Verzbicas the Duck wrote:
Lukas to the Oregon
http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2011/01/sandburg-cross-country-star-verzbicas-picks-oregon.html
WRONG!!!
He's going to Troy University to run in the Sun Belt conference!!!
Psyche!!!!
LOL in the article's picture, LV looks like he doesn't want to catch whatever communicable disease Alan Webb has...
Sidenote, was sort of pulling for UPortland but still happy
Lukas is simply using xc/track as free $ for tri training. If the boy can learn to swim he is easy world #1 (bike needs work too ... however!).
Why would he not want a career in tri ...???
1. There is more $$ in tri
2. No Kenya, Eth, Mor, UG, etc. ... (eg high entry costs ...)
3. Longer careers in tri than running especially where you can compete at elite levels ... Simon Whitfield anyone?
He should come to Canada for a tri scholarship ... WEST COAST CANADA!
I disagree with the statement that a career in tri is more desirable than a career in running. At 7 min/mile pace (which would be slow for LV)you can run 120 miles a week in 14 hours. Add in a few minutes of strength/core work a day and a few drills, and you are basically done. If you are a marathon specialist, perhaps you run a bit more, but the benefits of this are debatable. In triathlon, even mediocre age groupers train 14 hours a week. To improve on the bike, most people need regular long rides of 5-6 hours or more (compared to running, where most of the time the long run for a top pro would be about 2-2.5 hours). Also, triathlon has a lot of time consuming hassles involved with it. Before a bike ride, you spend 20 minutes inflating your tires, packing nutrition, getting your bike outside, cleaning your sunglasses, etc. It doesn't sound like much, but it adds up time-wise. Swimming is also time consuming. Most people have to drive to a pool and drive back, so this adds time, as well. Triathlon is a full time job. Running professionally is, too, but much of the "job" in running is recovering properly. You run 2 hours a day or so, then sit in an ice bath, take a nap, refuel, etc. You can have somewhat of a life (for example, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Brian Sell-who worked a 30 hour/wk job). Anyway, all that to say, I'd take a career in running over triathlon any day...not that I'll be having to make that choice (I'm not that fast in either sport!)
lets not forget who started to recession, the recession that we are technically no longer in.
When a runner, a cyclist, or a swimmer realizes they have no talent, they become a triathlete.
When a triathlete realizes, he has talent he chucks the other two sports and becomes a runner, a cyclist, or a swimmer.
That is absolutely not true. When an athlete realizes he is gifted in more than just one sport (ie running) he then might persue triathlon.
I know a very successful triathlete who was a good NCA DI runner who's body could not take the constant pouonding of just running. They switched to triathlete and not they are competing at the elite level. Triathlon offers a much more varied and balanced fitness regime. It's a great sport. Don't knmow why so many on here seem to be down on it.
Your friend was a suck ass runner.
So is your runner turn triathlete friend Brandon Del Campo former UCLA track star and ex-boyfriend to UCLA former 400 runner Brian Fell?
Yed that is actually my friend, his name is brandon. I guess your right tri athletes arnt that athletic compared to runners