track team there. I did not run my freshman year because of some transfer issues from UTSA, but have already contacted the Texas coaches about next year. I started out running XC my sophmore year, simply because our soccer coach required it. I was moved up to varsity after 2 races, and performed well. My sophmore year I ran track, running the mile and 800m dash with my PRs at 5:05, and 2:04. My junior year, I ran XC again and my PR was 17:28. I began to run the mile relay my junior year with my best split at a 50.6. Senior year i had a back injury during XC and never fully recovered. For track i ran 400m, and mile relay only, because the 800m was to close. My best 400m dash was 51.1, and best mile relay split was 50.1. I would like to run 800m, distance medley, or something similar but am completely lost as where to start. If someone could please give me some advice and/or point me in the right direction that would be great! Thanks a lot guys!

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          Mike Young on April 21, 2004 at 1:09 pm #27293

          Welcome to the board. If you don't intend on joining the team / trying out until next fall, you could use the summer to develop a good general endurance base as this seems to be your weak point based off the times you gave. I'd recommend gradually increasing weekly milage throughout summer while doing some faster running a couple days a week to maintain speed.

          ELITETRACK Founder

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