Does being a long distance runner help with being a good sprinter?

On the cross country team, I see all the guys as skinny twigs but on the track team, all the guys have muscle. I'm a long distance runner and I'm planning do to track next semester and that requires a lot of sprinting. So does my experience of being a long distance runner help me be fast as a sprinter? Thank you.|||u will be fast but not as fast as the fastest sprinters, there is one big difference between sprinters and distance runners





Sprinters- Have lots of muscle that allows them to go fast at a short time


Distance runners CANT have all that muscle because it would take too much energy to keep all the muscle going for a long time, u would get tired very soon





But if you work at it, eat right, lift more weights, u should be up there|||Most distant runners want to be distant runners. A lot of sprinters want to be football players. The World's best sprinters prefer to be sprinters, not distant runners or football players.





Food for thought:





A better 100m run 鈥?form and technique will get you there. - ptfa.geo answer:


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How to sprint longer and faster? - ptfa.geo answer (400m base work for sprinters and hurdlers)


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How to run 200m faster - ptfa.geo answer:


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400m training:


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Short Sprinting Tips: - ptfa.geo answer


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http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/|||well unfortunately, a sprinter and a distance runner are two completely different types of runners. So you have to pick one, due to the fact that they have different body composition and mentality.|||I do cross country to, and from what I know, you get better endurance from cross country so it's good for those 800 sprinters.