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[QUOTE="Forza Azzurri, post: 2968131, member: 1452"]
I didn't put anybody through anything.

My daughter came to me after freshman year of high school and showed me the recommended summer workout, put on the soccer team website by the varsity soccer coach, in order for them to be able to run the required 2 miles in 12 minutes (she also had required times for 800s, 400s, 200s and 100s).

You cannot make the time, you do not make varsity.  Period.  End of story.

Tryouts start at high noon on the second Monday in August with the 2 mile run.  You don't make the time, you go straight to JV or freshman.

She asked me if I would do the workouts with her to help her prepare.

I acquiesced - against my better judgement.  I was pushing 50 at the time and hadn't run intervals in 30 years

We started the workouts in late June.  Her first day, she ran the 2 miles in 13:30.

By August 1st, she was running the 2 miles in 11:45...

She worked her butt off that summer...

So, yeah, we both put ourselves through interval training in 90 degree heat under blazing sun in high humidity until she puked multiple times to prepare her to play high school soccer - because she asked me to you because she really wanted to make the varsity team as a sophomore.

Would you have done the same for your kid if your kid asked you to work out with him or her to get ready for tryouts?
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