Training advice for D3 Runner
I go to a small maritime college in the US that competes at the D3 level. I study electrical engineering and have found that I need a lot of physical activity to counter the cerebral nature of my classes.
PB 4:58 mile / 30:03 8K, training for a sub 3:15 marathon. those PBs are pretty far removed from my current training block though.
I run marathons & HMs, I was “recruited” to the XC team after fumbling an opportunity to play lacrosse at the school. I’ve been in team meetings through spring and now I’m in summer training.
Should I just stick to the marathon training and move on? I’d likely be within the top 3 males runners on the team based on last year’s results, so my scoring impact is there. But I feel like the team doesnt really like having an old head (mid 20s) on the team, it doesn’t help that they’re regimented (military-like college structure) and I’m a civilian.
Any thoughts or experiences running XC as a non trad student runner?