What is the best way to get in shape for track?

I am a freshman in high school and need to get some sort of scholarship. I'm barely keeping a C average so academics is out. My only other option is sports.I would really like to do track this year for school,but I'm very out of shape. I love to run and my gym teacher and friends all think that I have the potentional. I have untill spring to train so any ideas would be helpfull!

What is the best way to get in shape for track?
Start getting better grades next semester. High school is a different pace than middle school so it takes a bit to adjust. My freshman year I got Ds and Cs and all that stuff but after that I did better and got into a college where people have 3.7 gpas and stuff.
Reply:run daily, dont eat 2 much food, nd eat healthy
Reply:some says dat eating pomelo would make u in shape. everyday morning, always jog for about 30 mins. eat a balanced diet, of course. stop eating chocolates or any food with high cholesterol. and, why don't you try going to gyms, it will kinda help you even for just a little.
Reply:I was a track kid, too. The best thing you can do now is to start jogging. If you are not currently a jogger, start out running a mile and a half, and work your way up to 2 1/2 miles by January. It can be done (I was an asthmatic and survived)! Do that 3 days a week. 3 times a week (you can overlap one of the days) run the stadium stairs at your school for 10 minutes (take them one at a time for half of it and two at a time for the rest), then hop up the stairs one by one on each foot for 2 minutes each, the do the same but skip a step (take them 2 at a time).





Every other day:


Also start doing push ups. Do as many as you can do once, give yourself a one minute break, then do as many as you can do again (if you can't do as many as you did the first time, keep taking short breaks until your meat it: Ex. Do 21 pushups, try it again and make it to 14, then you can only do 4 more, then 3 more, you got to 21 again).


Also start doing a large variety of crunches and sit ups (ask your gym teacher for suggestions). You should be in pretty good shape by mid-February.


Try lunges and squats without weight, too.





Also, start drinking your water (8+ cups per day), drop soda (even diet) and sweet tea, and make sure you have AT LEAST 5 fruits and veggies/day (10 is recommended).
Reply:well, do what you would in track...run!





you can get together some friends and have Fitness Days at the local gym every other day, varying what you do each time. but have a set schedule, like Tuesdays are your running days, Thursdays are your stations (which is when 1 or 2 ppl work on abs when the others do different things like legs or lunges), and Saturday you can have a Free Day to play a game of soccer or something which is fun and healthy!





this will help your body stay in shape and become used to all the heavy running and working out, and if you keep it up until track, you'll be fine!