The 2021 Club XC Championships is this weekend in Tallahassee. I know there are plenty of washed up adult runners on this board who are making the trip. Hope you all have your negative Covid test results in!
So, who you got? Who's going to make the most noise? Who's going to struggle in the heat and humidity? And who's going to bust the best dance moves at the after-party (which, if you know you know, it's the best party of the year)
Entries here:
I'll be there running in the masters race...coming from WI I'm not looking forward to the heat/humidity
Team Boulder for the win led by Jake Riley on the Men’s side.
BAA for the win led by Rodenfalls (15:08) for the Women
tenkrunner wrote:
I'll be there running in the masters race...coming from WI I'm not looking forward to the heat/humidity
I'm not looking forward to the weather either but I think the relatively easy course (as compared to the typical muddy, hilly Midwest course) will make up for that.
TEAM Boulder may win but Jake got beat by three of his teammates at the Fort Collins Turkey Trot. I suspect Goodman would have beat him had he raced there too.
went to Lexington KY for clubs a few years back. pregamed too hard for the party. went down there to Talahassee in 2016 for Clubs. I think there was a fist fight during the race. Party was ok - spread between 2 bars, but nothing was better than the party at 2014 clubs in Bethlehem PA - free beer after all. These days we don't have much of a club
The after party has been a stupid ritual for years. There have been fights, arrests, and a woman killed one year. We are heading home and skipping the shenanigans. We voted 26-0 including our Masters team.
Did anyone actually succeed in signing yourself up? I could not and USATF would not help me. It looked to me like most of the masters entrants were from major track clubs, which probably entered them as a team.
The meet should be held in cannabis friendly states only.
Am I the only one who finds it truly wacky that:
60+ Masters Men race 8K
&
40-59 Masters Men race 10K
Yet
Open Women race 6K
59 year old dudes run 4K longer than elite women. Explanations?
Masters men were split at 60+ when the single field was getting too large. Us old geezers whined that 10k was too far and took too long so we should get shortened to 8k, and the powers that be bought that line. Everybody lived happily ever after.
Elite women should run 10k, silly they dont
I hear the USATF-sponsored party will be pretty lame. We’ll see how things develop with people dispersing though
"Don't tase me, bro!"
Still the best line from the club cross country championships (I believe it was the 2006 in Ohio?).
‘07
Tell me the top established club that will stay for the after party? This ship has sailed.
Hey LetsRun: why did you change the title of the post with no warning? Calling you out.
The Original Poster wrote:
TEAM Boulder may win but Jake got beat by three of his teammates at the Fort Collins Turkey Trot. I suspect Goodman would have beat him had he raced there too.
Ya Jake hasn't been running very great recently, so I wouldn't pick him to win.
I think it'll be a fresh college grad that I'm unfamiliar with or Sydney Getabooty, or Zach Panning. I hate to say it, but it looks like maybe the weakest fields I've seen in the past 5 years for this race. Sydney looks like the favorite to me.
Tai Dinger just ran really well at the Manchester race...he should be in the mix for the win.
Are you saying you're an average washed up runner who doesn't even trying-- getting on a message board to make fun of those who do try? Why don't you do something fulfilling with your life, besides being an average human poking fun at those who choose to live more?