Geez, who spit in your coffee? I meant no hostility, and I really don't care if this thread ends up being buried. I am curious because while sub 9 does not always indicate success in college, it is a great mark in high school and I wanted to read of others progression. I liked the info and offered my thanks and merely suggested we stay relevant to the topic. If something is pissing you off, stay off the message boards.
Also, whodat, your 10k pr would not happen to be 28:46 would it?
sub9 wrote:
I really don't care if this thread ends up being buried.
If you don't care whether this thread ends up being buried, then why are you whining like a 7th grade girl about wanting it to stay on topic. You do understand, presumably, that you are apparently wanting sub 9 minute hs 3200 runners to chime in, and there may not be many of them perusing these boards, and those few that may, may not choose to contribute, especially after ascertaining what a tool you appear to be.
whatever you say dude
IF you look at the link which an earlier poster provided, which is only updated through sometime in 2003, you might get some idea. I personally recognize 19 of the top 20 in that link, although this is not tantamount to saying they all ended up great post high school runners. The interesting thing is that if you can run sub 9 in high school, you don't have to improve that much to be pretty good in college. However, injuries, "burnout," and other factors play a role. I did not have the most impressive credentials of my college mates, or even close to it, as we began college, but I improved more than anybody else. Some of that was due to having been a bit of a slacker in hs in comparison to them, and some of it was that I may have trained harder and smarter than many of them in college. Sometimes people struggle with staying focused for several years in a row, especially if they felt they made it to the mountaintop in hs...
traskers wrote:
A guy from my hs (I think his name was Tagercamp, or something like that) he ran 8:53 in hs and ran 7:51 or so in college; I believe he has the American record in the 2 mile now (8:07), so I guess he improved quite a bit.
yeah, but that loser can't even finish a 10k!
Gub wants to know what % are from Illinois!? BTW, my Dad wants his hat back.........
Okay and I liked the link,and although I'm not bothered by you calling me a tool online, I felt it was unnecessary but whatever. You sound familiar. Are you still running now? I think I have an idea of who you are, but I'm not gonna like bitch you out if I am right but you just seem familiar haha.
whodat wrote:
sub9 wrote:I really don't care if this thread ends up being buried.
If you don't care whether this thread ends up being buried, then why are you whining like a 7th grade girl about wanting it to stay on topic. You do understand, presumably, that you are apparently wanting sub 9 minute hs 3200 runners to chime in, and there may not be many of them perusing these boards, and those few that may, may not choose to contribute, especially after ascertaining what a tool you appear to be.
Would you two turkeys PLEASE stay on task? Jesus H. Christ, what does it take to have a focused discussion around here. You people need to get real serious real fast or you can just get the hell of this message board. Got it?
sickened by all of you wrote:
whodat wrote:If you don't care whether this thread ends up being buried, then why are you whining like a 7th grade girl about wanting it to stay on topic. You do understand, presumably, that you are apparently wanting sub 9 minute hs 3200 runners to chime in, and there may not be many of them perusing these boards, and those few that may, may not choose to contribute, especially after ascertaining what a tool you appear to be.
Would you two turkeys PLEASE stay on task? Jesus H. Christ, what does it take to have a focused discussion around here. You people need to get real serious real fast or you can just get the hell of this message board. Got it?
I appreciate your post. I consider myself admonished. I WILL
stay on task. What task? Oh yeah, on topic. What topic. Oh, what happened to sub 9 minute 3200 hs runners? Oh yeah, I could go on all night about this. Calling all sub 9 minute hs 3200 runners...It is your turn to tell your story. The platform is yours. I'm not Ross Perot, but I'm all ears...Larry, hear me, I'm all ears...
I'm not Ross Perot, but I'm all ears...Larry, hear me, I'm all ears...
No, you are all asshole.
I apologize if I ruffled your feathers. If I seem curt with you, it's because I take running seriously and I take this message board very seriously. This is NO time for clowning around. I'm actually most disappointed by the OP. He started a top notch thread with all the potential in the world...and then he goes and flies off the deep end with a bunch of jibba jabba bull honky crap.
It's simple people, you get up on that task and you STAY ON IT!!!!! Are we crystal here?
Calm down...what exactly did I do? I started a thread about asking people who have run sub 9, and how they did in college. Then people started posting some stuff that was a little off topic, and I honestly thought there was no harm in asking the thread to stay relevant. Then this one guy overreacts, and the thread just becomes one big flame war. So I am sorry for asking a polite question and that some dude took it way out of context.
sub9 wrote:
Calm down...what exactly did I do? I started a thread about asking people who have run sub 9, and how they did in college. Then people started posting some stuff that was a little off topic, and I honestly thought there was no harm in asking the thread to stay relevant. Then this one guy overreacts, and the thread just becomes one big flame war. So I am sorry for asking a polite question and that some dude took it way out of context.
Read what you just wrote. Now read it again, this time slowly and carefully. Now THINK...is what you just wrote on topic with your original post? The answer is no. You sir, are OFF TOPIC and you need to remedy this by STAYING ON TASK!
I'm not going to say it again.
In fact, if one did not break 9 in hs, does one even have the right to post on this thread? I am not sure what the rules even are. AM I ON TASK, OR TOPIC? It is all so confusing...Please offer guidance commensurate with my request.
whodat wrote:
In fact, if one did not break 9 in hs, does one even have the right to post on this thread? I am not sure what the rules even are. AM I ON TASK, OR TOPIC? It is all so confusing...Please offer guidance commensurate with my request.
DON'T PATRONIZE ME!!! I'm beginning to think you're even worse than the OP. The lack of focus of you people makes my skin crawl.
sickened by all of you wrote:
whodat wrote:In fact, if one did not break 9 in hs, does one even have the right to post on this thread? I am not sure what the rules even are. AM I ON TASK, OR TOPIC? It is all so confusing...Please offer guidance commensurate with my request.
DON'T PATRONIZE ME!!! I'm beginning to think you're even worse than the OP. The lack of focus of you people makes my skin crawl.
Read your post...read it twice, moving your lips silently...ask yourself, AM I ON TOPIC? This time, think really hard about it. IF the answer is no, well...then...I'm not even kidding...this time I mean it...
whodat wrote:
Read your post...read it twice, moving your lips silently...ask yourself, AM I ON TOPIC? This time, think really hard about it. IF the answer is no, well...then...I'm not even kidding...this time I mean it...
If I see just one more post like that, I will delete this thread by Telekinesis. Don't think I won't do it.
Ummm....Andrew Bumblelow ran a 8:41.65 in high school 2 mile and now he runs a 8:48.23 2 mile and a 13:33.29 5k and a 28:44.321 10K and a 1:14.53 half Marry.
thanks, and now he's run 13:16, incredible progression.