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[~Wolfwind~]

Awesome! now i have lost like, 40% of my fear and now im more-so excited instead of afraid!

[Rosalind]

I run the 300m hurdles and they are so very tiring, but I agree I like them because so few other people really do them. This is my first year of track and so of course I'm not wonderful or anything but I'm getting over my fear of the hurdles. c: Currently my coach has me training with the sprinters, but I'm thinking about training with the mid-distance and distance folks because the 300 is so long and requires so much endurance. Maybe at the least, switching between sprints training and distance training. What do you guys train in for the 300m hurdles?

[Proud violent zealot]

I'm not a hurdler, but I am a distance runner, and I would not recommend training with distance runnwrs. The type of endurance you need is different. Distance runners learn to pace themselves and strategize, but 300 meter hurdles requires a faster reaction. I would continue training with the sprinters. You probably aren't used to racing yet. Remember-every race is tiring! The 300 hurdles is probably more similar to the 400, which is a sprint.

[~Wolfwind~]

Well, I don't know much as of right now, but I'm planning on doing hurdles, so I could ask my coach may questions and hopefully get some answered for you as well.

Me: Hey coach, my friend on chicken smoothie has some questions!
coach: ummmmm

Haha that would be sorta awkward/funny... LOL

[Demisle]

I run the 300m hurdles and they are so very tiring, but I agree I like them because so few other people really do them. This is my first year of track and so of course I'm not wonderful or anything but I'm getting over my fear of the hurdles. c: Currently my coach has me training with the sprinters, but I'm thinking about training with the mid-distance and distance folks because the 300 is so long and requires so much endurance. Maybe at the least, switching between sprints training and distance training. What do you guys train in for the 300m hurdles?

Hmm...I usually work with sprinters rather than distance runners and I'm running the 300m hurdles. If you have enough mid-distance runners that they train seperately from the distance runners then I'd train with them. But hurdlers are not built to run miles upon miles XD

[Rosalind]

Yah that's what I was going for would be to train with mid-distance; specifically 400 meters because they don't train with the other sprinters. Thanks for all the advice guys! c':

[kitykitywldchld]

I was out of running for about 3 months bc I had runners knee... Basically, I had fluid build up and my knee cap wouldn't stay on track, so I got to wear special tape that helped a lot, but I couldn't bend my knee as far as I normally could... But anyway, I ran for those 3 months, but only for about 15-30 minutes a day with two days off a week. So, last Thursday I had a meet, ran the 4x8 and mile... (We got 1st in the 4x8, & I was anchor, so I didn't have to work very hard) but my mile? 6.01.... For me, that's bad. I need to be getting 5.20s. But my breathing is soooo screwed up now bc of those months off! Like, nothing hurts, I'm not sore or anything, but I just have such a hard time breathing!! Anybody else come back from an injury and have this problem?

[pandas<3green]

I ran cross country in a two mile race and my best time was 13:35 I ran in three meets. the first one I got in 9th place the second and third meets i got in second place.
I ran track and did the 600 meter

[iHeartChocolate]

I run the 300m hurdles and they are so very tiring, but I agree I like them because so few other people really do them. This is my first year of track and so of course I'm not wonderful or anything but I'm getting over my fear of the hurdles. c: Currently my coach has me training with the sprinters, but I'm thinking about training with the mid-distance and distance folks because the 300 is so long and requires so much endurance. Maybe at the least, switching between sprints training and distance training. What do you guys train in for the 300m hurdles?

Do you have a mid-distance group? If so, I would recommend that, but it really matters what you want to focus on, the 300 or 100? At my school, my coach puts almost all focus on the 100 hurdles, so I offset that by going to mid-distance practice once a week.
Whoops, I didn't see that you already had that answered.

[~Wolfwind~]

TAMW you're running and your way ahead of everyone and all eyes r on you... I suppose that's a good thing, but I always feel like i'm a desperate dork and everyone else is doing better.. IDK... maybe that's just me...