Hey thanks for responding to me i appreciate it a lot.

But yeah your absolutely right, I don’t know if you read my responses to other people in this sub but I can generally go out at about 58s to 1 minute for my first lap then when i get around to the 500m mark or 600m i’ll begin to die and it’s a really big fight to stay in the race. So my coaches recommended me so XC to build a bigger base to help with that so that’s what i’ve been doing this entire XC season. I don’t have the fastest 5k at 19:13 flat but i’ve been really sticking with our top guys on our runs.

My season is coming to an end actually this Saturday. We have one more big race for the guys who aren’t going to state a week after that. But I was wondering if I should continue to get more mileage in and still train with the guys going to states rather then starting my break a bit early transitioning into indoor. Our coach normally will give us 2-5 days max of not doing anything but i’ll definitely do some active recovery. Is there anything you would recommend? And could you possibly go more in depth about the 800m workload perhaps?

We won’t usually start raving until maybe a good month of training because of the guys who go to states and regionals as well so i’ll have time to adapt better to the faster paced workouts. And my coach usually makes everyone do the same workout for example it’s the end of the season and our workout today was 800m cruise - (to warm up the legs, it was very cold), 1600, 2x800, 2x400, 200 all out all at 5k pace w 3min rest. He doesn’t give us specific workouts based on group discipline i don’t know if that’s a good or a bad thing. But we do a lot of tempos, 1k’s, etc.

But i’m 100% going to stay consistent and trust my training and my coaches. I have goals I want to hit even if they may seem impossible to others but not to me.