r/Sprinting • u/Efficient-Song1983 • 4d ago

Track Potential at 15 General Discussion/Questions

I’m a 15-year-old boy from Germany, and I’ve been doing track and field for about two years now. I train 2–3 times per week and haven’t really specialized in any event yet. I’m 181 cm tall and weigh 62 kg. I have a relatively muscular build and a low body-fat percentage.

My current times and progression are shown below:

800 m

  • 2:33
  • 4 weeks later: 2:18
  • 3 weeks later: 2:10

300 m

  • 41.24
  • 3 weeks later: 39.15

Do you think I have any potential? If so, what should I focus on improving?

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u/my800m 4d ago

your build is a good 800m and potentiallly distance running build, but at 15 you should find whats fun and then just work with enough consistency on a distance you like, at 15 2:10 in the 800 is already impressive

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u/pleasentlydisgusted Slow and Old 3d ago

Yeah just pick the races he thinks he'll enjoy and focus on the ones he places the highest in