I used to play tennis for fun, but then I realized I wasn’t getting nearly enough credit for my athleticism, so I switched to pickleball. D2 Pickleball! After watching Running Brave and realizing I, too, could break 15 in the 5k I was an immediate walk on. Anyway… the stories in this thread still suck.
I used to play tennis for fun, but then I realized I wasn’t getting nearly enough credit for my athleticism, so I switched to pickleball. D2 Pickleball! After watching Running Brave and realizing I, too, could break 15 in the 5k I was an immediate walk on. Anyway… the stories in this thread still suck.
I’m sure you’re a big hit with the fairer sex. Honestly you sound miserable, who would even write what you wrote?
Yeah, that guy was typical of LRC. TENNIS PLAYER SUCKS! TENNIS PLAYER STUPID!. EVERYBODY STUPID!
I like that 9:19 steeplechase btw. Was it fun?
I ran it at Duke Invitational 2005 - honestly it was one of the more fun races in my career, as I ran D3 and rarely got the chance to run in big crowds. But of course I was nowhere near being your caliber of runner (being able to run 9:19 while stopping to munch on a sandwich or whatever).
Alan Page. Great NFL defensive lineman. Started running distance late in his NFL career. Worked up to marathons. After football became a Minnesota Supreme Court judge.
I used to play tennis for fun, but then I realized I wasn’t getting nearly enough credit for my athleticism, so I switched to pickleball. D2 Pickleball! After watching Running Brave and realizing I, too, could break 15 in the 5k I was an immediate walk on. Anyway… the stories in this thread still suck.
I’m sure you’re a big hit with the fairer sex. Honestly you sound miserable, who would even write what you wrote?
I played tennis all throughout high school and could have played at almost any D3 school (actually played an exhibition match for Haverford on a recruiting trip and beat the Gettysburg guy 6-0, 6-1).
I started running around June after my freshman year in college (I ended up going to a D1 school where I couldn’t play tennis). I basically trained like a college runner, by myself (and local club workouts). By the next spring I ran 15:26 5k on the track. A couple years later I broke 15, with 8:37 3k and 9:19 steeple.
"I could have played at almost any D3 school..." is not the brag you think it is.
Alan Page. Great NFL defensive lineman. Started running distance late in his NFL career. Worked up to marathons. After football became a Minnesota Supreme Court judge.
Got cut by the Vikings because running dropped his weight so much they thought it would affect his playing. He finished with the Bears I believe.
I played tennis all throughout high school and could have played at almost any D3 school (actually played an exhibition match for Haverford on a recruiting trip and beat the Gettysburg guy 6-0, 6-1).
I started running around June after my freshman year in college (I ended up going to a D1 school where I couldn’t play tennis). I basically trained like a college runner, by myself (and local club workouts). By the next spring I ran 15:26 5k on the track. A couple years later I broke 15, with 8:37 3k and 9:19 steeple.
"I could have played at almost any D3 school..." is not the brag you think it is.
It wasn’t supposed to be the brag that you thought it was supposed to be.
Pretty crazy! Ford Elizondo was a college tennis player and is now taking his talents to the tartan. He ran 1:54 in the 800 in the same race Aaron Sahlman ran 1:48. I know plenty of soccer players who switch to track but how many come from tennis?
Looks like he's entered in the Bryan Clay Invite today, seemingly seeded around 1:51. Will be super interesting to see how this goes. This guy was a pretty quality tennis player too from what I can see, a conference champ with a high end mid major for tennis.
Pretty crazy! Ford Elizondo was a college tennis player and is now taking his talents to the tartan. He ran 1:54 in the 800 in the same race Aaron Sahlman ran 1:48. I know plenty of soccer players who switch to track but how many come from tennis?
Looks like he's entered in the Bryan Clay Invite today, seemingly seeded around 1:51. Will be super interesting to see how this goes. This guy was a pretty quality tennis player too from what I can see, a conference champ with a high end mid major for tennis.