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Don't worry man the first time I entered a race was about 18 months ago and I ran 11.84. Within a month I got that down to 11.55 and after 6 months it was 11.37w before I tore my hamstring.
Same with the 200 I went from 23.95 to 23.18 within a month and after 6 months I got to 23.15 but that was my first 200m for the season so I was out of shape and everybody else that I ran against that week ended up runing 0.4-0.5 seconds quicker in the next race a couple of weeks later so I'm pretty fkn sure that I would've gone sub 23 if my fkn hamstring didn't tear.

Anyway the point is it's pretty quick to improve from your first race and if you've done sub 13 in training than it's only a matter of time before you hit sub 13 at a meet. Same for the 200.

right, the first time you entered a race you ran 1.5 seconds faster than i did. that is an eon.

Oh come on. It's not that bad really. So what if I ran faster than that at 12 years old? 

But seriously, low 13s is pretty much spot on based on your background and recent training. It takes a long time to build up the fitness to run fast for the full distance, as I found out when returning to the sport.

yeah i know it's spot on given my training, such as it is. it just sucks.

seriously, i feel like entropy right now.

Haha, well I'm going to ignore that neg then. In all seriousness, very cool that you competed, it's pretty hard to step into a new sport mid-twenties and not be completely humiliated first time up.

I thought you were ( i know you are ) much more square-logic than that.
So a lot of 50 year olds beat you, So what? Who are they? Do you know what they did to get to that race? Do you know if it was a couch potato that closed his PS3 to come and beat your slow ass, or maybe it was Carl Lewis (53) taking a meet for fun? Do you think you can beat MJ in a 1-on-1 today? Dr.J. can still dunk at 65 btw.
Where am i going with this: Do other peoples performances matter? Well in general yes, but a track meet, your very first track meet, they don't.
You are at a given body and conditioning state. You sprint and time yourself daily. You are injured currently and unable to strength train for a long time now.
So according to your general state and latest splits, should you expect something better than 13.3s? And does 13.3 change its own substance and significance when it is in a results page between some 50yo guys and 12.xx girls?
Didn't think so 

Quote from: LBSS on July 17, 2014, 11:43:38 pm

seriously, i feel like entropy right now.

Haha, well I'm going to ignore that neg then.

yeah i feel a bit sheepish about that. undone.

Vag hit it dead on in my opinion. To add to it I train to test/best myself.  I am my greatest competition. I guarantee you best yourself next meet with any type of continual training and thats what we should all strive for imo. I know a ton of sprinters preach the mantra 'run your race'; its very cliche but true, you need to trust yourself and your training and just keep progressing. Who cares if a 50 year old beat you, he might have been running a 14.xx at age 25 and just been training for longer than you!

Running repeat 200s definitely brings out the lactic acid!

Sorry if this has been answered before but what kind of spikes do you have?

Quote from: Mutumbo000 on July 20, 2014, 11:34:19 pm

Running repeat 200s definitely brings out the lactic acid!

Sorry if this has been answered before but what kind of spikes do you have?

asics that i bought on super-duper sale for like $25. i've still never screwed in the actual spikes. but i typically don't train in them, just in my racing flats. no real reason for that other than "t0ddday said so."

That's cool. I remember Todday saying spikes make minimal difference when sprinting but for me it's the placebo effect so they make a huge difference.
I don't use spikes for tempos but I like to wear them when I do speed endurance or sprinting because as soon as I put them on my legs feel lighter and I feel faster.
Next time you race wear the spikes and I guarantee you'll be much faster!