HELP! i HAVE A CROSS COUNTRY RUN!?

Question

i am in year 7 (age 12) at school and I have been chosen to ru 1500 metres which is 4 lap[s of a huge field! I am absolutely terriefied - peeing myself with nerves. Im pretty sure I am gonna come last! HELP?!?!?! What can I do to come 1st, 2nd or 3rd. Bearing in mind 1500 metres is the longest run in the competition and I'm an OK runner? x*x Help thanks!

Answer 1

maybe sum1s slower dan u....anyways first thing u must practise evryday ....second thing b4 u strt racin warm up urself...3rd thing take water wid u n a cap for sure....4th thing try ur besttt.....wen u strt d race run as fast as u can put ur full energy 2 it n den in d midle of d race evry1 wud get tired so u keep on runin coz maybe sum1 wil bakout...so remembr strt d race n run rili fast n in d midle keep on runin but not ful speed ....d same hapened wid me...n 1 more thing keep on practising evryday n run rili fast den u wont feel 2 tired in d race coz of d practice...n evn thoh u *** last u stil tried n juz think u raced fr fun..

Answer 2

Its always scary, because not many people like to run the distance, but there is always someone who has to be picked.

Just keep  ne smoothe pace the whole race. Speed up if you think you can, but dont slow down.

Its very likely that the school who you are facing picked someone to run the 1500, and they will end up being just as good as you or maybe worse.

Dont sweat it and good luck! :)

Answer 3

Im in year 10 (age 14) and 1500 metres is 3 and a half laps round a track.... now I suck at the 1500 metre but the best thing to do is keep a steady but not too fast pace for the first 2 and a half laps, then run full speed at the end.... the last thing you wanna do is run like the wind at the start and be out of breath for the rest but knowing others in the race will do that and will be nackered after the first two laps..... while you relax and take it steadily the others are getting out of breath..... when they become breathless and slow you can use your energy to run real fast...... hopefully you should do well........

hope I helped =D