Sound Running XC “Champs” was an embarrassment

Agree. As someone else posted, MLB'ers in a bush league park.

I had a different reaction and thought it was cool how it wasn't a perfectly manicured xc course. It felt more like something you'd find in Europe than on most US courses

Bad take, dude.

several face palming moments .. sound running could have picked a proper cross country course, theres so many out there but they just decided to make their own little project

the course is definitely a goofy setup.......not only that....adding new races does not help the sport

Club xc is for hobby racers, silly rabbit.

The most embarrassing part was the winning team taking a photo with a $3000 check

The were rankings points up for grabs for worlds 10k qualifying

In terms of viewing I was able to catch over half the running sticking to the infield, which was nice. It was a bit strange entering the high school while students were leaving for the day, esp bc this school has a guard shack. This wouldn't be my top choice of locations. The dream would be to do it at Zilker to integrate better with The Running Event; they've had cyclocross there but had to cut it short due to mud damage.

There are people out there who know how to build a course worthy of an event like this. Calling Sean Hartnett..

Zilker would have been a good choice if able to get the right permits. Multi circular loops around perimeter with fans racing across the infield to catch the runners multiple times.

The technical course that was used will make the pros better runners and better for it.

I thought it was great; a non-manicured race across a variety of surfaces on a spectator- and camera-friendly course.

One of the most famous cross country races in the world goes right through a building. I assume you’d crab about that, too, because it’s not a golf course.

I disagree. We should make it an "event". The sad thing to me is less than 1/5th of the people at the running event bothered to even come to the race.

I almost feel like we should have things with zero streaming. Make you go live.

If you go for the streaming, how many peole are going to $10. I mean if we could get 20,000 that would be some real cash but good luck with that.

And, 5 laps around! Five! What is this P.E. class? And, it's optional to jump the hay bales?

Same old cr*ap -- ragging on TME. Haters gonna hate on LRC, so why would anyone change now? Han Solo didn't! TME didn't shine, certainly, but really!

Rojo - were you in attendance at TRE? I saw your brother but not you?

The vast majority of people watching the stream were not at whatever Hobbyjogger conference hosted this. People watching the stream watched because they could not go in person.

People have to work on a Thursday afternoon.