Well let's see, when the topics are an 11 year-old asking what the average time for a mile for someone her age is, then of course I'm going to answer since my daughter is about that age...10. She's not going to get any responses if she's waiting for another 11-year old to answer because there are no other 11-year olds here! The 11-year old doesn't care what you 17-year old HS mile times are because they should be way faster than an 11-year olds.

Another topic is asking if they're too young to run a 5K. Well I think again it's perfectly fine for me to answer that question as well since my daughter is younger than that and runs 5K's. I'm not bragging...I'm realistically answering the questions posed by other posters here that I feel qualified to answer.

If you don't like a post, then just do what everyone else does...ignore it! If you don't like anyone but high schoolers posting here, then email coolrunning and ask them to create another forum for kids younger than HS and another one for college age kids...as of now I don't see any other forum for those ages besides this one.

BTW I think the 20 or so MPW I run with my daughter already is plenty for her at that age, so I don't need to stop posting here now to go run with her. But since you high schoolers seem to think we need to get a life, what about you? Don't you have homework to do, friends to see, chores to do? Not to mention increasing your running mileage to 50+ MPW so maybe you can start beating those 10-year olds you're obviously jealous of? Instead "SoFarGone" you are here starting threads about your parents (Those darn parents) that are not exactly flattering. You teens get irritated at most ANYTHING your parents say, don't you? That's just normal for that age...you think you know it all and parents are nothing but irritants trying to make your lives miserable. Someday, you'll grow up and realize differently...hopefully. Perhaps if your parents had done more activities with you when you were younger, you wouldn't feel that way about them now...think about that one for a bit and try not to act so jealous because that's how it looks.


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One more thing, mep5555, did you even bother to read my post about "those darn parents"...or did you just look at the title and assume that it was another "OMG! I lyk hate my pAreNTs they lyk don't uNDerStAnD me and it lyk sucks" kind of posts?!

Sorry rainyrunning for turning your thread into something not quite "pleasant". But, hey, you generated some talk, right?

Posted in a thread "how quick can you guys run the mile..." by a 15-year old, how's this reply gonna help him?
Proud dad of an eight year old who just ran a 6:15 mile. He likes to run and play soccer. At the start of the track season he was around 7:00.

Same thread, there's another reply about an 8-year old, that isn't gonna really help the 15 year old now is it...
My 8 year old son just beat his personel record for the mile, 6:22, he also ran a 1:22 for the 400M on the same night. He loves the competition of trying to pass the older kids running so that helps.

Then you posted this, mep5555, which yes, it does answer the question posed by the 5th grader, but then you had to keep going on about who can or cannot beat your daughter...
My 4th grade daughter's fastest mile is 7:20 (but probably could be a few seconds faster). No other 9-year old Oklahoma female ran a faster 5K than her last year (24:21), and no 10-year old OK female has run faster than her 24:27 so far this year. There are several girls 1-2 years older than her who can beat her though. There is one other 10-year old from down in the southern part of the state (in a town with lots of GREAT young female runners (12-13) who may eventually run a faster 5K than my daughter this year...she's already beaten her at the 3K distance late last year.

Like, you actually keep track of the other 10 year-old runners in the area, and their PR's along with your daughter's PR's? At that age, wouldn't you just be glad that your daughter has an interest in running at all? You're so quick with all these statistics about your daughter, and your daughter's competition...when she should just enjoy running period. Because once she gets to H.S. there will be enough pressure about times, etc, believe me.

I'm sure you'll say that these 3 examples didn't prove my point at all...whatever...there's probably more but I have wasted way too much time on this thread and I have "homework to do, friends to see, and chores to do" and miles to run. I'm through with it. Have a nice day.

ok, i was looking back @ some posts! sorry, for just saying how i felt, if you don't like to hear what i say, THEN JUST IGNORE IT! like you already told me to do? thanks to all of you who realized that i was just tring to prove a point, not start this!

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quote:<HR>Originally posted by kirby111:
here is something to think about, all the races Ive seen and ran put everybody 19 and under into the same catagory. So basically 17 year olds and 11 year olds are the same age. Oh and by the way it is more like 60 or 70 MPW.

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There are lots of races that separate age groups into 2 year increments with the youngest group being 10 and under. Almost any youth track club or running club will participate in these kinds of meets, usually track and cross-country. Most road races will have one age group of 19 and under

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yikes, take a long deep breath parents. Yeah we love that you are proud of your kids, what parents arent but - this is a forum for teens if you had a question about something then go to the basic training section. No offense but there are so many other areas in this forum for you to post, even with Jeff Galloway himself. My parents had a question when I first started out this year and he responded no prob. As my wise old grand pa says - Don't get your panties in a wad - just relax. We teens are just stating a fact. Maybe we get enough of the bragging from listening on the sides. Chill - peace

quote:<HR>Originally posted by mep5555:

This post is no longer about bragging...it really never was since it really was never happening here...it is about what is fact and what isn't. If there's any bragging in any of the posts here anytime recently, it's been done by you teens and not their parents...read more closely and you'll see it's the TEENS doing the bragging...it's NOT their parents posting. <HR>

You're right it is the teens bragging about themselves on their personal forum. So you should stop posting on a forum that does not concern you and have your daughter come on to brag about herself rather than you doing it for her.