Going back to track and field

fixit_fiona

I trained track and field when I was 13, but stopped at 15 due to excessive obligations. However, in the meantime I started karate, and it's really going well, but now I'm considering returning to track and field because I really love it and I have more time now. The problem is, do I have a chance at becoming good in it? I'm 19 now, and while I was in T&F, my disciplines were the 100m and 200m dash. But I don't have to do the same disciplines. I...

Originally asked by user9365 on Stack Exchange (sports) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

It depends. You should try starting with some time of long-distrance run in order to improve your physical condition if needed, and then include some specific training progressively. But unfortunately, the years of training you missed are the one during the end of the puberty where the physical performance improves a lot... Do you want to go back to sprint for fun or for competitive purposes ?

Full answer by LeReferee: https://sports.stackexchange.com/a/10246 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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