I know people who start running at exactly the same time and the first date time is about the same for cross country. At the end of the season, 1 athlete decreased his time by 8 minutes, while the other decreased by 3 minutes. What caused it?
you say they started cross-country together and finished it together. I think they ran side by side.
Because people’s bodies are different, people’s effort is different, people using the same training plan don’t train exactly the same (train differently, eat differently, recover differently) and people’s skills are different. In fact, it would be strange if everyone progressed/improved at the same rate.
There are different reasons.
What are the differences between the two people in your example?
One of your athletes may have been more active before their first workout. One can run, play football, or swim while the other reads, takes extra lessons, or draws things while sitting at a desk.
Are they built the same way? Maybe someone has a better version to work. Even when two people have appropriate body types for running, they may not be the same running type. One could be built to be a sprinter, while another could be built to be the best 10 kilometer.
And the motivation? Is one pushed to train more or harder than the other?
Do they have the same medical history? Was one seriously ill, while the other was avoiding serious illness? Has one been seriously ill more recently than the other?
Do they have different living conditions? Does one live in a building with good air quality, while the other lives in a “sick house”? One lives in the city and the other in the countryside? Is one poor while the other is middle class?
Does one eat a healthy, balanced diet, while the other eats a lot of junk food?
What are your genetic differences?
Several factors influence our athletic potential. Each factor has a different weight. Pros and cons interact. The benefits can work together to make a better athlete. The disadvantages can work together to impair athletic potential. Advantages and disadvantages can interact, compensating each other in different ways. Talented athletes have stronger advantages and weaker disadvantages.
Edit:
Genetics is an important factor. Genetically gifted athletes can exercise harder, longer, and more often before suffering the consequences of excess (overtraining or burnout syndrome). This allows them to develop their skills faster and to a higher level.
Comment: A runner from our school mentioned his morning training. Another surprised runner said: “Do you train twice a day? You’re crazy!” Another runner said, “He’s not crazy. He is the state champion.
It’s almost as if each person has their own DNA and physical attributes.
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