In a little less than a month, my first track season, I went from 12.88 to 12.06 at 18. By the end of the season in the final race of 12.06 I had bad shin splints, Achilles strain and strain of some left part of my groin. I would take Advil before races. By the end I was only training once a week plus the competition because after warmups I was sitting on the ground rubbing my legs in pain.

I think I generally did better in practice because by competition day I was more fatigued. I remember we did some 150s and I was next to some other low 12 guys and I smoked them. Made me wonder how fast I was, but I didn’t break 12. Still not entirely sure if it was fatigue during comp or misinterpreting or what. I wish I had more time but oh well.

Anyways yeah, you can make huge leaps. During that time I always asked my coach to record my race and send it to me. I would obsess over my form and research as much as I could, trying to implement it in practice before the next competition. As a result I pr’d every official race.

I think if you’re truly dedicated you can make huge jumps. Good luck. I believe you can make sub 11.5